Trolley 721, a larger trolley from the M&S food hall was captured at the town end of the Kokoro Passage, wheeled across the road for photographic purpose, thus avoiding the lady sitting on the bench near the point of capture.
From there, I headed off to the passage between the railway and the library where BH had reported a trolley the day before. There was also the matter of the trolley I had passed the day before, by the railway bridge, near the East Street end of the passage.
No trolley, but I was struck by the size of these ivy leaves. Not particularly large, perhaps rising to four inches across, but significantly larger than average, this despite the near complete lack of direct sunlight. Further proof that sunny position was not essential to large size.
The missing trolley turned up outside Rock Salt, the younger persons eatery which used to be the Plough & Harrow, a decent enough establishment which served as warm stand-by, called into action when TB was down for one reason or another.
A decent enough trolley which had already been through the mill at the Reviva operation up north, as noticed at reference 1. But it was looking a bit shabby and could probably do with going through it again. However, since M&S did not boast a back door that I knew of, this trolley joined the others on the stack.
I close with a snippet from the glossy magazine, regularly picked up from Raynes Park platform library. That is to say the piece at reference 2, about a pub called the Footman in Mayfair, formerly the Running Horse, described as one of the oldest houses in London. Which looked to be another place where one could buy good quality but expensive roast beef, supplemented by a very mean serving of cabbage - the first being the establishment noticed at reference 3.
Now I used to use the Running Horse occasionally, and had once taken a bad pork pie there. In Davies Street, not far from Claridges. Not far from Hedonism. But the website is blocked and while it is present on Street View, it is described there as permanently closed, which would be a pity, pork pie notwithstanding.
So I move onto the Footman, which turns out to be in Charles Street, not far from the recently noticed Lansdowne Club. And from the menus, much the same sort of operation as that at reference 3, albeit with a rather fancier wine list. I think a place which we need to give a try. Complete with the suggested pairing of sticky toffee pudding with Banyuls Rimage Les Clos de Paulilles, probably from the people at reference 5, who will sell you a bottle at 16.50 euros, plus postage and packing I dare say. Which compares quite reasonably with the £37 here - to be found on the dessert menu rather than the wine list. A modestly fortified red. The only catch being that I do not care for sticky toffee pudding
References
Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2024/07/trolleys-718-719-720.html.
Reference 2: Drinks Business No.250 - Anthony Hawser - May 2023.
Reference 3: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2024/06/trios.html.
Reference 4: https://www.thefootmanmayfair.com/.
Reference 5: https://www.cazes-rivesaltes.com/.
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