Birthday celebration is becoming a challenge as each year passes. This year, Boon Heng birthday fall on a Saturday, and we took Friday to celebrate without the kids. Eat comfortably at our own pace. Once again, it took me quite a while to look for the ideal place to celebrate his birthday. However this time round, the restaurant which we ended up was totally different from what I had initially planned. Good thing is that it turn out to be the best choice.At the eleventh hour.. it suddenly struck me that Charles and Yvonne mentioned there was a french restaurant in Keong Saik Road (Chinatown) which offered great french food. After doing a bit of online research and desperate sms to Yvonne, I managed to find the name of the restaurant - Nicolas Le Restaurant , and were lucky in getting a table for two, considering that the restaurant was quite small.
Boon Heng and I visit Keong Saik Road very often on Saturday morning for our dose of caffeine at the coffee shop. We almost thought of dressing casual, and I glad we didn't. The place was quite posh with even the server donning a suit. Usually, I prefer informal setting which we could talk and laugh really loud, not right here, got to hold back. It was not until a mother with a baby entering the restaurant that I started to feel more relaxed. I was impressed with mother and her baby who sat on the counter seat, especially the baby who sat on the seat for at least half an hour without making any noise. It took me almost to dessert time to realise that the mother and baby were actually family of the chef Nicolas Joanny, when I saw them mingled together.
Generally, I was quite impressed with the quality of food. Boon Heng had his favourite blue cheese and champage. Definitely a place which I would come back for more. Happy 3? Birthday to Boon Heng who still thinks he is early 30s.
