Celebrating being 21

Our youngest is 21 next weekend and proposes celebrating with his university mates in Brighton. So as parents we’ve had to opt for the weekend before to celebrate his coming of age with him.

I had already booked a table for eight on Saturday at our favourite, Tota in downtown Tooting – where, incidentally I decided to book in person over a fish finger sandwich and an espresso.

Ben pitched up Friday night and we thought we’d nip out in advance of the big celebration for a quiet Friday evening spot of grub. Local Italian restaurant Sette Bello seemed the ideal choice. I had melanzana alla parmigiano to start followed by vitello milanese. Very happy with those, all finished off with a Tiramasu and so to bed.

Saturday evening arrived and we headed off to Tota, which turned out to be very busy. We had a table for eight in the corner, comprising Melanie and me, sons, girlfriends and old mates. We ate and drank and had fabulous tasty grub served efficiently by Victoria and Deborah, all finished off with some celebratory drinks on the house.