House (South Bank)

• The Soutbank area is conforming to becoming a foodie hotspot in London
• This part of London has been always at the forefront and it's especially spoilt with its al fresco dining areas and Thames walk
• As people's tastes are changing and diners commanding a higher level of quality food (not dining) things had to change
• Unseen dinning rooms with an eclectic interior or unique calibre of people
• 25 (I think) and all of the dishes we ate were available on the a la carte there was no skimping or cutting around corners here
• The new House restaurant is described as a destination restaurant at the heart of the national theatre
• We started our meal with this plate of buratta
• The tomato is encasing the burrata
• I began to wonder whether this so called destination restaurant was aiming more at its theatre goers all of a sudden healthy
• Octopus smoked over apple wood chips with a seasonal bean salad
• It arrived with the salad I'd imagined
• When I did it was chopped up so small that it was lost in the salad and its smoked over apple wood element seemed pointless
• The answer was you couldn't
• Main courses was where this restaurant really came in to its own
• Our ordered cod was all out for the day
• So instead we were offered sea bream instead (even better)
• Both fillets of the fish were very well cooked
• I've not seen a crushed pea 'smearrrrrrrrrr' before (for some reason that needed extenuating) and it was perfectly fine
• In fact this simple dish of lamb rump with pan haggerty and a mint and caper relish turned out to be one of the most satisfying things I've eaten this year (2015 for those of you who are still drunk)
• I was informed that the same lamb is used in all restaurants across the National Theatre and sourced from a farm in Scotland
• Chewing and cutting through it was with ease and was cooked so well its juicy medium rare was making me salivate
• Dessert showed a little insight of what the kitchen is capable of
• Clair with praline ice cream and chocolate sauce was absolutely perfect in terms of flavour
• It's texture was more like a biscuit and incredibly difficult the get through
• I'm not entirely sure if this is how it's meant to be
• House restaurant at the National Theatre is certainly a welcomed addition to the Southbank area
• Good theatre dining is long overdue and until recently
• People now want the whole experience and in some instances they are seeing dining
• So perhaps now is the time for these establishments to take note
• Did you know the Boozy Bunchers are also book worms
• This month we were reading &lsquo
• Absolutely charmed us with its elegant House restaurant

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