Villandry review

Lovely meal at the Villandry tonight. Last minute decision but we ended up at the Villandry on great Portland Street central London. We arrived and it was quite busy, took a while to get our drinks but not the end of the world. 

The menu was very competent indeed, not over fussed, I think there were only about 8 dishes in total, which for some reason is always a good sign to me. So I went for the steak my friend the Italian meat platter. 

My steak was cooked to perfection, a little chewy but very good, the chips were yummy and the bearnaise sauce on the side was nice. 

We then couldn't help ourselves but to try the puds they looked great and if the table next to us hadn't ordered theirs I'm not sure we would have as we wouldn't have seen how yummy the were. I went with the banana tarte tatin, and the girls went for apple crumble and a salt chocolate thing. I was torn between the cheese board and the tart but went for the sweet option. Well it/ they were delicious! And very very naughty. 

Very nice all in all, the only down side was the slow service and to be fair I think they must have been down on staff as couldn't see many and every table was taken. And also might be a small thing to many but a terrible no no for me... A massive flat screen tv with the news on. Not good. 

Apart from that the food was good the environment was lovely and, oh nearly forgot they have a lovely outside space/terrace small but lovely.

Traditional Sunday Roast

Roast at the nags 

Sunday just gone we took our new Texan friend for a traditional country pub roast beef lunch. We went along to The Nags Head in Moreton. Recently been taken over so we thought we would give it a go. We sat outside in the sunshine in their large bead garden then went through to the restaurant. I was very pleasantly surprised by their wine list and went with a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc  called Torrent Bay, very nice.

Any way we advised our friend from across the pond that in our opinion beef was the best but asked for a side of stuffing too. They has sold out of cauliflower cheese much to my boyfriends disappointment, we have made a roast complete with coli cheese for the past 3 Sundays. And when the food arrived,the first thing to take my notice was the gravy, sadly it was a runny gravy, tasty but runny. Apart from that it was a good pub roast. 

Best Indian in Essex

Vojans in Ongar

The best Indian ever in my humble opinion. I love it and used to go a lot, we went almost once a month on and off for 10 years but moved away and haven't been till Saturday in 2 years! 

Well something just don't change, service atmosphere, flavors everything just brilliant! I love it and would urge anyone in the Ongar area to go and check it out. 5 stars all the way! 

Salad in the westend

Salad on The Strand at Bedford and Strand 


Chicken and bacon salad with dressing on the side. Very very good indeed a whole breast of chicken and 2 pieces of bacon. It was so good I barely touched the dressing. I've been here few times now and the food never let's me down. The service was better than normal too. 

cheap eats in Soho

Soho Italian  

Lovely meal tonight at 40 Dean Street in London's busy vibrant Soho. It was 2 courses for 12.50 - yes you read right thats £12.50!  2 options for starter and 3 for main. I went for the stuffed mushroom to start followed by salmon wrapped in pancetta with beetroot salad and tarragon sauce - lots of flavours but very tasty and the salmon was massive. 

When we arrive we were welcomed in by a man we thought must have been the owner. It was rammed with a birthday party to which we (the entire restaurant) sang happy birthday to. It was at this point we felt we were the only people in the place that didn't know the birthday girl/boy.

It was nice buzzy and welcoming. I really enjoyed it. 

dinner at Rosas

Last night we went for a quick bite to eat at Rosas in Soho. It was very nice, good service good portions and great food. I went for pad thai, I know, I know how predictable and boring but if I am entirely honest it was on of the very few dishes that didnt have have a number of chillies next to it. And you know me a chillies - never a good thing to say the least. I was also a little let down by the dessert menu but thats not always abad thing is it?

All in all it was lovely perfect for grabbing some good food with friends.

Lunch on Jermyn Street London

Lunch this afternoon was lovely. We walked in to a very busy Getti on Jermyn Street. We were sat up stairs where it was a little quieter. I decided to go for the sword fish as I am trying to eat more fish - as my dad always says 'there no fat on that'. So I had the fish with steamed veg and roast potatoes and my friend went for the antipasti dish. We also decided to try the facacha bread with rosemary and sea salt. It was all lovely! 

The fish was very very good indeed! It was almost like carpachio of sword fish, 4 slim slices of beautiful cook fish off the bone covered in premium olive oil and scattered with capers, delicious! The service was very good too, very authentic, (not sure how pc that is but its so nice to be in an Italian and be served by an Italian)

I could resist pudding so went for the obvious i'm afraid- the chocolate cake. It was yummy - so yummy in fact I eat the lot and I only got it to have a taste. 

I would recommend Getti to all, be it the Marylebone site or the Jermyn Street one they are both very very good!