Although I would normally avoid the town on the Saturday before Christmas – especially with a Metro strike on – but as my good friends L & A were in town, I ventured in. We had dinner at Cote Brasserie, in an upstairs I had no idea existed. The food was tasty as always – they have a really good vegetarian menu, though you have to ask for it – though the service was a bit over-stretched, as our poor waiter was covering the whole room alone. The company of course made up for any shortcomings!