Eating out

Quick post to tell you about a lovely day off Jackie and I had last Thursday. 

We woke up and went for a short walk and had breakfast at a Georgian cafe in Clapham South which we've often walked past, it looks really nice but never looks very busy, we're always keen to support new independent places so we thought we'd give them a go. Having looked at the menu in the window a while ago we both planned to have pancakes and they had two options for Georgian pancakes. Unfortunately the option I went for wasn't available so I ended up going for muesli and a croissant. The food wasn't much to write about to be honest, the pancakes probably were authentic Georgian pancakes, in which case if you ever have the opportunity to have Georgian pancakes I wouldn't recommend it if there are other options.

That said the Georgian cafe does seem to have some decent reviews (http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/venue/2%3A27988/georgian) and some of their lunch/dinner meals might be worth a try some time, as well as their cakes which looked good.

The Georgian Cafe, photo from Time Out

Here are a couple of photos we took at the Georgian...

After our breakfast we headed back home to get ready for the main event of the day which was lunch as the Glasshouse in Kew Gardens (suburb, not actually in the gardens). We had a voucher for this restaurant from when we went to Chez Bruce for Jackie's birthday (as described in a previous blog post). We were booked for 1 and would have been on time if I hadn't taken us to Kew Bridge station instead of Kew Gardens station. A brisk walk had us there about 15 minutes late. The decor and atmosphere of the Glasshouse is very different to Chez Bruce and in our view not as good. But the food and service was great and we had a really nice time. Our voucher gave us lunch for £13 per person. My 1 glass of wine cost £14!

Jackie ready for our lunch date

What we ate:

Entree:

Jackie: San Daniele prosciutto with bocconcini, cantaloupe melon, watercress and balsamic
Simon: Foie gras and chicken liver parfait with toasted brioche (The toasted brioche was yum and the waiter saw me wolfing mine down so offered me another, which I duly accepted and smothered in the plentiful pate)

Main:
Jackie:Gnocchi and gorgonzola dolce gratin with endive compote, spinach, walnuts and girolles
Simon: Crisp pollock with sauce bourride, baby courgettes, razor clams, mussels and aioli

Dessert:
Jackie: Strawberry and custard pie with Italian meringue and strawberry sorbet
Simon: Valrhona chocolate, peanut and praline terrine with chocolate sorbet

I had a large glass of Riesling QbA Trocken, von der Fels, Keller, Rheinhessen, Germany. Jackie had a freshly squeezed orange juice.

It was all delicious and as we sat inside the torrential rain lashed the large windows for dramatic effect.

We then went home and watched a movie (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest) and finished off our decadent day of dining with curry from our new favourite curry takeway, see previous blog post for why they're our favourite.

Jackie tucking in to dinner