![]() "I mean, no tomatoes for my tomato and onion salad. "I'm getting irritated now," said my mother. "This place is exactly as it should be in every way," enthused my wife, and we were all enraptured. But soon it became obvious that the owner, erstwhile Marco Pierre White stalwart Jean-Christophe Slovak, is a total charmer with a neat sense of self-parody ("My accent eez so strong, people assume I must be Eeenglish") and his place a recession-proof delight. "I shall say zees only once," my wife whispered, "but somehow we've strayed on to the set of 'Allo 'Allo!"Īt first glance, there is something a touch pantomimic about this cosy, flickering candlelit fin de siècle bistro, its windows covered in elegant lettering on the outside and net-curtained within, the space done out plainly but engagingly with advertising prints and blackboards. The command having been duly reissued daily for a month, eventually a family outing was greeted by a man wearing a beret and a silk cravat. It's flawless." Flawless being an adjective she ordinarily lavishes only on HM the Queen, praise comes no higher from the planet's most remorseless restaurant complainant, who once sent back a scotch because "This ice is much too cold", and who received a life ban from a Chinese joint for taking aggressive umbrage at the scarcity of lychees. ![]() Amelia is doing good – she suffered pre-eclampsia, which is why I had to rush from the studio on Friday."I'm not telling you again," she said a while ago of L'Absinthe, a year-old bistro near my parents' home in the heart of London's celeb-laden Primrose Hill, "you must review it. Luckily, Amelia is still in hospital which means I don’t have to do any of it. She cried, which is good, and because she’s premature she has to feed every three hours. He told his radio show: “I think babies are generally really ugly, but mine, mine is beautiful. Mr Wright returned to his show yesterday and spoke about how he and his partner had spent eight years trying IVF treatment before baby Cassady was born last Friday. Mr Wright, whose wife gave birth to their first baby last week, added: “I suspect JC’s takings took a hit when Amelia got pregnant and stopped drinking! We’re all hoping JC bounces back with a new venture as soon as possible”. He said: “I am absolutely devastated as Amelia and me were regulars every Tuesday for discount burgundy.” Bottles of wine, tables and chairs remain in the building.įormer Wright Stuff TV host Matthew Wright, now on TalkRADIO, said he and his wife had been stunned by the closure of one of their favourite restaurants. Yesterday, a sign on the window said the business was shut down for good and letters have begun piling up on the doormat. JC had branched out in 2014, taking over the next door shop and running it as a street-level “traiteur” selling takeaway lunches. L’Absinthe gets its name from a famous painting of 19th-century Parisian café life, by impressionist Edgar Degas. I’m sure you will see me again in the street of Primrose Hill, more likely to be having a drink on a terrace than serving it… ce n’est qu’un au revoir. I will miss you all dearly, but I’m taking a well-deserved break and spending time with my family. Yesterday (Wednesday), popular owner Jean Christophe Slowik – known as JC – said: “I would like to thank all our customers, friends and staff for 11 amazing years. ![]() L’Absinthe has been serving a traditional menu including onion soup, tarte tartin, duck confit and crème brûlée from the corner-side restaurant in Chalcot Road for more than a decade. A FRENCH bistro has closed leaving regulars “devastated” – but the owner hopes he’s only saying au revoir and not farewell to Primrose Hill.
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