Showing posts with label risotto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label risotto. Show all posts

Monday, February 11, 2008

Year of Eating Differently (101): Crown and Two Chairmen, Dean Street


So after a weekend in Sweden drinking incredibly strong coffee and eating cream buns, back to London. Went to the pub for something to eat.
The place has tried to rebrand itself as a gastropub when it's in the middle of Soho and therefore beset by hordes of weekend drinkers who probably don't appreciate that kind of thing. However, on a Monday lunchtime it's pretty much empty (there's me, the guitarist from a Hawkwind tribute band, and a woman who appears to be sucking her thumb). I get risotto with asparagus, which arrives after twenty minutes, and is pretty good, although far too small. Luckily I've also got chips, but unfortunately chips + risotto is too rich a blend and now I feel bloated and want to go back to sleep.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Year of Eating Differently (20): Malletti Pizza Bar, Noel Street

It's bright yellow, it bans mobile phones and it has a website at www.nowebsite.com.
Not so efficient when it's rammed full of people, but there's a good selection of different pizza slices to be had; I ended up with risotto instead - a generous portion for 4.50. (Made the mistake once of having risotto and pizza - couldn't move for the rest of the afternoon)
I think larding it with parmesan makes it a little over-rich, but it's all good - something warming on a cold afternoon when I'm dying from a Hot Puppies induced hangover...