Review #111 Rowley’s, St James’s
Chequers, gin, beef, conviviality with a smattering of Stewart Lee, Mark E Smith and Torture Garden. Three hours of pure pleasure.
Review #112 Rotunda, Kings Cross
To be honest I was flagging by the time the steak turned up and it was with less of a bang than a whimper that I consumed the last meal of 2017.
Review #110 North Sea Fish Restaurant, Bloomsbury
Last night a fish bar saved my life. Well, kind of.
Review #109 National Gallery Café, Trafalgar Square
All those stick balancing Yoda scroungers ,now transformed by the Magic of Christmas into rapacious aerial Santas, make a mockery of the imperial pomposity of the Square's original plan far more effectively than Shrigley's tragic waste of bronze could ever do.
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Review #108 Bistro Aix, Crouch End
I can't wait to go back to Bistro Aix in the New Year and take a look at the à la carte - it's a place worth saving for a celebration.
Review #107 Hanoi Phø*, Green Lanes
Hot Nutside Vietnamese dining? Focus on the food, ignore Elton and you'll be okay.
Review #106 Autograf Grill, Green Lanes
It's a top value all-you-can-eat pigfest at Green Lanes' finest Polish restaurant.
Review #105 Salt Yard, Goodge Street
Crocodile eyeballs and a Carol Voldemort reference? It's an IACGMOOH laden account of an excellent lunch at Salt Yard.
Review #104 Bistrot Blanc Bec, Paris
Well, we’d been in Paris for a whole weekend and had yet to go to a proper bistrot for a proper lump of cooked stuff. Across from Les Trois 8 and down the road from Les Félines le Blanc Bec was within staggering distance of two of my newest favourite bars so we did that.…
Review #103 Les Babines, Paris
Sadly without Gatting we couldn't get a carry out but Les Babines wineshop did have the best value of the weekend.
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