Saturday, 18 June 2011

The Posh Lunch Club heads to Quaglino's.

It's all go at the moment isn't it?! This afternoon, the posh lunch club went to Quaglino's for lobster and chips. It's a hard life. The restaurant is offering a half lobster and chips for £15 a head, which is a great way to do posh on the cheap.



I am of the impression that it's quite hard to do lobster and chips badly. Quaglino's do it rather well, lobster cooked perfectly, chips crunchy on the outside, soft in the middle, not much more I can say. The service was not as attentive as it could have been - three asks for the non alcoholic cocktail for my pregnant friend, and two requests for salt (that obsession of mine), before they arrived at the table.

My pud, treacle tart, wasn't brilliant either, nowhere near treacly enough, almost crumble-like in texture. Very odd. My friend's pavlova, which I think you will agree is desperately photogenic, scored much higher on the yum scale.

Treacle tart. With clotted cream - NOT an egg. 



Overall, my thoughts are as follows: go and have the £15 lobster lunch and the rather lovely Chateau de Poyet Muscadet. Take your own salt, but don't blame me if the Met Police take a keen interest in the bag of white crystals you're carrying around. And don't stay for pudding - head to one of the fabulous Soho gelateria instead (I highly recommend Gelupo). 

1 comment:

  1. Really, really like lobster and chips - it's one of those bistro dishes that are hard to get in restaurants here in Dubai as they mostly do fancy. Your post reminded me of younger days and living in London and very expensive long lunches. *sigh*

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