Cock of Silver

Coq d'argent is another rooftop venue, offering a view of the city. It's a better venue for a late lunch rather than a celebratory dinner. I entered the restaurant ready to wine and dine in pomp and splendour and I must say I was a bit off the mark. It's more of a stylishly casual venue. The food was normal, french cuisine all around. ... based on slightly false french stereotypes. Frog legs made an appearance on the menu. Frog legs. First of all who eats frog legs these days anyways? Not the French that's for sure! The only place where you could find frog legs in France would be a Chinese restaurant.
That being said, I recently had a look at the Coq's website and I must say they must have taken some advice on board. The new menu became more varied, they added oysters and caviar and started doing breakfast. Perhaps it has become a must see after all.

Silvas Portugal

Silva's in Hampstead was a bit of a random find. We were strolling round the neighbourhood when behold there is a restaurant on Heath street which is so inclined that the building seems to be suspended in mid air. The cuisine being Portuguese was another surprise because you don't really get much Portuguese around London. I was curious to find out what Portuguese tastes like anyway. There was a lot of fish involved. We had a massive bouillabaisse like fish stew which also tasted a lot like bouillabaisse and was very much to my liking.
On the downside the design was quite conventionally uninteresting and we did get a tummy ache shortly after our visit. However I do tend to contribute that ache to overindulgence or greed as some like to call it.