Lunch at the Cinnamon Club

Today was the first anniversary of the day Marc and I met for the first time.  We were introduced by our friend Athalie at her Bollywood birthday party in the Cinnamon Club (http://www.cinnamonclub.com/), a very smart Indian restaurant and bar in Westminster.  A year ago we were downstairs in the bar, dancing and making small talk; today we had lunch in the restaurant as a married couple!  A wonderful treat following a hectic few days back at work after our honeymoon.

The Cinnamon Club is very different from the much loved Indian restaurants that you find in abundance on the average UK high street, a typical example of which we went to with friends last night for a quick curry before going to a gig at the Troxy in East London (one of my very favourite bands, the Old Crow Medicine Show - http://www.crowmedicine.com/ - was playing along with Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings amongst others; a fantastic show).  Today's meal was more of a 'fine dining' experience.  We had a very good three-course lunch in luxurious surroundings for £22 each.  The picture shows Marc's starter, which was 'stir fried pork with garlic and aubergine'.  It was accompanied by a lemon-y mint yoghurt and tasted as good as it looks.