Went out for drinks with a friend in the City the other night. He's worked in the area for a while now, and knows his way around, which was great, because we ended up in a couple of out of the way places that I would never have found by myself.
We started off in The Samuel Pepys, which was, inevitably, quite busy with people in suits, but we had no trouble finding seats, and it was quiet enough to talk comfortably. It's in a great location, but unfortunately the restaurant section, with views of the river, was all booked up.
Instead, we went to eat at a nearby Turkish restaurant. It's ever so cosy inside, with fancy wooden carvings on the ceiling, and the kitchen is open, so we could see them cooking - which seemed to involve an awful lot of flames, I suspect more for effect than culinary necessity. The food was very tasty: their main speciality is pide, a sort of Turkish pizza, but the dough seems to be a bit lighter. I had the kayisili, which was filled with apricots, peppers, cheese and mint - a pretty unusual combination, but it worked really well.
We started off in The Samuel Pepys, which was, inevitably, quite busy with people in suits, but we had no trouble finding seats, and it was quiet enough to talk comfortably. It's in a great location, but unfortunately the restaurant section, with views of the river, was all booked up.
Instead, we went to eat at a nearby Turkish restaurant. It's ever so cosy inside, with fancy wooden carvings on the ceiling, and the kitchen is open, so we could see them cooking - which seemed to involve an awful lot of flames, I suspect more for effect than culinary necessity. The food was very tasty: their main speciality is pide, a sort of Turkish pizza, but the dough seems to be a bit lighter. I had the kayisili, which was filled with apricots, peppers, cheese and mint - a pretty unusual combination, but it worked really well.
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