Le Pot Lyonnais
Above: Le Pot Lynnonais
Standing in place of Le Bouchon Bordelais, and with an equally Gallic menu, Le Pot Lyonnais has managed to maintain an authentic French atmosphere on Battersea’s Queenstown Road.
With a bar to one side, and the restaurant to the other, you can pop in for swift lunch, or stay for a lengthy supper. As it happens, Christina and I stayed for a lengthy lunch with a short stint (and coffee) in the bar, before retiring to the restaurant.
Office groups and families also chose to dine here for lunch that day and, I suspect, those local to the area will return time and time again.
Classic French offerings, such as Escargot de Bourgogne and Moules Marinieres, are available along with risotto, meat and fish dishes. We shared a Gravalax de saumon mainson – home made salmon gravalax with fennel salad – to start. The salmon was wonderfully strong in flavour and, despite the fact I’m not a huge fan of fennel I have to admit, the combination hit the proverbial nail on the head.
On to the main course, I opted for traditional steak frites du Lyonnais (after seeing it be served up to a fellow diner). The rib eye was a quality cut of meat and cooked, medium-rare, to within an inch of perfection and was served resting on
a mountain of fine, salty fries.
Christina’s Niçoise salad was equally as impressive to taste. On the whole the portions are generous, and well priced, and the atmosphere is relaxed and enjoyable – whether you choose to sit at the tatty leather sofas in the bistro bar or a dining table in the restaurant.
We rounded off our meal with a nougaty and nutty ice cream, again this was to share after our filling mains at lunch time. The entire experience will give you more than a taste of France.
Dinner for two plus wine £70
38-40 Queenstown Road, London, SW8 3RY; 020 7622 2618
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