Today I am sharing another amazing London restaurants with you. I wanted to write this post before summer ended because this is the perfect place for a sunny date. Boundary Rooftop is set atop the Boundary Rooms hotel in Shoreditch. It is open all year round but gets very busy in summer so book a few weeks ahead if you plan on dining here. Orrrr do what we did and join the queue downstairs.
When you join the queue you add your name to the list so you can still queue even if you leave the queue if that makes sense. We decided to head downstairs to the bar whilst we waited but were lucky enough to be called up to the roof before we even had time to order a drink!
It was a sunny evening so the rooftop was bathed in a gorgeous glow. There are trees amongst the table so you really are dining al fresco.
The menu is pretty simple which I always think is a good thing as it shows all the dishes on it are bound to be great. We went for what I think is the best value for money thing on the menu, the Plateau de fruits de mer for 2 people. Basically a giant platter of prawns, oysters, crab, clams and mussels to share between us. For £22 it was a total bargain. Alongside we got a quinoa, citrus, pomegranate and green vegetable salad.
We got a bottle of the Picpoul de Pinet as it was recommended to go with shellfish. Sitting opposite my Boy in the setting sun rays with shellfish and chilled bottle of wine you can see I am a pretty happy camper.
We took so long talking and sharing that nearly all our ice melted in the platter and started to flood the little pots of crabmeat, we soon rescued them though.
After our lovely dinner we caught the train to Waterloo to watch the Black Cat Hotel show in a circus tent on Southbank. Boy booked us the tickets for this and so I really did not know what to expect. It was amazing! Full of cabaret, fire eaters, ballerinas, jugglers and acrobats with a hilarious host thrown into the mix it truly made for a spectacular show. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to take any photos of the actual performance but I managed to sneakily take some of the tent before hand.
As you can see, it is a relatively small circus tent which means you get to sit right up next to the stage. This added to the experience because the performers interacted a lot with the audience which made everyone laugh, a lot.
If Black Cat Hotel is still on when you are reading this then I 100% urge you to go as it really topped off the night and the mix of acts ensures that everyone will find something amusing.
From Mykonos all the way to Brighton where this next post is from. Riddle and Finns is a seafood restaurant in the hear of Brighton's quirky lanes. I am soon glad that I looked on trip advisor before coming to Brighton as this restaurant certainly lived up to its great reviews!
You cannot book a table here but if you pop in they will add your name to the waiting list and give you a time to come back. We had to wait for 45 minutes but headed just around the corner to Cafe Coho for a great cup of coffee to sustain us until our table was ready.
We ordered the Riddle and Finns Classic Platter and two glasses of cold white wine.
As you can see, there was more than enough seafood for the both of us! It included a crab, tiger prawns, normal prawns, mussels, razor clams, cockles, clams, oysters, little sea snails and a lot more that I'm bound to have forgotten. We also got a side of samphire that comes with hollandaise sauce.
The complementary bread basket received on arrival was stunning with sourdough bread, mackerel pate, salted butter and mayonnaise. It was lovely having some free carbs to accompany our seafood platter!
This sneaky photo of my half full wine glass and candlestick also features this strange man who was in fact an actual stranger. The fun of Riddle and Finns is that you share your table with whoever walks through the door! We had a lovely couple sitting opposite us who asked if we wanted our photo taken. Not going to lie, I was a little jealous of their not one but two (!!) bottles of vintage champagne they shared between them.
Sorry if this photo of empty shells grosses you out but I think it shows how fun the whole lunch was, using lots of different tools to scoop, scrape and pull all the little yummy creatures out of their shells.
Yes we did manage to polish the whole platter off between us!
Luckily we were provided with finger bowls to clean our hands after that very messy lunch.
If you and your boo (or even your family) are in the area definitely have a meal at Riddle and Finns. The seafood is so fresh that they even make their own sashimi!
