The famed restaurant Bistrotheque in east London is going backwards, specifically to the year I first saw daylight (1988). 1988 was a good wine year, especially for Sauternes and Champagne, but aside from that, what was going on? As I was in nappies I can't profess to have any specific memories of culinary or cultural events. Luckily, I can go back with Bistrotheque. "Housed on the third floor of an office building in Canary Wharf for five nights from tomorrow, "eightyeight" will have waiting staff dressed in Katherine Hamnett, music exclusively from 1988, an interior inspired by "yoof" TV show Network 7 featuring neon tubing and venetian blinds, and a menu created exclusively from dishes served that year."
Browsing the net for dishes specific to -88, all I seem to find is "salad with balsamic vinegar". Huh? I guess one should cash in on that: I propose the 88-diet. Salad with balsamic dressing (preferably aged balsamic) and a glass of -88 vintage champagne or -88 vintage Sauternes. The salad can be a fruit salad. Oh, and you'll need to wear pieces from Versace's upcoming collection for H&M, which promises to raid the archives of the 80's, to get into the true spirit of -88.
Or, you could just have a big slice of steak and thank god most restaurants left the balsamic-dressed salad in the early 90's.
(image from google.com)
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