Hi, Baukjen here. One day during our New York trip it was Harriette's, my sister-in-law, birthday. Geoff and I took her to dinner to celebrate and she chose one of her favourite NY restaurants - Il Buco. We had never heard of it. What a great place. The photos on their website do not do the ambience any justice, it has a warm candle lit feel, very french bistro like. The food was wonderful too. We will be going there again one day.

Whilst having dinner, a man who was seated at the table next to us, started to speak to me in Dutch. He had heard us talk and had lived years ago in Belgium. I was rather relieved I hadnt talked with Harriette about the ins and out of our pregnancies (she is expecting her third child) as that could have been rather embarrassing.

Later during dinner, we were showing Harriette the new maternity collection that we will be launching for Autumn Winter later this year. Whilst we were looking at the photos, a woman on the table next to us (this time on the other side) asked us what we were looking at. In London no-one would ever ask that to a stranger but she seemed very nice and genuinely interested so Harriette told her that it was our new collection. She asked if she could see it, normally we would not do this as it's confidential until launch but it felt unfriendly to say no. So she had a good look and was extremely complimentary saying that she would wear lots of the clothes herself even though she wasn't pregnant (I am not good with age but estimate she is around 55 years old). Very nice woman. When she later left she told us that she was a well known cake maker called Sylvia Weinstock. Apparently she's very good at what she does and makes the cakes for all the celebrity weddings. I am slightly relieved we only learnt this as she was leaving as I am sure Geoff would have been asking her for baking techniques.

Anyway, Il Buco is more than worth trying out if you are in New York.