Daily Archives: March 12, 2011

Electric Brasserie

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Saturday or Sunday Brunch is such a treat! There is nothing I adore more than having those breakfast items. I hadn’t seen Jo for a very long time – she’s was working in New York for most of last year and then when she came back I went off to Oz. We decided to meet up at the Electric Brasserie … when I say we decided to meet up I meant, I strongly encouraged Jo to meet me there. heh heh.

Being Saturday, the day that all the tourists come down to Portobello Road for the market, the streets were absolutely heaving and the Brasserie had started to develop a long line of waiting customers. Just as well we’d been able to secure a booking. I’d been checking out the menu the day before so already knew that I was going try the French Toast with Maple Pecan Butter with a side of bacon. I’m normally the Full English Breakfast type of girl but was feeling the maple pecan butter.

The French Toast was delicious but expensive at £7.50 for one slice of toast, thick as it was. Jo said her smoked haddock was tasty but at £8.50 it too looked a very small portion. Service was very patchy – drinks took a while to arrive and they made a mistake with Jo’s, and then it was hard to get wait-staff attention when we wanted it. Not sure I would put this place on my regular to go for brunch venues, even if it is local – it was passable without being spectacular.

The Green Room and Ginglik

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Craig arranged for a bunch of us to have a night of pool followed by dancing at Gingliks. Although Shepherd’s Bush is an area which is literally about a 5 minute bus ride away from me I am only ever in the area to either go to Westfield or the cinema. The Green Room is a pool / football table bar just off Shepherd’s Bush Green. It also had table football, giant projection screens and a wii for hire, and 2-4-1 cocktails until 8 even on a Friday. What I liked about the venue was the fact it was large and spacious – tonight it wasn’t particularly busy which suited us as it meant getting our drinks a lot quicker. Drinks were pretty potent too – though I’m not a good one to judge seeing as how I’m more susceptible to drink than most.

At about 11pm we headed over the Green to Ginglik for some live music. Unless you know about Ginglik you probably wouldn’t realise that a club lay just under the surface. The bar/club/music venue actually used to be a public toilet! (used in the 1908 White City Olympics!)

It’s a very intimate venue and attracts what seems to be the quirky and eclectic.

A fun night.