Restaurant – Page 5 – A London Journal

Resto 39 Sama Sebo, Amsterdam

A show stopper of a dinner at Sama Sebo. Old school dining with gut busting portions. Highly recommended.

Resto 38 Rijksmuseum Café, Amsterdam

A 5am start in London meant that by the time I’d dumped my stuff at the hotel and got to the Rijksmuseum for lunch I was hungry and slightly ratty. Grub was needed before culture. A small wait for a table was natural enough and it’s a pleasant room to wait in the atrium of…

Resto 37 Osteria London, Barbican

Good Italian food at Osteria.

Resto 36 The Green Room, South Bank

An incompetent waiter prompts a trip down memory lane.

Resto 35 Le Mercury, Islington

Good food followed by an hour of Trotskyite propaganda delivered with all the charm of a carriage full of soccer hooligans beating up your grandma.

Resto 30 Huis, Southsea

Every athlete knows that the way to prepare for a ten mile race is to drink 6 pints and eat like a Belgian. Which is why I found myself in Huis the evening before the Great South Run.

Resto 29 Luce e Limone, Gray’s Inn

Maybe Otto’s would have been a better punt after all.

Resto 28 Maison Leblanc, Liège

Already a jolly party we were by no means discontented, but with one server struggling to keep pace with the demands of a fairly busy room the extra bonhomie that you need from a host to encourage an all out assault on the waistline and liver was definitely not forthcoming.