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…
Resto 51 Bonne Route, Harringay
The offer is an excellent variety of wine by the glass (and bottle) with sliced raw meat/cheese/olives/bread.
Resto 45 Bubala, Soho
We took coffee down the road at Flat White, which since I was last there in the 2010s appears to discovered that Billy Idol is C-O-O-L. Sorry kids, I was there and he was C-R-A-P. Thankfully their coffee remains superb.
Resto 41 Ciao Bella, Bloomsbury
It's a cliché but CB really is the epitome of the trad trattoria in central London, a breed that is not disappearing as much as you might think. But being in Bloomsbury it was about 20 quid more that it might have been, say, on Green Lanes. Even so, I didn't begrudge it the extra; Lamb's Conduit Street can be maddening in its Monocality but CB is keeping it real. Even if the customers aren't.
Resto 40 Folk House Zakopane, Turnpike Lane
Amazing value for what we'd had food-wise but also given the attentive service and friendly atmosphere. It's almost worth making a diversion for.
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