Medcalf, London
4 stars based on
66 reviews
For lunch, you can choose any two dishes for a tenner, which is probably the best value for different, well-made food in really uncomfortable surroundings anywhere in Soho.
I am wishing now that I had recalled the advice a good 12 hours earlier. And yet I do not regret a second of my meal at Som Saa. And some of the fermented pork. But really, who cares? How can something so mundane taste so magical? As my beloved Dolly Parton almost said, it takes a lot of work to look this simple.
But Exmouth Market is the sort of place where you can risk disappointment, because there will always be Morito or Caravan, Santore, Macellaio RC or the Quality Chop House to take your disappointment and turn it joyfully into a hangover. Flavours were robust, textures varied. For initiates, vegan, gluten-free, organic and raw-food dishes were clearly marked on the menu. I enjoyed them both, though I preferred the first: Personally, I would come for the beer not the hobgoblin oneknock back a few by the fire, and then stagger in for dinner afterwards.
I felt bad for them when my burger arrived. Yes, it was a patty hewn of millet, black bean and mushroom, but it arrived in a wholewheat bun with goji ketchup, garlic aioli and, importantly, chips. Damn it, Farmacy, I went expecting a giggle. You gave me proper lunch. A sort-of Tex Mex meets country show hog roast. Not a lot, but I can say the two pork sausages were very good, sliced in half we imagined to enable quick cooking.
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Santore exmouth market review may 2015 espresso martini pudding was served in a tall copper-coloured glass but could have been punchier.
For warm days — when the estuary can look more Mediterranean than Cornish — there are two outdoor terraces. The entrance features an original stone-flagged monochrome floor and a grand staircase which leads up to the best santore exmouth market review may 2015.
These feature Georgian oil paintings, grand four poster beds and antique wooden furniture. The interior feels traditional but not staid, and cosy without being overly-chintzy. As well as beautiful laws and gardens to explore in fine weather, Middlethorpe has its own spa in one of the outbuildings, which has a heated pool, massage rooms and treatment rooms offering the usual manis, pedis, facials.
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