Three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge for my tea...

Christmas is over, but partridge is still on the menu.

Friday night, Mr DBFB and I ate at the Only Running Footman in Mayfair. We had walked passed it about 6 months ago en route to the cinema and I spotted it on Top Table, so booked to eat there.

First thing to note: downstairs gets super busy in the post-work drinks on a Friday night. But the dining room upstairs is far more serene. On to the food and drink.

I had the partridge (very tasty) served with kale and melt-in-the-mouth potato dauphinoise. Mr DBFB opted for the chicken, so we drank a New Zealand Pinot Noir from the Sherwood Estate Vineyard on the South Island.

Not a wine I'd drink on it's own - it has some plum fruit on the nose but on the palate there is more of the vegetal (and slight hint of bark) flavours you get from Pinot Noir. But all of this complements the meat very well. And for a 2008, it has good length.