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This is the kind of bourgeois place we don't normally frequent but I liked it. Lots of City folk in suits. There was a cloak room. Elegant, attentive service. Great view of the Thames. A bottle of red house wine was great value at £20 and light and fresh.
The food was really rather good. We shared the pear and blue cheese salad to start. A good variety of leaves including beet leaves and frissee. A tiny bit of finely minced shallot as well as the pears and blue cheese. Dressing was heavily infused with thyme but a little on the oily side for my companion.
My main was the crab linguine with a side of charred broccoli. Broccoli was still firm, which is how I like it. Crab linguine was quite fiery with chilli, and contained plenty of crab. Be warned this comes sprinkled with cheese, which is a no-no in Italy. A little underseasoned but there was salt and pepper on the table.
My companion's fish and chips was the best fish in chips in recent memory for both of us. Thin crunchy batter on the fish. Amazingly good chips were crunchy, not greasy, and pillowy inside. Homemade tartar sauce with with finely chopped onions and capers was incredibly fresh tasting. Mushy peas were made with fresh peas, not dried. So a lighter, brighter take on classic fish and chips. My dining partner vowed to order this again sometime. The fish and chips come with curry sauce, which we asked to be replaced with bearnaise. It was nice they didn't charge us extra for the replacement.
Head Chef John Harrison finds delicious inspiration in the bounty of the Cornish coast and brings fresh flavour to the modern British menu at Northbank Restaurant and Bar near St Paul’s. Kemey and I were mightily impressed with the chef’s largely seaward leaning approach on ingredient and focus on Cornwall during our recent weekday dinner at Northbank.
I absolutely love the City of London. Not Oxford Street or Soho. But the real City. The central, money-making, high-rise building, suit wearing part. It’s ever-changing, buildings are getting taller and surprisingly it’s turning from a drinking hive into a foodie one. The cocktails are still good, but the food is now even better. Not to mention that weekends in this part of London are still relatively quiet – making it the perfect place to roam the endless streets, riverbanks and alleyways.
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