1a Launceston Place
W8 5RL
Tel: 020 7937 6912
Date of Last Visit: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The Victims: Al, Louise, Michael
Al & Louise are fantastic at organizing Sunday brunch, and it’s funny because just the day before, I had walked by Launceston Place and thought, "That looks like a nice place."
Indeed, it is a nice place. And it was their anniversary, so we all got free Bloody Mary’s. Problem is, I HATE Bloody Mary’s. Uggh. Yuk. Yuk!!! I tried to swap it for a Buck’s Fizz (aka Mimosa) but no luck. I could have OJ, so I did. And ordered some sparkling wine on the side. 🙂
So the Launceston is where you should take your grandparents. And I don’t mean this in a bad way. But we were definitely some of the youngest folks in the place. Everyone there was deliciously well-dressed and wealthy looking. I was in jeans and trainers.
I started with the potato and leek soup, only my favorite soup ever. It was really, really good. For my entree, I had the duck with chorizo. Oh my was it delicious. But there was so much of it, there was no way I could finish it. And this made me, as usual, very very sad.
We drank some wine, we enjoyed the sun coming through the windows. We were the last people left in the restaurant in that lull between lunch and dinner. And it was good.
The Verdict: Bring grandma here.
