Sushi • Cafés • Asiatic • Mexican
"I’m pleased that this branch of Bel and the Dragon has re-opened after a short break. It’s always a worry in these plague-ridden times of Covid-19 and Boris Johnson as to whether the shutters will ever come up again. We revisited on a Sunday and immediately felt at home in the cosy slightly clubby atmosphere of a suite of small rooms with cartoons by the same artist on most walls. Upstairs are a few rooms forming part of a hotel. As it was Sunday the slightly pared-down menu centred on roasts including the whole chicken with potatoes cooked in goose-fat, sausages, carrots and a quarter of Yorkshire puddings. Quite a steal at £49. Perhaps the pigs in blankets if not the hummus and aubergine dips were unnecessary. We also struggled to finish our additional bowl of creamed cauliflower and cabbage. There’s a particularly good wine list but a pint of Amstel served just as well."
