Eating at Cafe Flo in Hampstead Heath (London, UK) with Savvy Mom Ruth Paget

Eating at Café Flo in the Hampstead Heath Neighborhood (London, UK) with Savvy Mom Ruth Paget – Ruth Pennington Paget

When Laurent came back from his first day of working with his English colleagues on a bone marrow transplant project for the European Community as a computer engineering consultant for hospitals throughout Europe, he said we were invited out to dinner at a nice place down the street. 

We walked down the street to a restaurant called Café Flo.  This restaurant featured French and cosmopolitan dishes such as sukiyaki from Japan (chicken kebabs with a sweet soy sauce coating) and souvlaki from Greece (lamb kebab with yogurt, cucumber, and green onion dipping sauce on the side).

I installed Florence in her stroller next to a wall and told her “Café Flo” is your resto, kiddo!”

Laurent’s colleague seemed more relaxed when he was not in a traffic jam on the Orbital.  Laurent’s work colleague ordered rosé wine to go with our meal.  Laurent liked rosé and asked if it could be chilled.

Laurent’s work colleague said that you could hardly get a cold beer in London let alone a bottle of wine.  As an entrée, Laurent and I ordered fish followed by a plat principal, main dish, of poussin diable – a spicy, broiled and flayed baby chicken for me and an English dish called bangers and mash for Laurent.

I regaled Laurent and his colleague with a travel dialog about Ruthie’s Walk around London Town.

As a dessert, I ordered lemon sorbet followed by a cappuccino.

I really thought my vacation was great.

By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

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