A gourmet place, a HQ, a chic brasserie with French accents, other British, servers accomplices, enthusiastic young waiter, a bright and soft, clear and friendly frame, an eclectic menu where you can order the simple things, good, tasty: here is what Helen Darroze made of ancient conservatory of Connaught, with her bow windows on Mount Street and Carlos Place.

Might be just a club sandwich, croque-monsieur, choose the moment of “high tea”, the exquisite finger sandwiches (salmon and wasabi with mayonnaise and watercress), the delicate pastries (lemon cheesecake, cabbage in the Tonka bean and vanilla cream), choose between twelve teas here and elsewhere or scrape over the menue’s the ideas of the time. Continue reading “Restaurant Espelette”