Baltic

Baltic in Southwark has been the best surprise of the year. The menu boasts the best Eastern Europe has to offer and you can definitely tell they know what they're doing. Any vodka you choose from their large selection is served in style - icy, with a selection of pickles. Fresh brown bread went very well with slow cooked vegetable and pork stew. Blinis, aubergine caviar, Solianka, Bozbash, Golonka - all meaty eastern foods with deep, serious flavours where so filling , it left no room for desert.
Baltic reminds one of a modern, refurbished ex air plane hangar. The modern design fuses well with the age old east European cuisine.