Black Vanilla Restaurant
There is not a mung bean in sight. Ask for mushroom risotto and you might be expelled. This is nouvelle veggie cuisine. Yes, madam, that means "Poached Duck Egg and Ribblesdale Pudding" or "Baked Mushroom Duxelle with White Wine and Tarragon". Once you've got past the ordering, life becomes rather enjoyable. Vanilla Black is the perfect name for the place – mellow, muted, sophisticated. The restaurant started in York and moved to east Londona couple of years ago. It is in Tooks Court, where the legal eagles hang out, a short walk from the Royal Courts of Justice. The walls are white and grey, the waiters and menus dressed in black, the lights dimmed. Staff are informative and attentive, and know just when to hang back. Vanilla Black is not likely to become your local; it's an upmarket treat. Veggie food, upmarket treat? Oxymoron, I know. For seven tragic years I didn't eat meat. I knew I had to go back on the red stuff after I found myself in an alleyway close to the Guardian secretly devouring a Big Mac.
Black Vanilla Restaurant
Black Vanilla Restaurant
Black Vanilla Restaurant
Black Vanilla Restaurant
Black Vanilla Restaurant
Black Vanilla Restaurant
Black Vanilla Restaurant
Black Vanilla Restaurant
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