Did I ever tell you P comes from a family of chefs/ caterers/ restaurateurs? And that we used to own such places ourselves years ago, and that he's a wonderful cook? I did, yes I thought so.
It must be part of his genetic makeup or something because, although we don't do that now, P is always drawn to menus on restaurant boards when we visit places, he nearly always gets the proprietor or maitre d's attention (without courting it) in new restaurants and he hardly ever misses an opportunity to talk direct with the chef especially if it's an open kitchen. Maybe its instinctive, people in the same work or interest line tend to recognise each other, I've no idea how but it happens.
It happened the other day in a nearby town at the opening of a new cookware store, they sell the posh stuff Le Creuset and the likes, and we went because there were leaflets on car windscreens in the car park announcing its opening and P couldn't resist, perhaps the mention of special opening offers stimulated his interest.
Anyway we went and they had some lovely stuff, we didn't buy anything but we did get a large wooden spoon with their name branded on it. We received it as we walked in, they gave it to P not me, I mean the girl purposefully handed it to him, or that's how it seemed.
P said she could tell where the cooking expertise lay. I preferred to think she saw an alternative use for the spoon and thought P might appreciate it:)
Have a fun weekend.
Ronnie
xx
