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Not exactly a dining experience, although we did have olives and nuts. Le Bd’A is a proper neighbourhood bar in a neighbourhood which feels increasingly like it’s becoming a ‘neighbourhood’. Un Jupi pour moi et un Campari soda pour madame et tlm étaient content. Once the two carnivores (steak tartare and lamb shish, a powerful…
Outstanding dining at Victor Garvey.
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As I walked to the museum it seemed that every step of the way I saw a fresh restaurant that was better than mine, with seductive lunchtime offers plastered in the windows. Had the chef of Le M mesmerised me? If so, I was happy enough.
It's nice to know the City curry is in safe hands when other establishments have fallen by the wayside post-C.
The menu is brief but full of interesting things.
The RTJ was fine but next time I'm in Versailles I'll try their rivals, The Maharajah, across the road. Oh, and make sure I know where Versailles are actually playing.
The RTJ was fine but next time I'm in Versailles I'll try their rivals, The Maharajah, across the road. Oh, and make sure I know where Versailles are actually playing.
With nearly all of the artwork from collections not just outside of the UK but from across the Atlantic it's well worth catching this show, especially if you want to dream of tropical climes during this chilly London February.
After a hard day hitting the books in the London Library (Edmund White’s excellent The Flâneur in prep for a March Paris trip) it was time for a bit of pre-exhibition grub. We didn’t want to go too far and Al Duca is in the middle of a refurb so we opted for F&M’s Wine…
For £15 a head I don't think you could get better value anywhere else on Green Lanes (except, perhaps Umut 2000). Recommended.
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