Quality Chop HouseSomewhere between working class and posh
Address: 94 Farringdon Road - Hampstead
EC1R 3EA - Clerkenwell/Shoreditch
London
Nearest Bus or Train:Farringdon
Open Hours:7:30a-10a, noon-3p, 6p-10:30p M-F, 6p-10:30p Sa, noon-10:30p Su
Here's the idea: take a top chef (Charles Fontaine, formerly of Le Caprice) add a restaurant which looks like a turn-of-the-century greasy-spoon, mix well, bake for four hours on a high heat, and leave to stand, and what results is the Quality Chop House. The missing link between working-class cafes and posh restaurants everywhere, the Quality Chop House has an endearingly dated feel, yet retains a smart, almost elegant presentation. The food is a similarly bizarre mix, with expensive seafood dishes such as oysters, lobster and caviar sharing menu space with more down-to-earth fare, such as Toulouse sausages, mash and onion gravy
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