My favourite of all of London's salads
I've been coming to Freud since I was little, so I suppose I'm biased. It's where I go when I'm alone in the West End and I need a pick-me-up; I wander in, grab a paper and order the three cheese salad, which never fails to set me up for the rest of the day. A huge bowl filled with dreamy slabs of goats cheese, brie and gruyere (there are others to choose from, but once you've found a winning formula, why mess about?) accompanied by generous triangles of pitta bread, grapes, raisins, assorted nuts and olive oil sprinkled lettuce leaves. It really is beautiful.
My sister always goes for the soup of the day, which is usually a really interesting – and very successful – flavour combination. It comes with chunks of farmhouse bread and butter. Late afternoon is time to roll out the cocktail menu and I think I've probably tried about 60% of them over the years. It is increasingly tricky to find a well-priced alcoholic treat in central London nowadays, which is why I pray every time I'm in there that Freud never packs up shop!