STILETTO – a high pointed HEEL on a woman’s shoe or a small dagger.

WHEELS – a medieval instrument of torture or a vehicle for personal mobility.

We owed, and we do like to pay our debts…so, off to a Saturday lunch at Launceston Place – newly pimped of late – with the B-hound and Fun-ke-S .

Lovin’:

• The area – fab houses, beautiful gardens, easy parking
• My spider crab risotto with garlic butter - fantastic, great presentation,
• My mackerel on toast with quails eggs - wafer thin toast, hollandaise sauce, all on a beautiful green plate
• The raspberry millefeuille that I shared with Fun-ke-S - huge, light, plump raspberries, swirls of cream, dustings of icing sugar

Yummmm, I did have a great meal, no? The others? Do I care? I guess I do…

Not quite lovin’ but really OK:

• Delicious amuse-geules - cleansing cucumber, light parfait, crunchy sugar sticks
• Good coffee and melting herby chocolates

No lovin’ at all:

• Overdone scallops, rubbery extremes, too pink middle, wobbly, awkward plate
• Really stingy cheese serving at a £6.50 surcharge!

The B-hound and the staff had a slightly tense moment early on but it was, I think, a linguistic misunderstanding and the moment quickly passed us all by. Everything else was OK. We sat in a room with high ceilings, dark walls and a nice big window - easy to roll in to, lots of space. It was not too busy; we ate at an unrushed, leisurely pace. We thought it would all be better with evening light and atmosphere and a little sharpening of their offer. Expensive...not a surprise!

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