A new menu at The Portman, Marylebone
Finally, we come to desserts. They all sound lovely, but the winner has to be the sticky toffee pudding, all syrupy and rich, served hot and with a lush vanilla ice cream. Mmm.
Big Easy BBQ & Crabshack, Covent Garden
A Lobster Bake is so much more than its name implies. As well as the obligatory half-lobster there is mess of mussels, jumbo shrimp, crab claws & new potatoes, cooked in garlic.
A Sparkling Peruvian Date at Lima, London
Not all the time but, now and then, a restaurant opens in London that catches everyone’s attention.
Brunch at Henrietta Hotel, Covent Garden
The menu, by Ollie Dabbous, is ingredient-led with simple, seasonal dishes and accents of France.
Steak at Hawksmoor Air Street, London
A bloody cut of meat is perhaps one of the few remaining animal tendencies we indulge in, and the acquisition of said flesh may sometimes seem like the greatest need to fulfil.
A Candlelit Dinner at Ham Yard Hotel, Soho
After a generous squeeze of lemon, we slip pieces of the hand-carved salmon on to thin slices of sourdough toast, marveling at the simplicity and the yumminess of it all
