The weather changed on Thursday and it was rather chilly at lunch time so something warming in Bar Italia (Frith Street East) was called for http://www.baritaliasoho.co.uk/. It was warm and cosy and had a long bar to sit up at. The tomato, basil and mozzarella panini for £5.50 cut into four looked huge, but I manfully managed to finish it. In warmer weather there are small tables outside. Another excellent choice!
The evening was spent with Mr L, my informal recruitment consultant, who I was thanking for finding me such a lovely job in Soho. We started with large glasses of Sauvignon Blanc in The Three Greyhounds (Greek Street East) http://www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/thethreegreyhoundssoholondon/ To be honest we were too busy catching up to take too much notice of the place, but it seemed OK and was just a short step away from the main event: The Gay Hussar just a little further up Greek Street http://www.gayhussar.co.uk/index.asp. It serves Hungarian food and has been in Soho for years. I'd actually visited a couple of years ago, just before a weekend in Budapest. We shared Hungarian Hors d'Oeuvres, a platter with a pate, herrings, salami and something to do with beetroot. We both chose pork dishes: gypsy quick dish and brassoi both served with lots of lovely paprika potatoes. We decided that a Hungarian wine was called for and chose a bottle of Tuzko Tolna Traminer which was very fruity but dry. As we were rather full we settled on trying glasses of sweet and dry Tokaji which provided a lovely end to the evening.
RM and I both had Friday afternoon off and headed to our favourite bar (The Forge). Although it's not in Soho, we wanted to see Camron off before he went on his travels (see blog 3 July). It was here I met Trevor Sorbie the hairdresser who had popped in for lunch from his salon opposite. He was very down to earth and was telling us about his early career and the work he is now doing with his new charity http://www.mynewhair.org/ which supports a network of salons providing a wig styling service for cancer sufferers. He came across as a really, caring person and I'm not just saying this because he said I had a lovely smile, young face and offered to cut my hair for free!!!
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