The Albemarle at Brown's Hotel, Mayfair, London

Tasty food and nicely done service, very friendly and polite. I had potted shrimp for starter, which I often choose and am often disappointed with, but this was very nice, not too cold and not too fatty. For main course I had monkfish curry and I was impressed with it, fish curry is often either too strong and overpowers the fish or tastes like fish in water. Plum pudding for dessert was quite good but not as good as the other two courses.

The wine guy recommended an English white wine for us which I really enjoyed and it seemed to work for all of us. Cognacs whiskys and coffees to finish. I like this place. I’d take my parents here.

Breakfst at the Ablemarle. I broke with my diet and went for the fully cooked breakfst here. Wow. They had black pudding on offer in about 6 different ways, 6 types of hand reared spoon fed bacon, 57 different viareties of eggs etc. I went for Black pudding hash and whilst its probably still coating my arteries, it was delish. My dining partner had something similarly fattening but delicious.
A slightly taciturn maitre d’. But then I realised: having a maitre d’ this qualified at BREAKFAST is both a contrivance and a sign of the place making an effort. And in fact the rest of the service was impeccable. A slightly flash restaurant with lots of arabs and rich americans from the hotel.
I will go again. But only now and then. My cholesterol, patience and wallet could take more often.