Recently, we were invited along to The Lost & Found cocktail bar and restaurant to try out the dinner menu and sip a couple of cocktails. Having not been since the opening weekend, I was keen to see how they’d settled in and what had changed since then.
We arrived at The Lost & Found just before 7pm on a Thursday, and the quiet bar area soon filled up with people eager to drink lots of delicious cocktails. The restaurant at the back provided a little oasis away from the crowd, and we set about deciding what we fancied eating from the extensive menu.
We chose a cocktail each, and our starters arrived not long after. Mike went for the crispy duck and shredded vegetable salad, which had lots of brilliantly crunchy textures and fresh Chinese flavours running through. I went for the crispy squid and chorizo with sun-dried tomatoes – clearly we were both in a crispy mood. I can never resist squid, which thankfully was cooked to perfection.
I must add, these starters were pretty generous, so come with an appetite if you’re thinking of having more than just a main.
For our main course, we both ordered steak. It’s been a long time since I had steak, as I’m often worried it won’t be cooked the way I’d like it, however I was relieved to see that it was cooked perfectly and the meat soft and tender. The veggies on the side had a good bite and colour to them (I can’t bear sad, overcooked vegetables) and the peppercorn sauce had a great little kick to it.
Finally, dessert. We both chose something chocolatey – warm chocolate cake for me, which was cooked to order and had a gooey centre – the perfect ending. Dark chocolate and peanut butter parfait for him – you can’t go too far wrong with the combination of chocolate, peanut and banana.
The cocktails we chose were sadly a little too perfumed for us, but perhaps we just made the wrong choices for our tastebuds, as I don’t remember having that problem last time I visited The Lost & Found. However, we left very full and happy, and all the food was very tasty.
I’d say The Lost & Found is definitely a place for a special occasion, especially as there is a huge menu of cocktails to go alongside your food!
