The Style Bite

Wednesday night and time to think of somewhere for dinner. The Orange and The Ebury were both full so Mr Style Bite and I decided to scoot along to our usual ‘go to choice, Sophie’s, until I came up with (what I thought was a good idea at the time) the decision that we should try Motcombs Brasserie on Motcomb street. The natural watering hole of Chelsea inhabitants and positively rammed inside and out with Sloane Rangers every weekend. Having previously seen the heaving masses outside this joint on many occasions, I duly phoned ahead to make sure they had room for us and a charming lady told me that they did. As it turned out, Wednesdays appear to be the night when everyone decides to go to The Orange or The Ebury and apart from a few stragglers slumped in their seats outside there was not one soul inside apart from two waiters watching the football on the big screen. Needless to say they found us a table outside under the scaffolding. We skipped the starters and made do with our bread rolls before both ordering Motcombs crab cakes in a Lobster sauce which, I must admit were very nice and served with skinny chips. I also caught side of the lobster risotto and rib of lamb that a waitress tried to deliver to our table in error and if those dishes tasted as good as they looked then the rightful table would have been in for a treat. We washed our crab cakes down with a bottle of Chardonnay which I found rather disappointing but for £26 was reasonably priced; and we skipped dessert. For two plates of crab cakes and a bottle of wine the bill came to £70. Pretty stiff for your average Wednesday – with the emphasis firmly on the word average.  I must say that some excitement came by way of window shopping at Christian Louboutin on the way back to the car where these little beauties blew me a kiss! So I guess all was not lost… I can wear them to Sophies next Wednesday.