To escape the torrential downpour that seemed to hit London last night, we dashed inside the Heron Tower for a spot of dinner at Duck and Waffle. (Wearing rain appropriate footwear of course!)
But I am going to apologise now for the grainy iPhone pics - forgot the camera! Massive fail!
Glad to be dry and no longer splashing through puddles, the lift doors shut quickly behind us and off we went.
We flew through the skies! And hurtled all the way up to the 40th floor!
What a view of the city we had!
And then we were seated at one of the best tables in the house! With a stunning backdrop of our city all lit up!
So our wonderful waiter Alberto kick-started our evening with some (not on the menu) lip-smackingly delicious non-alcoholic passion fruit cocktails.
He could clearly tell it was date night!
And I eagerly awaited all the calorific food we'd ordered!!
Although, we pretended to be healthy and ordered some olives to start ... as you do!
We shared those with a slice of violet artichoke and parmesan bread.
It was hot like it had come straight out of the oven and to our table.
A wonderfully savoury entrée to the rest of the meal ahead!
To start, I had the coal charred aubergine with cumin, garlic and yoghurt.
A deliciously toasty and smokey aubergine balanced with the freshness of cool yoghurt. So scrummy - I really tucked into that!
But Mr Zerodays' wild Cornish pollock meatballs with lobster cream and parmesan were only so-so.
Then came the eponymous Duck and Waffle for Mr Zerodays!
Each element I'm told was individually delicious, but he just couldn't make the sweet and savoury bits work together in his head!
My Jerusalem artichoke ravioli with charred cauliflower, smoked butter and malt crumble was insane! It was rich, silly and utterly divine!
The charred cauliflower shavings in particular were incredible! I will be adding those to some dishes of my own!
And then we finished it off with a wonder of a desert!
A shell of pistachio macaroon sandwiching a rich and heavenly dark chocolate mousse pearl!
This was a desert that made me go "mmmmmmm" at the table!
Out loud!! (And I really didn't want to share it!)
Despite me being a tad selfish and indulgent when it came to desert, our evening was lovely!
Great venue, great view, great service and great food!
Couldn't have asked for more really!
I was quite sad taking the elevator all the way back down to earth!
But we did meet the owner on our way down, and he let us know that this place is open all night!! I'll definitely be heading here for an early breakfast after the next big night out! I can only imagine what the sunrise must look like with this view!!
Let me know of any other restaurant recommendations you may have ... I'm always looking for somewhere new to try!
Happy eating!
Outfit:
Top: Cropped Jumper from Zara (old but similar here)
Skirt: Red Lace and Satin Mini from H&M (here)
Belt: Accessorize (old but similar here)
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