So Restaurant

So Restaurant | Contemporary Japanese Cuisine

http://www.sorestaurant.com

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I live in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex – the Hove to Hastings’s Brighton, if you will.

The physical demarcation remains Hastings Pier (Pier of the Year 2017, no less): westward lies St Leo-Ho; eastwards, Stings – and five miles up the road is the market town of Battle, where some sort of historical skirmish took place 951 years ago, though who’s counting?

Anyway, to the far east lies Hastings Old Town, beloved of the hipster DFLs and AFBs (Down From London/Along From Brighton) and the place where Jamie O once shot such an unashamedly aspirational and bunting-tastic summer Sainsbury’s ad in the picturesque street Tackleway that local estate agents were busy for months.

This Easter, there were sightings of Jude Law at old town pub the Crown, and Cate Blanchett stocking up at the Hastings branch of Borough Wines, Beers and Books.

Yet as distractingly pretty and A-list-seaside-day-trippy as it is, the area is also home to real people, including unprecedented quantities of artists (at one point there were more RAs per square mile in Hastings than anywhere else in the country.

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I’ve been planning to try out this pub with a catchy name Tommy Tucker in Fulham, SW London for a while.

While there is certainly no lack of gastropubs in Fulham I was still on the search for the one that makes me go “wow”.

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Webbe's at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, restaurant review: welcome ...

I live in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex – the Hove to Hastings’s Brighton, if you will.

The physical demarcation remains Hastings Pier (Pier of the Year 2017, no less): westward lies St Leo-Ho; eastwards, Stings – and five miles up the road is the market town of Battle, where some sort of historical skirmish took place 951 years ago, though who’s counting?

Anyway, to the far east lies Hastings Old Town, beloved of the hipster DFLs and AFBs (Down From London/Along From Brighton) and the place where Jamie O once shot such an unashamedly aspirational and bunting-tastic summer Sainsbury’s ad in the picturesque street Tackleway that local estate agents were busy for months.

This Easter, there were sightings of Jude Law at old town pub the Crown, and Cate Blanchett stocking up at the Hastings branch of Borough Wines, Beers and Books.

Yet as distractingly pretty and A-list-seaside-day-trippy as it is, the area is also home to real people, including unprecedented quantities of artists (at one point there were more RAs per square mile in Hastings than anywhere else in the country.

Vasco & Piero's Pavilion, London W1: 'This Soho old-timer is ...

Pondering restaurant longevity, what causes it, what makes a place outlive its neighbours, I head for a Soho old-timer, the pushing-50 Vasco & Piero’s.

Umbrian touches come via hearty use of chickpeas and pulses: fine, rosy-centred seared tuna on a bed of lentils, bathed randomly and successfully with soy and ginger.

Pasta is made in-house daily: tagliatelle, yolk-yellow and dressed with a judicious amount of rich, vinous, slow-cooked beef and pork ragú; daringly al dente orecchiette, the chewy little ears laden with a forest’s-worth of wild mushrooms and just a lick of cream to pull the whole dish together.

Umbrian truffles feature in season: I love the posh-prole play of floury borlotti beans under a fat, rough Tuscan sausage stuffed with pecorino, wrapped in pancetta and roasted before being anointed with black truffle butter.

Service: a neatly judged array of smooth operators dedicated to your pleasure and mild flirtation, the odd daft boy for levity and an elderly chap who I think is the titular Vasco Matteucci, metaphorically cuffing them all across the ears.

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The menu features luxe ingredients too – such as foie gras and wagyu beef.

But it’s not all decadence here; there are also plenty of standard options like chicken yakitori, crisp veg or fish tempura and salmon teriyaki.

From the long, curved sushi counter at the front of the restaurant come well-prepared nigiri, maki temaki, chirashi or sashimi – all made with high-quality fish.

Check the specials board for less common options.

Wagyu beef sashimi, served with pungent raw garlic and soy sauce, was another enjoyable dish.

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