Contemporary Furniture

Contemporary eco-friendly furniture. Now this is a very broad subject and want to show that even business with overheads in mind understand how important the environment is, especially when choosing furniture.

DESCRIBED as London's first genuine eco-friendly restaurant, Acorn House has been built from organic and recycled materials, offering a seasonal menu using locally sourced produce. So far, so right on. On top of that, it's also a training restaurant (a charitable venture run by both The Shoreditch Trust and Terrence Higgins Trust), so we felt virtuous just booking a table.

Any fears we had of being force fed chickpea porridge in the company of beardie, sandal-clad weirdies were instantly banished by this sleek, dark-wood interior diner in up-and-coming King's Cross. Filled with snazzy green designer furniture and snazzy designer diners, it had a buzzy vibe that didn't make you feel guilty for wearing leather shoes.

It's not even vegetarian - hurrah!

Our friendly (if eternally absent) waitress confided that the veggie special "wasn't that special" - a description that also pretty much summed up our starters. My rabbitty winter salad of pheasant, pomegranate and dandelion (Pounds 8.50) was doubtless good for me, but came over-doused in balsamic vinegar. My friend pronounced her Dorset crab with grilled leeks (Pounds 9.50) "fresh, but nothing to write home about".