When one works 5 days a week serving food, one waits for Sunday and wants to go out,eat out and get some service. Which is what Oluta and Florek did today, they went to Cheltenham and re-visited Raymond Blanc’s place. His brasserie in London we remembered very fondly, so I booked us a table and off we went.

First impression- crap. We sat without drinks or attention for something like 15 minutes and then the guy caught my “what the fuck, mate?” look , apologised and showered us with attention from then onwards.

Food wise we both went for the steak tartare, we loved it first time, today we had a main course portion each. Fantastically seasoned, with lovely French bread to go with it, some French fries and a nice, fresh salad of avo, tomatoes, lettuce and creme fraiche. A glass of Medoc  completed the picture.

Definitely going back to Raymond’s at some point, the boy who overlooked us at the start though only got 3 quid tip. Too bad.