A few drinks too many in Soho left us searching for a supper venue from memory (no we didn't have an app for that). A stroll to Kettners presented us with a menu that had clearly undergone an uninviting revamp since the last visit sweeping away a slightly shabby but loveable Soho regular. We detoured to Alastair Little who even sans namesake offers a decent meal but it was boarded up, apparently preparing for a relaunch. Last choice then was Vasco and Piero's Pavilion and in retrospect it should have been our first. Allegedly Micheal Palin's favourite restaurant (which will either put you off or recommend it to you) and a Soho media haunt for all of it's 21 years at it's current Poland street location.
My unctuous Tuscan sausage and bean stew was a tonic whilst perfectly seared liver and onions for my drinking companion more than made up for the evening's liquid misdemeanors. The cheese plate dripping with Gorgonzola dolce allowed us to savour the last bottle of wine of the evening with pleasure.
The Umbrian food in this closely spaced and bustling Italian restaurant is simple but delicious, the service informal but excellent and the staff unchanged in most of the years I have been eating here. I wish I lived closer to this restaurant.
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