Sandra told me about Plateau a couple of years ago. Actually, she told me about the cheeseman with the big moustache and all his cheeses so I was intrigued enough to put it on my list. Unfortunately tonight we ended up eating in the Grill rather than the Restaurant proper so we didn’t get to see the cheeseman but we still had some rather nice food anyway.

Plateau is situated on the upper floor of the Canary Wharf Shopping
Centre. I don’t often come to this part of London so I’m always surprised by the modern building and high rises. I think I actually find myself quite attracted to it because it seems so clean – and I don’t mean from a rubbish perspective – I mean lots of clean straight lines on the buildings etc. If only I could get rid of the people in suits that run around during the day and the “city” attitude I would probably move here in a second…

Emerging out of the lift to Plateau you are greeted by a buzzing bar with the Grill located to the rear and right next to some awesome floor to ceiling windows with views over the square, and for this time of year, the ice skating rink. We were quickly seated very nicely next to the windows. Bread was brought to us as well as individually wrapped butter which was so delicious I couldn’t help myself finishing off the whole bar.

We were dining off a set menu meal and the options, though not vast, were adequate enough. Sandra and I have very similar tastes, except in dessert, so we quite often end up with the same sort of meal. It was no different tonight with the both of us starting with mussels and going for veal for our mains. Both dishes were very tasty although the veal was slightly over salty for my taste. In all fairness by the time we got to our dessert I could have satisfactorily signed off the night but for an extra £3 who is going to say no to dessert! Sandra ended up with an extremely rich chocolate creme brulee and I went for the pecan pie. Mmmm ….

Service was pretty good tonight – friendly, efficient and thankfully not in a rush to get us out of the place. I had a lovely time and even got to watch some semi-professional ice-skaters: