Resto 24, Masala Essence, St Pancras
Standard at Messence.
Resto 16, Brat, Shoreditch
Eating parklife at BRAT.
Resto 12, Jardin d’Hiver, Le Crillon
Anniversaries don't get much better than supping champagne at Le Crillon.
Resto 13, Toraya, Paris
Toraya specialises in high end confectionery and Japanese specialities (there's a whole story going back to the Samurai period) so I got a couple of sherbety things too with pictures of the P de la C and the ET on them. V tasty. Canny expensive for a glorified Pez though.
Resto 11, Le Pré aux Clercs
The highlight of the meal was observing a woof doing its thing in the street outside. With mini-woof watching. Would I come back? Not if there was somewhere else to go.
Resto 10, Le Buisson D’Argent
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…
Resto 9, Victor Garvey Restaurant at Midland Grand Kings Cross, St Pancras
Outstanding dining at Victor Garvey.
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Resto 7 Sripur Master Chef, Tower Hill
It's nice to know the City curry is in safe hands when other establishments have fallen by the wayside post-C.
Brasil! Brasil!
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.
Resto 3, Fortnum & Mason Wine Bar, Piccadilly
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…
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