Cheeky Moniker

After Good Night, And Good Luck - run, don't walk to your nearest theatre, don't wait to rent it unless your tv screen is enormous - on Friday, we wandered over to Crow (get it?) for a most delicious meal.

We began with wedges of delightfully salty Manchego cheese wrapped in grape leaves and warmed until the cheese is melty and served over ratatouille. Then we savoured a light but rich potato fennel soup, and sipped ginger lemon drops and Lillet. I ate a beautifully earthy chanterelle mushroom risotto, perfectly cooked and sprinkled with parmesan cheese, and The Renaissance Man had an extrordinary lamb shank over polenta that was good to the last gnaw. These were accompanied by glasses of DeLoach pinot noir and Santa Rita Cab-sauv. For dessert, chocolate pound cake with zabaglione (Renaissance Man thought it needed marsala instead of the orange liqueur used).