Dean street town house for lunch

Food: 8/10

Service: 7/10 a bit slow 

Atmosphere:7/10

Decor:9/10 

Value: 6/10

New soho restaurant Blanchette

Food: 9/10

Service: 9/10

Atmosphere:9/10

Decor:9/10

Value:9/10

A new French style restaurant has joined the foodie scene in Soho and I love it! 

The place looks great, the food was great, all in all it's a massive two thumbs up from me. I will totally be going back! 

www.blanchettesoho.co.uk

Crispy pigs ears - bloody lovely! 

Chicken with white beans - again delicious! 

Amazing French bread served in a brown paper bag. A tad wanky but the bread was spot on.  

This was the butter and wooden paddle 

Duck Soup new kid on the block in soho

amazing - tomato with soggy bread, basil, garlic and chunks of parmesan 

perfectly cooked lamb perfectly seasoned very very good but no greens?? 

glad i didnt order this not my bag. and i latter noticed missing a langoustine also the artichoke was a great touch in theory sadly not in practice best left alone in my opinion  

great counter top dining - tiny venue and we saw two men lunching on their own. which is always a good sign 

wine list written on white titles quite cool - its all very cool but possibly a bit try hard cool ??

This place only opened its doors two weeks ago is is the brain child of some guys that worked at Hicks.

Good job I say, keep up the good work.

few tiny gripes - looks like they spent minimal money (which I think is the look they are going for) even down to loads of spider plants everywhere and unfinished looking flooring and brick work - it seems to be popping up everywhere at the moment. Any way sorry, my point is its all been done on the cheap but its far from cheap 14 quid for 4 lamb chops! I ask you, really...

We sat at 1 of the 3 tables along the wall - note to all, DONT. My friend thinks they should have an actual note posted on arrival 'fatties be advised the tables are NOT made for you, we suggest you sit at the bar'.
Needless to say they are rather snug and not ideal if you are not of a slender frame

They seem to have a daily menu which I think is fab! hand written and kept on a meat hook??? make of that what you will.

http://ducksoupsoho.tumblr.com/

A taste of Spain in London's sunny Soho

Lunch in London on a sunny summers afternoon. Yesterday my friend took me to lunch at BarraFina in Soho -I have often walked past but have never been. It was just lovely. Amazing food, wonderful, personal service and tables outside - i felt like i was on holiday! It was about 28 degrees in central London and I did have a ice cold glass of wine in hand. 

My friend ordered for me as to be entirely honest the menu was a little heavy on the Spanish, and i didnt know what much of it was. 

He ordered, classic tortilla, salchichon, rump lamb and bread with oil. 

The Salchichon - Just delicious plenty for two to share and cut perfectly. 

The tortilla - wow! I obviously have never had a proper tortilla because this was like nothing I have tasted before. It was so good, quite rich but so so very good. 

Rump Lamb - tender succulent, cooked to perfection and to sauce was to die for all the herbs and flavours  were brilliantly balanced. The sauce was so good I had to order more of the fresh soft divine bread to mop it up. 

Needless to say I will be back again. It's a wonder how it has slipped past me! 

cheap and quick lunch in soho

Popped out for a bite to eat last week in soho. Thai was the chose of the day @siam - two courses for £8.95 very good value i thought. The service was superb, the food - good portion sizes and tasty good. I was very pleased indeed. I will go back again for sure. I must say though i think i would go back again mostly because the service was so good.

I had pad thai - how wrong can you go?

Finally we go to Polpo

So finally after many attempts we go to polpo, the amazing polpo. Well no not in this case, we waited what seems to be the "mandatory" "just over an hour" wait. Which of course you end up drinking in the tiny cramped bar area. This is all fine, we knew there would be a wait so I really shouldn't moan about that. 

So on to the food... We ordered their signature meatballs dish, some pork wrapped in pancetta, arancini, aka those amazing Italian rice balls and asparagus in an anchovies butter  melt artichokes. 

The verdict ... It was very disappointing. The signature meatballs were dry and over cooked and pork was also very over cooked and the rest was just average. Apart from the asparagus, that was lovely, but maybe an anchovy or two too many. 

All in all I won't be going back. 



No photos i am afraid as it was just too dark.


www.polpo.co.uk

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. 

egg white omelette at dean street townhouse

This week I tried and tested my first ever egg white omelette! Now I have been told that this has nearly no calories and is 'very nice'. Well, I felt like a right idiot ordering it and it was made even more difficult by that fact that the breakfast menu at The Dean Street Townhouse is very very good, they even had black pudding!

So I thought if I am going to try this I need to make it as tasty as possible, I added mushrooms and ham my friend added spinach and tomatoes. It came out looking awful very disappointing, but never the less I gave it a go, and in all honestly it wasn't too bad, the ham helped a lot! Check out the full menu here.

I did take a picture but it looked so bad I thought there was no point in posting it.

However the venue! Now that was lovely, the service was very good too. It felt very relaxing and inviting. The decor was very nice very old English with wood cladding ect. We were sat at a low round table with wingback velvet chairs. I would go back for sure in fact I am, i'll be there again on Tuesday. Fully recommend it for breakfast in Soho.

Profile again

So we popped in again as our last lunch wasnt too bad and it is two for a tena... well is it is it really? no is the answer in short- once you add a drink each and service change £10 soon turns in to £20. but never the less it was ok. I dont think we will go again though

breakfast at Soho Hotel

Another day another breakfast. I have found it increasingly hard to find somewhere in Soho good for breakfast. We popped our heads in to Pauls on Old Compton Street and then promptly back out again - it was scussy.

We ended up at an old fav instead - refule at Soho Hotel. Much nicer. We both went for the fruit plate to which we were directed to the help your self arrangement of fruit. I had a small helping as wasnt too impressed but the more i eat the more i like so ended up going back for seconds. I especially liked the dried figs! yummy, its been a while since i have had them.

Lovely breakfast good service and all round a lovely place for a spot of breakie - £22 something for two a tad expensive but not really well worth it if you ask me.

cheap cheap cheap soho lunch

Popped out for a spot of Friday lunch this week at Profile. They are offering 2 courses for £10!! So we thought we'd give it a go. We walked in with minimal expectations. Once seated the waiter went away came back and then gave us the menu which was a little frustrating as we were short on time and, isnt it the norm to get given your menu when you sit???

Any way lets not split hairs over it. We bother ordered the burger. I know I seem to be eating a lot of burgers lately but they really are the easiest thing to order on this diet (loose the bun and the chips and its fine).

So two burgers and 1 pint, I had tap water. We were asked how we wanted they cooked which is always a good sign. Food arrived fast, large portion and tasty, it was actually a cheese bacon burger - I must not have read it properly - it was good.

Vert bright an gay which one must expect when in Soho from time to time. Vivid canary yellow leather booths laid out like a classic American diner style.

The bill was about £15 including service charge.

It was fine no complaints.