PIGALLE

BEST FOR Celebratory meals. FOOD If your heart is set on seafood, you’re spoilt for choice. Langoustines, native lobster, prawns, kingklip, salmon, Falklands calamari and traditional codfish are all tempting. On the meat side, you have a choice of several cuts of beef both on and off the bone, which can be prepared with Pigalle’s home-made basting sauce or coated with peppercorn mustard seeds. Portuguese steak fillet, pork belly, lamb shank and balsamic fillet are also available, as well as a small vegetarian offering that includes mushroom ravioli, wild mushroom risotto and south Indian tomato dhal. Desserts are delightfully traditional – from malva pudding to cheese and biscuits. DRINKS The extensive wine list includes a wide selection of top-of-the-line champagnes to middle-range MCCs, white and red wines. SERVICE Staff are attentive and know the menu well. AMBIENCE With its heavy, ornate curtains, carpeted floors and chandeliers, it’s an upmarket and rather traditional setting. (ZKV)