"Your boss has asked you to go for lunch three days after they changed the office water from Evian to Tesco’s own brand and no one in the HR team will sit with you at lunch. This spells trouble. But also, fuck it, suggest lunch at Gridiron to gain additional compensation in the form of excellent beef gripping potatoes and braised trotter mash. This Mayfair steak restaurant is inside the Como hotel and everything from the dark leather seating to the eager suited servers spell ‘perfect for impressing’, and, of course, ‘big bill’. The steak here is pretty good but the sides are what you really want to get involved in. Especially when you have a guilt loaded corporate card at your disposal." - heidi lauth beasley