Ferrero Roche?!!!

So I was lucky enough to visit the Ambassador's Residence here in DF for a reception. 

It is in Lomas, the most chi chi part of town, which is very residential, but also quite a way from the Embassy in the legendary DF traffic. 

With the Embassy being so colonial looking, I was expecting the Residence to be the same. Certainly the Ambassador's residence in Moscow was very traditional looking and rather beautiful.

The residence was not what I was expecting at all! It was very cube like from the outside, rather grey and a bit austere!!!. 

However inside was lovely, with furnishings that made it much warmer. The gardens are fabulous, and the staff there do an amazing job of keeping them tip top. 

Unfortunately the rainy season has started in earnest a week early here, and it rained before we arrived (7ish), and it didn't stop for almost 4 hours...

view from the balcony

view from the ground

So it meant that we were standing under a marquee whilst listening to the speeches and drinking lovely G and Ts. However that didn't dampen the spirits of me, or the many other guests there who were networking and enjoying the DJ's mix of Brit hits ( I could have done with a bit more 'Muse' and a bit less Shirley Bassey personally...)

There were no Ferrero Roche. I am not going to lie to you. I was a little disappointed. However the canapes were rather good:

• Sausage rolls (of course)
• Tuna ceviche on tortilla chips
• Lobster in mini bread rolls
• Chicken empanadas (the winner)
• Mini cheese and cranberry tarts
• Goat cheese mini pizzas
• Some pork things

Dining Room

They were very generous with the canapes, and not matter where we stood, the staff kept coming to us. And how could we resist? (ahem!!!)

Of course this left me rather full for my dinner in Lomas...

We went to a lovely restaurant that was surprisingly busy for a Thursday night.I couldn't spot a bottle of wine under £25, so settled for a glass (or two). I had some kind of white fish from the Pacific that I had not heard of, with capers, black butter, olives and a crushed pots. Lovely! 

A super end to a lovely evening!