Resto 37 Bon Vivant, Bloomsbury
Good French food does the trick when it's cold and fluey but mebbe they could go easy on the speakers.
Resto 29 Café Populaire, Rouen
High quality onglet on a sunny terrace. Good times.
Resto 28 Le Bistroquet Chez Cédric, Rouen
A testing day is rounded off at a good bistro with a world class view. I liked Le B, especially when the bill came in at a surprisingly moderate 60-odd euros. The ability of good food, wine and company to assuage middle class woes is something that I am very aware of and never take for granted.
Musset update!
A quick post with the file for 'A Door (Must Be Open or Shut)'
Resto 20 Au Cadrans du PLM, Paris
Professional waiter, cold beer and massive salad with big lumps of salty goat cheese au Cadran du PMU. Recommended.
Translating Musset
Part of the fun of staging a period piece is assembling (and drinking) the props! A short post on my new theatre production for the Crouch End Festival.
Resto 7 Bistrot de la Porte Dorée, Paris
€35 euros a head to travel in a time machine is rather a bargain.
Resto 6 La Petite Porte, Paris
When you’ve an empty belly on in a cold snap La Petite Porte is a haven of the hungry.
Resto 2 Le Jockey, Paris
Chewy onglet (with a delicious sauce) and perfect galette du roi at Le Jockey.
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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