I love a good date night. I love eating out also. But it can get pricey, fast. I’m probably in a restaurant four out of seven nights a week. My other problem is that I love a good steak. And lord knows good steak is not cheap. Which is why I have taken the HQ Date Nights and put them in a special place – my heart.

Every Tuesday you can get two of HQ’s perfectly sizzled sirloin steaks and two glasses of wine for R250. Yep. True story. You still get that mouth-watering and refreshing parmesan, pine nut and lettuce salad (with the phenomenal dressing) to start, and then you get your steak, cooked to how you like it, smothered in endless amounts of what is easily the best Cafe de Paris sauce in the country. I like to drown my skinny french fries in that sauce. I wouldn’t mind getting into a bath of it, to be honest.

I love that the service is always slick at HQ – and just because you’re getting a special price doesn’t mean you’re going to get “special” (read: bad) service. You’re going to get HQ’s usual friendly and efficient waiters recommending you beautiful cocktails in watering cans. They even add to the date night vibe and have a lovely looking man strumming away on the guitar. If you close your eyes you could be in the city of love. It took all my restraint to not get up and do a little dance with my date. There’s something so wonderful about live music.

Pop on down to HQ this Tuesday to up the love quota in your relationship.