Le Junction (Harlesden)

• Not least because this particular restaurant come trendy bar is ten minutes walk away from home and most importantly
• Spacious and buzzy place was awash with thirty something peeps
• Noisy atmosphere made it seem as though the clientele were terribly grateful to have found a watering hole with a bit of class
• A cocktail waiter of immense charm and whose natural stage is a restaurant flitting from table to table
• Dispensing vivid coloured cocktails and a flirtatious smile the kind that only Italians can deliver with such ease and aplomb
• From the few people who had sampled the pizzas was not going to disappoint
• I fancied the rib eye steak with a peppercorn sauce
• Generous slices of delicious pork were served with a quite perfect celeriac remoulade delicate and coated (pls note NOT smothered) in a lovely dressing
• The sauce was mild and didn't interfere with the steak I have to say I am not a fan of whole peppercorns
• Now I'm not a pizza fan so I left it to the experts to tell me whether it was up to scratch
• Topped simply with a very good tomato base and the usual gubbins
• Real ale drinkers are all still waiting
• The wine list is not up to scratch (although the Sauvignon Blanc was passable) and where in God's name does it say that one can serve room temperature wine in a bucket of ice
• The waitresses were efficient and had that rare look of actually enjoying their job
• Le Junction is a good place to hang out

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