Eating and drinking at the Malmaison: YUM!

At the Malmaison in Oxford we slept like babies and ate like kings. What can I say, we were utterly and definitely spoiled. The brasserie has incredible yummy food that still has me salivating. How cosy is the below dinning room? Perfect for a small dinner party!

I love  mussels but I'm always a bit skeptical but at the Malmaison they were gorgeously tasty. N had english asparagus with poached eggs and said they were cooked to perfection.

Steak and fries? uuum yes please! and delicious panacotta for desert, oh how I love panacotta!

After dinner, we had fantastic cocktails at the visitors bar and I was seriously impressed. Again very masculine but warm at the same time. There's tufted sofas!

And of course breakfast, hot, cold, anything your heart (or stomach!) wishes the Malmaison can offer. 

N and I were guests of the Malmaison Oxford

Ottolenghi in London

On Sunday we went for lunch at our friend's house, we had lovely oven sea bass with boiled new potatoes, absolutely delicious. Desert? Before going N and I went over to the incredible Ottolenghi in Islington. Ottolenghi is a magnifique place to have breakfast on weekends (hello big queue though!) or a light lunch from an incredible buffet selection. Yotam Ottolneghi is the brain behind this restaurants (4 in London) I would definitely read this interview and check some of his amazing recipes. 

If you are in London, visiting or living, check it out. Plus it's really pretty inside with anton chairs and big communal tables. Unfortunately we were in a rush, the Formula 1 was about to start and ahem we couldn't miss it... (well N couldn't) so I didn't have time to take any photos but check some that I borrowed below. Nice?

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