the resulting product being a bits of lovely, browned meat, rather than strips of homogenized beef and lamb. The xtipiti, which was new to me, was wonderful, adding nice bite to the sandwich, instead of the typical tzatziki sauce, with its yogurt and cucumber flavor. As to the french fries in the sandwich, they lost their structural integrity and mostly just gave a carbohydrate boost, which definitely wasn't necessary. The fries that were served on the side were fabulous, though, fresh-cut and served nice and hot with salt and oregano. The only thing that would have made them better would be a squeeze of lemon juice.

Since it was our Valentine's Day-ish date, Kimberly and I decided to get coffee and dessert. She got an order of baklava, whichwith its two GT Academy drivers proved the world wrong.

Wolfgang Reip, the winner of the 2012 European GT Academy competition started the race for Nismo, driving a mammoth stint of nearly three hours. That included a moment where he overtook several cars down the famous Conrod Straight at over 250km/h leaving the commentators and spectators across the world in complete awe.

While Florian Strauss, the 2013 German GT Academy winner called off his holiday in Thailand early after receiving the call to race when the team’s original driver Alex Buncombe stayed in the UK after his wife was overdue for their first child. The big German had a frustrating time often stuck behind the safety car, but once he was racing, he more than held his own against world