Chalet

Posted on 2012/08/26 12:18:02 (August 2012).

[Saturday 25th August 2012]
Chie went to lunch with some friends today, leaving me to my own devices. I'd stumbled upon a site called Classic Cafes in the morning, which listed a lot of cafes in London with interesting vintage interiors (plus rather mournfully a lot which have now closed), and so I decided to give one of these a go. So I had a rather lovely lunch in a place called Chalet, which I'd likely walked past before and dismissed as some sort of tourist trap. It actually had a rather lovely 1950s (?) wood panelled interior, and apparently a very loyal customer base - the staff new all the customer's names, and vice verse. The food wasn't exactly pushing the boundaries of Italian cuisine but it was of a decent standard, and I found the whole experience thoroughly enjoyable.

After lunch I met up with Chie on Bond Street - fortunately as it was just starting to rain and she didn't have an umbrella - and we did a bit of shopping together. We bought some tea and other bits and pieces in Fortnum and Mason, and then headed back home together.

In the evening I made a mushroom risotto, using some dried porcini we'd bought in Venice, along with a generous sprinkling of the red and green peppercorns we'd also picked up there.

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