Small and Perfectly Formed - A visit to Little Water

Now don’t get me wrong, I love wine!  Not in a horribly co-dependent way [or at least, I don’t think so] but a nice glass of red with dinner or a crisp chenin blanc is really rather lovely.  Sadly, a large glass of wine has 160 calories which is rather a lot – especially as I prefer to have more than one.

So spirits it is [48 calories per shot] which meant I was very excited when I heard of Little Water in Covent Garden.  Yes, this glorious establishment which pairs vodka with burgers and Scandinavian inspired starters – and even better, I had a Groupon voucher.

 Dragging my former boss as my bemused but tolerant guest, we arrived at Little Water to find that on a wet Wednesday night it wasn’t hugely busy [apparently Friday and Saturday are buzzing]. The décor is Nordic themed with clean lines but touches of comfort.

Sitting down, we perused the menu which was small but perfectly formed!  Yes, mushrooms on soda bread or Winter Salad [with the option to add chicken, cod or beef cheek].  The salad could also come with vegan feta cheese but I am not sure what type of crime against nature this is and I was certainly not sullying my vodka with this.

I chose Winter Salad with Cod [Basil Vodka] and she chose the plain Winter Salad [Finlandia] which arrived in a splash of colour.  The cod was a good sized piece and the salad was a carefully prepared mix of leaves, tomatoes, cucumber strips, radish, cashews and peppers topped with an Avocado dressing.  More than enough for a starter – verging on a main to be honest and very tasty.

The vodkas went well with the dishes and as we chatted about mutual friends and business contacts and life in general, we agreed that Basil vodka really was rather nice.  Burger, burger or burger was the mains choice – traditional, chicken, cod, vegan feta or beef cheek – with chips and a side salad.    

I opted for Beef cheek with celeriac puree which came with Kauffman Hard and made for a messy glorious burger.  Probably not first date food but for want of a better phrase ‘damn fine’.  The traditional cheese and bacon burger came with saffron vodka [another spirit revelation I would like to repeat again].

We skipped desert [remember those calories] but I did notice the sweet burger with chocolate which I will have to save until I’ve done more exercise, like swum the channel.  As we walked into the chilly night, we agreed that Little Water is a welcome innovation and revelation which is small and perfectly formed.

Well worth a visit

Lx

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