The food scene

Some good dishes and some underwhelming, paired with slow service, left me a little disappointed, although i still enjoyed my evening in this charming tapas restaurant. Good food guide restaurant of the year 2014 and London restaurant of the year 2016. I'll start with the best, beef tenderloin with foie and Pedro ximenez on toast, succulent meat and good flavour although a little on the thin side. Ham and chicken croquettes was good, crunchy creamy and golden. Patatas bravas, good again but I would expect the basics to be right. I was curious about the use of lemon sorbet with apple sauce and suckling pig. I think it worked to an extent, if you didn't go to mad with the sorbet, but I think would have been better without it. Presa ibérica was well below average, again a thin cut and overwhelming flavours of cumin and not much else. The trend remained with desert, the 'leche frita' which is deep fried milk dusted in cinnamon was good but maybe a little sweet. The triple c...

A lovely restaurant in the revived and refurbished St Pancras station house. A classic gothic building with a charming cocktail bar. We started with three starters, torched mackerel I found a little boring and a slightly bland. Confit duck raviolo, with tamarind and cashew was for sure one of the highlights of the menu, along with the roast quail, succulent well seasoned served with corn bread. Slow cooked lamb rump served with lamb ribs, star of the show for sure, served with an incredible lamb jus, sticky reduced and layers of deep 'lamby' flavour. However I was underwhelmed with the sides, bacon and smoked potato croquettes were slightly cold and the truffled mac 'n' cheese had a serious lack of truffle. Although the smoked butter mousse served with the chips was utterly delicious. It also must be said, that the duck my parents had ordered well done, was actually still rare. Although it was beautifully cooked to my taste, it's not how we ordered and should not ha...