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Monday 15 July 2013

40 B4 40-The End of the Quest, or is it?

Anyone that has been following our quest to achieve our '40 B4 40 Dining Challenge' (To dine in 40 restaurants before my wife is 40!), will have spotted that our visit to Rules was: ‘No.38’, and my wife is now 40 - so, technically we have not done the 40, or have we?

The whole thing was, like most thing we do, on a whim and we have been very fortunate to have had lots of fun dining in some great places.

Somehow my wife has kept herself in fine shape and did not reach anywhere near the 14 stone predicted. I however did not fare so well, and there are a fair few extra pounds knocking around.

During the past year we have also re-visited favourite venues for excellent meals, such as Verveine, La Perle, The Marine, The Raft, The Jetty etc., plus pub meals and a couple of restaurants that we did not included. Add to that the curry house visits and Chinese takeaways and we have not gone hungry.

So...., on that basis we could amend original rules which did not allow repeat visits, and we would have smashed it!, or we could gracefully accept a defeat. Either way it does not matter, we had a great time.

Life without a challenge can become boring, and we cannot have that. So, a new challenge is on its way, my money is on it not being too energetic, and being based around food!

40 B4 40 Restaurants Visited:

No.38 | Rules: London WC2
www.rules.co.uk
No.37 | Quilon: London SW1
www.quilon.co.uk
No.36 | L'Autre Pied: London W1
www.lautrepied.co.uk
No.35 | Café Shore: Poole, Dorset
www.cafeshore.co.uk
No.34 | P&O Ventura East: (Atul Kochhar)
www.pocruises.com/cruise-experience/dining
No.33 | The Mill at Gordleton: Lymington
www.themillatgordleton.co.uk
No.32 | Bluebird: Lymington
www.bluebirdrestaurant.co.uk
No.31 | Hibiscus: London
www.hibiscusrestaurant.co.uk
No.30 | The Filly Inn: Brockenhurst
www.thefillyinn.co.uk
No.29 | L'Escargot: London W1
www.lescargotrestaurant.co.uk
No.28 | RAC Club: Pall Mall, London
www.royalautomobileclub.co.uk
No.27 | Gilberts Restaurant: Harrow, Middlesex
www.grimsdyke.com
No.26 | Matahari: Guildford
www.matahariguildford.co.uk
No.25 | Roux at Parliament Square: London, SW1
www.rouxatparliamentsquare.co.uk
No.24 | The Marine: Milford on Sea
www.themarinemos.co.uk
No.23 | The Carlton Club: London, SW1
www.carltonclub.co.uk
No.22 | The Tamarind Tree: Wokingham, Berkshire
www.thetamarindtree.co.uk
No.21 | Lowlander: London, WC2
www.lowlander.com
No.20 | The Beach House: Milford on Sea
www.beachhousemilfordonsea.co.uk
No.19 | Egan's: Lymington
www.eganslymington.co.uk
No.18 | Vesuvio Italian Restaurant: Bournemouth
www.vesuvio.co.uk
No.17 | The Hand and Flowers: Marlow, Buckinghamshire
www.thehandandflowers.co.uk
No.16 | Cantina Laredo: London, WC2
www.cantinalaredo.co.uk
No.15 | Terrace Restaurant (The Montagu Arms Hotel): Beaulieu
www.montaguarmshotel.co.uk
No.14 | La Torre, Castello Del Nero: Tuscany, Italy
www.castellodelnero.com
No.13 | Bel and The Dragon: Godalming
www.belandthedragon-godalming.co.uk
No.12A | Gaucho Charlotte: London W1
www.gauchorestaurants.co.uk
No.12 | La Perle: Milford on Sea
www.laperlemilford.co.uk
No.11 | The Jetty: Christchurch, Dorset
www.thejetty.co.uk
No.10 | Pebble Beach: Barton-on-Sea
www.pebblebeach-uk.com
No.9 | Verveine: Milford on Sea
www.verveine.co.uk
No.8 | The Snakecatcher: Brockenhurst
www.thesnakecatcher.co.uk
No.7 | The Raft: Milford on Sea
www.theraftmos.co.uk
No.6 | Vetiver (Chewton Glen Hotel): New Milton
www.chewtonglen.com/restaurant
No.5 | The Marine: Milford on Sea
www.themarinemos.co.uk
No.4 | The Old Vicarage: Hinton, Dorset
www.vicaragecountryhouse.co.uk
No.3 | Jamie’s Italian: Guildford
www.jamieoliver.com/italian/guildford
No.2 | The Savoy Grill: London, WC2
www.gordonramsay.com/thesavoygrill
No.1 | The Drummond: Guildford
www.thedrummondguildford.co.uk

If for any weird reason you would like to read the reviews on any of the above restaurants, you can search this site by the restaurant name, or find them by clicking here and then scrolling to the restaurant review.


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