This was my second visit to this French chain in London. My first visit was for a work event where some consultants shouted our whole team to dinner for letting them earn a bucket load from us (worst still, if my experiences are anything to go by, they were probably trying to squeeze a last dinner out of us before they rolled off). In any case, I was just happy to be there for a free feed. Unfortunately, our relatively large group meant the chefs had some difficulty preparing the meals to their usual standards, as we evident by the over cooked steaks.
This time around, with just Irene and I, they redeemed themselves with a well cooked 2 course each from the Prix Fixe menu. Irene had the Croustillant au brie for starters while I had the Soup du jour - a spicy tomato soup. Both were surprisingly delightful. For mains, we both had the Steak Frites and this time, the steaks were cooked to perfection!
On the whole, it was a nice meal and fitting for the occasion - lunch with my wife on a working day; something we miss dearly from our days in Sydney!
Wish I can have lunch with you everyday!
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