My last romantic dinner in Eastbourne in 2015
A personal memory in Henry's Bistro
What factor makes a dinner a romantic dinner? Well, I think it depends on initial attitude you have when you book it. If you intend to have a romantic dinner with your loved one (the only one) it is going to be.
When I lived in Eastbourne, I was recommended having a dinner in Henry’s because they serve healthy food. I penciled the restaurant only in my mind but like always couldn’t really find time to go there. The reason? I don’t know.. You know we always have excuses.
The chance to have a meal in the restaurant came thanks to my boyfriend. It was my last week in Eastbourne. Yes, my visa was about to be expired. My boyfriend told me that he had booked a restaurant for dinner. We really enjoy cooking together (well.. mostly he cooks and I help..) but it was not that special thing to eat out. But it would be a romantic dinner because we intended the dinner would be different from casual grabbing in pubs or bistros. We wanted to make every second very special before I took a plane coming to my country.
In the evening, we headed for the pier with a sketch book and a pencil with us. The pier was beautiful. It was on the way to find its own figure through few month fixing. The pier, including all the lights hanging around the all edges, people strolling on the pier and the sound from the sea, was so special and beautiful. The time we spent on the pier was very enjoyable before we had a little argument.
I don’t remember how the argument evolved exactly. I think.. he got a text from a girl. We both knew her and we had hung out from time to time with other friend groups but I didn’t like her that much. On the evening, we had a plan after the dinner to go out with bunch of friends and probably she asked where to be. Obviously it was not his fault but it made me unpleasant. I guess I was very fragile and unstable at the moment before the unwanted long journey back.
We were not in perfect mood for the romantic dinner. Even he asked me whether I was still up for the dinner. He didn’t know what to do for me. Even though I ruined the mood, I thought it might regret if we missed that dinner because of this nothing as well as we didn’t have many evenings before my flight.
We went to the restaurant and ordered. I found the menu had healthy food inspired by Asian recipe. Even I found a Korean style one. The price was okay for occasional dining and the food was not typical so that reading menu and selecting one was pleasant. At the night, the restaurant was full of people and we could see a big group inside a room celebrating someone’s birthday or something.
A pregnant lady came and took our order. While we waited for the food, I realized that I was too childish blaming him for nothing. I was trying to find the best moment to say sorry but when we got our eyes contact we just smiled and laughed and became as normal. You must know the relieved feeling. We started to do stupid conversation as we do always. When the food arrived at our table and I could take a photo of them as I do always. Little by little the dinner was getting romantic as he initially planned and it was on peak with a creative dessert named with deconstructed Banofee Pie.
That was my last planned romantic dinner in Eastbourne. We had other dinner outside after this but they were spontaneous and casual. Me and my boyfriend have been through many things and looking forward to dining out in anywhere in the UK near future.
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