Spirit - Laying the Spirit of Valentine.

The place we finally decided to go to on the Big Luver's Day is Spirit which is in the Inner Circle in the C Block in CP.

I got impressed with the service of Spirit before I even entered the place. They called me 5 mins after the reserved time to know whether I'd be on time. The first any restaurant has done so far after I've landed in Delhi.

I was even more impressed with the place after I entered it. The place was dimly-lit with only candles with lots of red balloons floating around the place. And we got a very private table.

They first started out with serving us with sparkling wine which was really fine to the palate. Not to strong, nor to light. Just right for the occasion.

The second course was a platter of Lebanese appetizers consisting of hummus, baklava and two other things whose names I'm yet to find out. And it was really good. It's been a long time since I've tasted Arabic Food and this was definitely worth the wait.

The next course was a  chicken-rice based dish whose name now eludes me. I, for the life of me, can't seem to remember the name. I should've written it down somewhere. Anyway....it was also really appetizing, something I hadn't tasted in my whole life. The meat, succulent and juicy had a lil' gravy to it. The rice well made. The rice-chicken combination complemented each other well. The serving was just right, not too much to overeat nor too little to be left wanting for more.

The third and last course was dessert which consisted of a slice of chocolate cake and a slice of cream pie. The chocolate cake was a lil' too high on the chocolate, but worth a bite. The pie was excellent though....smooth and creamy. That was one thing I was left wanting for more. I've always had a soft corner for cream pies, especially the creamcheese pies. And this was really good.

Spirit was worth every penny I spent. The ambience romantic, the service excellent, the food out of the world. I'm definitely looking forward to coming back for a regular dinner someday.

Won't u be my Valentines???

Valentine's Day is round the corner. I'm getting confused trying to figure out how to make this year memorable. It's not that I don't have any plans at all, it's just that I'm being bombarded by ideas from all sides, I actually donno what to go for. Every where I look, there are ads and articles on celebrating the day.

Actually on a side note: isn't it funny that there has to be a day to celebrate ur luv?? Personally I think luv can be celebrated whenever u want.  Isn't that the best part of being in luv...the ability to profess luv whenever, wherever u want??  Does it require a special day to let sumone know how much u luv them? How much u value them?? How much u care for them???

For that matter, why do u need a special day to cherish anything in life?? Dad, mom, sister, a friend....why can't we just let them how much they mean to us instead of waiting for that one day to come by to let them know our true feelings?? Will time always wait for that day to come by for us to do things?? Something to really think about, na??

Anyway...back to my original topic. Wondering what to do on Valentine's Day.

Every business is advertising special offers for the day. Restaurants, special packages consisting of 3-4 courses including drinks and live music. Florists, special prices for bouquets, starting from a single rose to a big bunch of flowers.  Retail stores, buy one, get one free. And not to mention the wide selection of cards out on the market, both online and offline. Man, one does get confused trying to figure out what to do on the day. And even more confused trying to figure out how to make utmost use of the offers out on the market.

After quite a lot of pondering and quite a lot of discussions, we finally decided to go for a quite dinner. And after quite a lil' calling up and enquiring we got the perfect place suiting our budget and adhering to all our conditions.

Now, waiting for the countdown to begin....10.....9....8.....