Sunday Day 7 - re-united with old friends

A lazy day Sunday. Lol! Busy doing nothing!  We wanted to take it easy as we were off to Chichen Itsa first thing on Monday morning.  However, Carolina had arranged for us to visit the Sommelier Martin at the finest in the evening.  

So, 7.45pm, we were escorted across to the finest by Nelson.   Its a short walk, much nearer than I realised, and I was excited to see the lovely Martin, who we had met and spoken to many times in previous years.

Once we walked through the hotel doors, we could appreciate the modern architecture and design of the finest.   There was the usual staircase to a round lit martini bar central to the hotel lobby area.  The furnishings are paired back, comfortable, but stark in comparison to EPM.  However, one of the first things you notice is the noise! The hum drum of children!! Its a bit of a shock to the system seeing so many young people runing around! Im guessing there will be times in the year when it has more of an adults feel, but for the end of july, it was rammed!! Lol! 

Nelson left us in the care of Senor Martin, who had asended the staircase like a gazelle, obviously much practiced daily! It was wonderful to see him, truly.  I had a huge smile on my face as we hugged like old friends.  Its so wonderful to see him back with the excellence group.

Carolina had arranged for us to dine in their only adults only restaurant, Le Petit Plaisir, very similar to food style to Chez at EPM, but the decor is more paired back.  

Before we started a meal we were given a tour of Martins new wine cellar, which takes up a complete wall in the restaurant, a real upgrade from his teeny cupboard in chez! It was wonderful to see him speak about some of the rare wines he now stocks, Martin's obvious passion for wine is inspiring. 

Kevin had bought Martin a little pressie, which is why we wanted to see him, which he gave to him whilst we were in the cellar.  He was really pleased and touched that we'd thought of him.

So, after our tour, we headed back into the restaurant to dine.  Martin had spoken about a lovely argentinian malbec, so we ordered that and a bottle of scrummy prosecco to go with our meal.

I choose duck pate then filet steak.  We shared some rather good cheeses and I finished with a little passion fruit dessert and Kahlua over ice.

At the end of our meal, we had some lovely photos taken with Martin, before heading back to Home.  It was a truly memorable evening and a big big thankyou to Carolina for arranging it.