Restaurant number ten in France, perchance?

She says...
 
After the delights of Eastern European food we're back on the salads in preparation for a blow out at restaurant #10.... whenever we find it.

We're off again shortly to hang out with my parents, brother, his wife and child somewhere near Lyon, so could there be a restaurant numero dix to enjoy whilst we're there?



Found! Le Relais Des Dix Crus Hotel looks to be within 40 minutes drive of the villa my parents have rented... oh, on further inspection the hotel restaurant appears to be shut. Damn.

There is this place, but it looks over an hour from the villa, and it would be cheating a bit as it's really dix-sept... http://en.infotourisme.net/restaurant/saint-verand/6713/auberge-des-dix-sept-clochers

Hummm... back to London and there's the Ten Bells in Shoreditch, but Matt's already been there; 10 Cases, which looks great! But Matt's also been there already....

And one I've been to already is Japanese cafe Ten Ten Tei in Soho, which does do very good Japanese food at good prices as the blog on the link testifies. I do love a good bit of sashimi, but good food is NOT the point of our blog now is it....



So, Enfield anyone? Bar Ten's Charcoal Grill's restaurant has a very ordinary menu enlivened by frequent mention of halloumi cheese. Having recently reignited my love of grilled halloumi at, of all places, Nandos, this could pursuade me to trek out to Essex once again.

Three Crowns, Stoke Newington

  He Says... Been here a few times over the years, most recently at the end of former flatmate Ben's (hi Ben) birthday party this year... it was downstairs in the tiny sweatbox of a music venue where they were playing some kind of Balkan white funk meets Italian new jack crunk combination... or maybe I've misremembered it....

Returning...

He says...

My review of Pier 9 is sadly still not written and I suspect it may never happen as my fading brain cells can't rightly recall much about the meal, apart from the Red Arrows and some pirates hanging around.

Let's just say that it was NICE, shall we?

Reason for delay is we've been away on  Summer vacation to Bulgaria and Romania, where we dined on  top local foods like pork cooked in lard here, a lot of buttery tripe soup (better than it sounds) and pancakes filled with chicken. And loads and loads and loads of bloody polenta. Unsurprisingly, many of the locals are FAT.

But the award for best restaurant goes to Casa Hirscher in Brasov, where I had some fantastic swordfish with the ubiquitous polenta and a creamy mushroom sauce - all piled up with a stick through it to show that it's a PROPER RESTAURANT.