Certain new restaurants I'm lured to semi-hypnotically, so rumours a few months back of an impending new venture from Dave Hart and Polly Pleasence slotted straight on to my I'll be there! list. I still remember a long lunch seven years ago at their previous venture, the Folkestone Wine Company, where a piece of perfect pan-fried hake fillet topped with luscious squid and a zesty gremolata had me actually gasping with happiness. This was truly great cooking.
There's so much good food being made and sold in Spa Terminus in Bermondsey - residents include Neal's Yard Dairy, Natoora, The Kernel, Ham and Cheese Co, Gimlet Drinks and Farmer Tom Jones - so it makes sense that a new neighbourhood restaurant has also opened there.