Last night was our annual Christmas catch up. We did something a little different this year and decided to go axe throwing at Boom Battle Bar. I was a little unsure of it as I didn't really trust myself to do it. I like the idea of it and have wanted to do it for ages but just wasn't sure it would be wise for me to hold an axe...
Boom Battle Bar
Boom Battle Bar is by St John's down the side where Sainsbury's. It's a bar that has all different games - Bavarian Axe Throwing, Crazier Golf, Augmented Reality Darts, American Pool, Shuffleboard Beer Pong.
We turned up and it was dead no-one in there just staff. They said they were waiting for us and once we're done they're shutting. We had to sign a waiver then a guy showed us how to do it. I went first and showed me how to hold the axe in one hand then take one step forward and throw. It was quite hard when the guy showed me he didn't hit the target. Then David went next and he got shown one hand, then Danielle, Hannah and Kelly but the 3 of them got shown to do it with two hands. He said to me next round he would show me two hands but if you do that you have to take two steps then throw. I wasn't any better doing two hands.
I managed to hit the target a few times but I think it only stuck once or twice and I got the most goes as everyone else was getting the hang of it better than I was. There was 3 different axes which I think were different weights but they didn't make any difference to me or help.
We had a few practice rounds then played a game for points which was pointless having different points at different parts of the board cos just hitting the target is enough points as I didn't manage to get it to stick in the target once so that was me out of the game!
The actual axe throwing was fun but there bar was dire - there was no atmosphere at all as it was just us and luckily we did book to do axe throwing and not anything else in there otherwise it would have been really bad.
After we went to the Butterfly and Grasshopper pub where Secret Santa happened. I finally got to sit it out this year and didn't participate but did get a mini baguette which is now the tradition but ended up leaving it in Danielle's giftbag so she now has it!
The Florist
For dinner we went to The Florist. I've been meaning to try there and just never ended up going.
We were sat upstairs and there was a big table that looked like a work party.
Food was pretty slow and I was hungry. We booked the table for 7:30pm but didn't get up going there till near 8pm I think it was and we didn't get our food till 8:30pm. We all got the hanging kebabs
Danielle & Kelly both got the
Salt and Pepper Pork Belly with Bang Bang Sauce
David got the
Crispy Halloumi with Sweet Chilli Glaze and Garlic Oil
Hannah got theChicken served with Garlic Oil
Turkey and All The Trimmings - with orange and cranberry glaze, served with roast potatoes, sprouts, kale, root veg mash and gravy
The guy said they didn't have any turkey left so I said could I have chicken with all the trimmings instead but then when the food came I did end up getting turkey! The turkey was SO dry! I shouldn't have poured the gravy along the top should have left it to dip/drown the turkey in. The pigs in blankets were good though. I didn't taste the orange and cranberry glaze though and didn't even realise there was any till now writing this post..
Lemon Tart - with raspberry sorbet and crushed honeycomb
Raspberry and Almond Frangipane Tart - with non-dairy vanilla ice cream and raspberry coulis
Chocolate Orange Cookie Dough - with vanilla ice cream
Me and Danielle shared the lemon and the frangipane tart. They were both really good. David and Kelly both also got the frangipane tart and Hannah got the cookie dough.
We left at 10pm and were the last people in there. Everywhere was dead - covid really is keeping people in. Even in town and in Primark it was no where near as busy as it usually is.
Really is an Instragramer and blogger's dream place to go as it's so pretty. I did think it was more a style over substance place but the food was good and was pleasantly surprised. Service needed to be sped up a bit but it wasn't bad. After they went to the Philharmonic pub but I went straight home as I was working today and needed to fit an early gym session before work.
Hope you have a good Christmas which still isn't what we all hoped and wanted. Madness how this time last year we thought this would be well over but here we are over and done with it. Hopefully things do get better and we get some normality soon!
