Your first anniversary is paper, my mother in law gave us money and my best friend made my husband (Chris) a paper aeroplane and me a paper swan! I had a lovely day yesterday, we didn't do anything out of the ordinary during the day, didn't even bother with cards or presents for ourselves as we were going out in the evening anyway to celebrate.
When we wed last year we were promised that on our first anniversary we would receive a full 3 course meal free of charge at our wedding venue. I wasn't too sure what to expect as the only time I've really eaten there was our wedding, which was yummy.
My bestie turned up to look after our little ones at about 18:45, we had a quick chat and opened her card and then after kissing the kids good bye we left for our meal at The Lincoln Hotel.
On arrival we were directed to the restaurant at the back of the hotel, the rooms were cosy and inviting with out 4 maybe 5 tables in each room. We were shown to our table of two, on the walls were pictures of the Lancaster Bombers, pilots and propellers. All these are a favourite for decoration in Lincoln due to its history.
The menu consisted of about 5 starters, 7 mains, 5 desserts and a cheese selection. When offered a drink I stuck with my favourite which is an Archers and Lemonade and Chris, not being much of a drinker and especially not a beer or wine fan, chose just lemonade.
Our starter was delicious. We decided to share a selection of breads with feta cheese, sun dried tomatoes, olives, butter and garlic butter. One of the bread rolls was chocolate and chilli, not my favourite that's for sure as I felt it was a weird mix. The other rolls were warm, crunchy and delicious and were whole grain and white breads.
The restaurant wasn't packed out, I think two tables and ours were the only ones being used whilst we were eating.
My main was tough to choose, I had the options of duck, rib eye steak, tagliatelle, risotto, and a vegetarian option. I chose a well done rib eye steak and I was not disappointed, it was mouth watering. The Stilton cheese side really complemented everything, I could of eaten a hell of a lot more even if I felt full!
Chris opted for Duck, he said it was very chewy but moist, he's used to shredded duck from the chinese so a stark difference. He loved it either way and cleared his plate pretty quickly.
We also were served seasonal veg in a bowl on the side which consisted of carrots, new potatoes and green beans.
Our server was Carolina, she was lovely and had us chuckling now and again. The people really enjoyed her character too.
Now for dessert I was unsure, there were lots of choices but in the end I went with a Creme caramel with ginger biscotti.
Chris chose a strawberry semi-fredo and seemed surprised to find in half frozen which was amusing.
After we went to pay our bit which was just £5 for drinks and that was it!
I thoroughly enjoyed my meal, the delicious breads with feta, garlic butter and sundries tomatoes and mainly the steak. I said to Chris I wanted to go back again, the steak was just so good.
If we had of paid it would of come to £53 which to us seemed reasonable. The food was great, the service was fantastic and it left us feeling like we could come back any time and maybe try something different. One of the other starters was pigeon breast, at first I thought of the pigeons in town and it put me off the idea but after seeing another couple have it I became curious as to what it tasted like.
All in all a fab time at The Lincoln Hotel!
We also saw Thor: the dark world afterwards and loved it, how couldn't Thor is amazing!
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