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Amazing Birthday Dinner

I had a completely amazing birthday dinner at 10 Degrees South last night! We'll celebrate at my parents' house on Tuesday, but last night was certainly a night to remember! The restaurant was gorgeous, they played great music (Olivia couldn't stop dancing!), the food, wine, and desserts were fabulous, and we just had the nicest time.

Going clockwise, the dishes are: safari salad with papaya dressing, filet au poivre, chicken curry with sambals (my dinner), pap (like palenta-- sorry it's hard to see), and my amazing dessert: fruit cake!

We had trouble taking pictures. It was a dim restaurant, but when I used the flash, they turned out pretty bright. In fact, James kept yelling at me to stop using the flash because it's a nice restaurant, but we were off in a corner by ourselves, so I took a few anyway. Pooh on him. I wanted pictures!

Eating saltines that we brought:

Sometimes it takes two hands!

Mommy & Olivia by the masks:

I was kind of disappointed that they didn't have t-shirts like the website said, but they told me I could call later and they'd send me one. I also assumed that the waiters/staff would be South African, but no one we spoke to was. we had tons of people come to our table to see Olivia. She was dressed in a safari themed outfit from Gymboree, complete with pink animal tights, a denim skirt with animals on it, and a matching shirt. We ended up talking to almost everyone who worked there. The only person I even knew was from South Africa was this really hot waiter, but the food was totally authentic (from what I remember of our trip).

James took this before we left . . .

It's his version of "Where's Waldo?" Can you spot Olivia?

Here she is!

I will definitely be going back, but not too often because it's quite pricey, but so worth it!

Posted by Hannah at February 4, 2007 11:32 PM