Kitty Fisher's (Mayfair)

• Doesn't end with anyone being sick in a bin
• Ramshackle Dickensian spot that couldn't have felt more festive if it were designed by Disney
• The rest of it flickers with candlelight
• I'd like to say snow was lightly falling and Prime Minister Hugh Grant was rushing across town to chat up his secretary
• Enough so that the overall effect was a masterclass in modern British cooking
• Innovative dishes presented with confidence and flair
• The first dish to arrive was a steak tartare
• Superb aged beef with a faint horseradish tang and crunchy caraway (I think) seeds
• It was a theme that was to continue throughout the afternoon
• Grilled sourdough with my favourite new thing in the entire world "
• Bright white whipped butter with a beguiling note of grilled onion
• It pains me to say it but it was even greater than the house whipped butter at the Dairy
• Any restaurant that has the confidence to serve three warmed fillets of oiled anchovy on a plate and for it not to feel like a scam is clearly ahead of their game
• Or even how much they usually cost (they were off menu and I don't think charged for) but they were lovely
• Not overly salty but with loads of flavour
• Salt hake croquettas with aioli greaselessly fried
• Packed full of the good stuff and with a light mayonnaise that wasn't too thick or too garlicky
• About as good a plate of saltfish croquettas with aioli as you'd ever want
• The whole nuts are often quite unpleasantly soily in texture
• Strongly seasoned and drizzled with oil) and left the other ingredients to play accompaniment
• Eating pink fir spuds stuffed with Tunworth cheese and drizzed with homemade mustard dressing and wondering if any potatoes had ever tasted better in the history of planet earth
• Only by this stage I'm afraid I was somewhat suffering from the effects of a failure of part 3) of the plan to stay (relatively) sober
• Whether it was the first couple of glasses of house fizz (why not
• Or even a group of friends who by sheer coincidence were able to join me just after I'd finished my starter
• Kitty Fisher's had done enough to convince me that it is one of London's most exciting new restaurants
• 100 from my credit card but I'm sure a more sensible spend per head is about £
• I visited KF near the end of January with a friend for her birthday
• Chef Tomos Parry is heading up the kitchen and is a young
• Fay Maschler was very impressed with her visit here
• I feel like I am walking into a film set with Colin Farrell and when you see the outside of KF
• My lambs cutlets were absolutely incredible
• THE most perfectly cooked lamb on the bone I have ever had and the dressing was a marrying harmony to make that lamb melt in my mouth with every bite
• The chocolate mousse with burnt orange
• The food for me was absolutely faultless and I have been to many restaurants that try very hard and fail
• Steak tartare very good and we had scallop and monkfish Rosemary skewers which were new on the menu
• Going back next week to attack the rest of the menu with a bigger crew
• Despite how close it is to my office
• I had not managed to go (most often because it is a challenge getting a booking)
• Their Galician beef us superb but everything is tasty and the vibe is intimate and cozy
• Very small with just a few tables upstairs and a few more downstairs
• Their Galician Beef for two (or three in our case) was insanely delicious and so were their puddings
• In genteel Mayfair reclines this laid back restaurant with little wooden tables
• Bar lounge seating and waiters with a dignified yet rakish sense of dress
• This restaurant is very lax and cool without seemingly trying to be
• It has a lot to do with the coziness
• The fatty and slightly gamy lamb plays well with the other ingredients
• I wish the lamb chops were prepared pink
• I understand that this was not a cooking error and the kitchens intention however
• The beef is cooked to a prefect pinkness and sides are well made and delicious
• The food here is always delicious

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