I'll happily admit to my love for East Enders.
I'm not embarrassed about my long standing crush on Max Branning (yes, really) or the fact that I think Dorothy Branning is an icon in oh so many ways (I mean just look at those blouses!). Which is why I obviously had to try her signature drink at some stage and the sooner, the better.
The Dot Cotton cocktail, based on her name prior to meeting Jim Branning - I know too much about these characters - consists of lavender infused gin with blackberries and egg white. It is an excellent representative for Mrs Branning, she'd definitely loudly disapprove both once and twice!
The Dot Cotton is an invention brought to the world by the Coal Vaults in Soho. Not normally a West End girl I made reservations on a whim ahead of a night out with my favourite fellow blondes and we were all pleasantly surprised. Upon arrival I did however worry that I had brought the girls along to a black market brothel - the venue is an extremely dark basement and sits behind some even darker curtains.
This place had really amazing and inventive cocktails and the food was absolutely top class - and we had some picky girls there. Not normally a big fan of tapas, even I would say that these dishes really had a great twist to them and the rabbit was without a doubt the best rabbit I have ever had.
The best bit about the evening though was of course getting to catch up with two of my favourite ladies as we haven't had a chance to meet and gossip since well before Christmas. And with all the exciting things going on in their lives with new jobs, house shopping, babies not really being babies anymore and holiday plans coming up, this dinner was well overdue.
Not so surprisingly, the night didn't end at dinner as there was so much to talk about and my sequined Prada trousers needed a proper night out - we therefore moved on to Champagne at Kettner's and drinks at Boheme. So much for me not being too crazy about Soho.
Maybe besides channelling my inner Dot Cotton I am also developing a West End girl alter ego...?
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| Dot Cotton on tap. |
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| Me and Dot living it up in Soho. |
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| Blonde Ambition take 1 |
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| Blonde Ambition take 2 |
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| Blonde Ambition take 3 |
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| Yummy Chanterelles - goes great with rabbit! |
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| Croquets! |
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| Seriously tasty broccoli! |
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| When saying that I usually drink mojitos and proceed to give the bartender free hands - I'd expect something other than straight tequila back! But that said, it would have been rude not to... |
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