OXO Tower Restaurant

We headed to the exclusive OXO Tower Restaurant on Friday for some delicious rooftop cocktails and  supper. The eighth floor venue boasts incredible views across the Thames and radiates a sophisticated atmosphere, complete with blue mood-lighting (which explains the slightly dodgy photos).

We started off with some drinks in the bar, staring out at St Paul's. I opted for the Due South, a Grey Goose vodka and Canton ginger medley, shaken with fresh lemon juice and raspberry ripple, and topped with Brut Champagne. It definitely went down well.

My fellow drinker chose the Hope & Glory, a slightly manlier mix of cider brandy and ginger liqueur, shaken with sugar, lemon and bitters, and once again topped with champagne. 

Safe to say we were feeling pretty happy by the time we got to our table. We ordered some lovely red wine, tucked into the amazing fresh bread and butter on offer and made our selections. This took us a while because everything sounded ridiculously good, so we decided to share our dishes for double the fun.

To start, I chose an incredible poached duck egg, duck confit and beetroot salad, topped off with five spice popcorn - very original and absolutely delicious. Note my ecstatic grin of joy when it arrived.

My companion went for an equally scrumptious rabbit dish, complete with carrot puree.

He later went pretty mad for the duck salad when he got his hands on it, basically licking the plate clean. We're a classy duo.

We got even more excited by the mains. I started off with an incredible lamb chop, while he got stuck into the pan fried John Dory fillet with lobster mash, samphire and broad beans. The mash was ridiculouly good - decadently delicious.

I was so distracted by the delights in front of me that I forgot to take some photos before we'd started eating so please forgive this greedy lapse in judgement. 

The wine had definitely gone to my head by time we got to dessert - I didn't manage to get a snap of the incredible mango souffle that we shared until my date had appropriated it and begun scraping the sides.

All in all, we were absolutely delighted by our meal. The OXO Tower Restaurant is a sophisticated and luxurious eatery, which I would highly recommend to anyone who fancies splurging on some seriously delicious grub.