Asking for a table for one at a restaurant can be a rather daunting experience at first. Giving the impression to the restaurateur and the other patrons that you’re a “Sally no mates”. Dining alone whilst every other table surrounding us is full of joy, laughter and people conversing about a whole variety of things.
I would say that eating at a restaurant by yourself can be one of the most liberating pastimes. Going to a restaurant with nothing but a pen, a notepad and our thoughts.
Especially if you go to a restaurant that you have frequented in the past and so know the menu backwards and forwards, and the minute the server/waiter arrives, you know precisely what you’re going to order and how you want it.
As much as I love to dine with others, there is a certain joy that only comes from taking some time for yourself. It offers up the opportunity to gain perspective and clarity of mind by being there with yourself in your own little bubble. Letting the world around you hum and vibrate in a chaotic orchestra whilst you’re sat alone with only your thoughts as company.
To write this, I went to one of my favourite restaurants in Monaco. That being Song Qi for an evening’s writing and dining, just opposite Monaco’s Grimaldi Forum and spitting distance from the world-famous and somewhat infamous Sass…
