Resto 4 La Giaconda, Hornsey
Good sea bass and pizza but filthy coffee. Cazzo!
Resto 3 Prezzo, Trafalgar Square
A predictably bland prelude to an underpowered Mamet show featuring a hamster in a rug.
Resto 2 Le Jockey, Paris
Chewy onglet (with a delicious sauce) and perfect galette du roi at Le Jockey.
Resto 1 of 2018! Pizza Pernety, Paris
Good pizza before grooving to the Cubans at l'Entrepôt is an excellent way to spend a Saturday night.
Resto 74 Il Pescatore, Southend-on-Sea
Of all the restos of my acquaintance in Southend (and I've known a few) Il P reigns supreme.
Resto 73 The Agricultural Hotel, Penrith
Good beer, decent food and cheerful staff makes the Agricultural Hotel a winner.
Resto 72 The Fish Inn
After a stroll around the glorious Buttermere we worked up an appetite such as us city dwellers rarely possess. The Fish Inn has a very homely look that tempted us in for good pub food. They have local beer, I can recommend the Loweswater (?) Gold, and a selection of classics on the lunch menu…
Resto 71 Brasserie de la Gare, Brussels
Dinky croques, clean bogs and a friendly welcome at the B de la G in Brussels.
Resto 70 Dom im Stapelhaus, Köln
Standard food with the worst waiter of the year so far.
Resto 69 Le Moissonnier, Köln
This was an excellent experience but not one that my credit card could handle too many times in a season. However, to have come into a womb of sophisticated Frenchness after having spent an evening watching the most turgid Europa League match since the last one in a noisy brauhaus was a most welcome thing. And this on the back of an excellent morning in Cologne's fine art museum where they had an extraordinary exhibition of Tintoretto. After that it was back to sausageland, the latex girls, Kölsch and a man with a very annoying drill in a terrible hotel bar.
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