Eco Friendly Dining

Every week I walk past this very uninteresting generic building in King's Cross area. It doesn't look particularly interesting on Thursday evening, always half empty, with standard looking cook smoking outside the kitchen door. But apparently Acorn House is one of the most interesting restaurants in London: 'first truly environmentally sustainable restaurant' as The Times says.
I've expected rustic looking place with paper cups and wooden forks but to my surprise, it is very modern and clean, almost minimalistic in design. Hard to believe that everything is made from Eco-friendly, reusable materials. Even menus are printed on green paper (literally!) and in not many copies as we was about to find out.

Choice is not great as the lunch menu on Sunday had only few starters and even fewer mains option. Only wine list was impressive.
Hoverer everything sounded delicious. I was tempted by wild mushroom, spinach and truffle tagliatelle. My friends went for various options, from pumpkin risotto to roast beef with goose fat roasted potatoes.
There were maybe two more groups of people in the restaurant but we still waited good 40 minutes or more to get our Eco-dishes. They didn't have any olives or other nibbles to offer to make our waiting more pleasant so my only drank lots of water and entertain ourselves by trying to guess what the chef is doing by the type of smell coming from the kitchen.

I am always scared that when the long waited dish arrives, it will be a size of a walnut with some ridiculous, not eatable decoration and few splashes of gravy around well over sized plate... There is this awkward trend in posh restaurants that you should eat less than you pay. I honestly don't believe that any of these posh clients are happy with their meals, they just pretend that everything is fine but then go home and have  pizza or Chinese take-away!
Portions in Acorn House are...normal. After eating my tagliatelle I could still feel emptiness in my stomach but if you get a starter, you should feel content. Must say that everything was delicious, fresh and nicely served.  Can't really complaint.
Very nice waitress explained that we can also order coffee and pudding but they only have one menu printed so we had to listen carefully and then quickly decide what we want. Not the best way to choose your pudding, but hey, they are Eco-friendly! My tiny scoop of lemon and ginger sorbet was, well, OK. Couldn't really taste any ginger but it was cold and lemony so fair enough. Chocolate muss was a hit, a bit to rich to my taste but still delicious.
It is not the cheapest place so if you treat yourself with three course lunch and a glass of wine, you bill might surprise you. Was my pasta really worth £14.5? Probably not but I don't mind paying a bit more for the sake of our planet Earth.  Any place that produce less rubbish than McDonald is precious these days..
Overall I am pleased and would recommend Acorn House to everyone. Maybe not for dinner or date as it lacks of nice and cosy atmosphere, but it is perfect for lunch with friends.

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