Zuma

Excitingly a friend was in town last night so, despite as was pointed out to me "plum sake bellinis being a bit aggressive for a Monday night", we met in Zuma.

Being honest the website talks up the interior slightly more than it possibly should. However the 6th floor bar is officially bigger than my entire flat (yes, we checked) and pretty cool. It's all frosted glass and dark lighting. They also do a mean plum sake bellini. I'll warn you now, it's sweet.

Down the famed staircase to the restaurant and, despite the now almost intolerable heat, we opted to sit on the Terrace, which was wonderful until a man with the largest cigar I have genuinely ever seen, came and sat at the table upwind from us. Less than ideal but fortunately we were on dessert by this point (a trio of chocolate pudding, banana cake and a mango and coconut mousse, served with lychee ice cream). We opted for the cheaper of two tasting menus and food was served with incredible speed. At one point we had three courses on the table! I'm still not sure if this was intentional, if we were the slowest eaters they had ever met or if they were just overly efficient / keen to empty the restaurant and go home on a Monday night. Whichever the case the food was delicious. Yum.

I do now need a couple of days of salads. HUGE amounts of food recently. Yum.