After a busy day on the Saturday we were both grateful of a
later than usual check out on the Sunday (12 noon) and a bit of a lie in.
However, this did also mean that we didn’t leave the hotel (Novotel
at St Pancras btw – recommended – great décor and ideally located next to
the station so that we didn’t have to lug our bags far) until about 11am. This
then meant that there wasn’t really much time to take a trip to Islington for
breakfast at Ottolenghi considering
we needed to be hungry for Dinner at 2.30.
So we decided to head over to Knightsbridge for a spot
of shopping in Harrods and Harvey Nichols. Of course, that only kept us
occupied for a limited period and in the end, we just had to give into our
pangs of hunger.
The Fifth Floor of Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge ain’t a
bad place to be when you’re hungry. Along with a fine selection of produce for
sale there’s a restaurant and a champagne bar and on spotting that said champagne
bar also served oysters we were sold. Champagne and oysters is pretty luxurious,
especially in the middle of Knightsbridge! More importantly, they would satiate
our hunger a little without spoiling our appetite for Dinner.
6 oysters came with mini chorizo, a shallot sauce, tabasco and
lemon. Oysters were fresh (although a
little on the small size) and chorizo was delicious (although we did assume
that they were not to be used as a garnish for the oysters).
Champagne, of course, was delicious.
Having said that the bill, for 6 oysters and 2 glasses of
champagne, was close to £50, but then Fifth Floor is a far cry from the last
place I had a plate of oysters; Castle Market where the offerings are larger
and a lot cheaper (95p each).
But this was a treat, a good treat.
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