Food – Page 3 – A London Journal

Resto 48 Il Panzerotto, Rome

Il Panzerotto, for me at least, wasn't the highlight of our stay in Rome.

Resto 46 Casa Nostra, Market Harborough

In town for a reunion with old school friends two thirds of the party insisted on eating before drinking. Sensible, right? especially as I had an early flight to Rome the next day. We spurned Pizza Express in favour of something local and this was a good idea. Service was friendly and the offer pretty…

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 44 Les 2 Garçons, Crouch End

Now, I can speak French and often do in France (and Belgium). But being expected to spontaneously speak it in Crouch End brought out the inner Kingsley Amis, which, to be honest, happens with greater frequency now that I've walked the earth for half a century.

Resto 43 Troubadour, Leuven

So we emerged into the daylight early, peckish and under-boozed. Which was a shame.

Resto 42 Ellis Gourmet Burger, Leuven

Hazy recollection of a month ago Belgian burger.

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.