Ebury Craic

What a pleasure to be with new and old friends at a civilized lunchtime restaurant with space to breathe, hooks for coats and jackets and a level of courtesy met with only infrequently in the capital these days.

Thanks to the Ebury Wine Bar - that long term provider of quality tuck a little way west of Victoria Station and also to David Tease and the shining Lyn Brosnan (pictured) of Dolmen Alternative Asset Management for acting as hosts and Charles Macmillan for suggesting Kummel (no uncommon occurrence).

Of particular note was the roasted garlic with garlic hummus and there was also some important work done with Cumberland sausages and horseradish mashed potatoes. Furthermore, Ebury Wine Bar (and if not them, then who?) was able to supply us with a clutch of bottles of 2007 Cotes du Rhone - that Rhone annus mirabilis which is only now making its way onto tables and into gullets.