One evening, just about a year or so ago, I was abducted to this French restaurant La Petite Auberge, on Upper Street, Islington, by a friend of mine, who happened to live around the restaurant’s corner. She was adamant to prove we did not have to spend hundreds to get good French food in London. …
It took me ages to finally get to go to Gauthier Soho–a new gastronomic venture by Alexis Gauthier of Michelin-starred Roussilon–at Lindsay House where Richard Corrigan’s used to be. This is a rather intimate restaurant, I must say, a period house with two dining rooms split over two levels on a quiet West End street, …
Fernandez and Wells has been around in Soho for a while and sustained itself across three locations. Beak Street and St Anne’s Court for sandwiches, cakes and coffee. My fave one? … on Lexington Street! Described on their website as “European market stall in an English setting”, the Lexington cafe specialises in cured meat–most …