Top 5... restaurants for camp
Oh, the hell with restraint. Why not go for gloriously, kitschy, campy over-the-top fabulousness - because you can...
1. Archipelago
Looks like it was designed by someone under the influence of some serious Class As - and menu to match. It bristles with arcana: bees, locusts, all manner of exotic birdlife.
110 Whitfield Street W1. Tel: 020 7383 3346. Tube: Warren Street
2. Les Trois GarÃons
Waterfall chandeliers to turn you jade with envy, bejewelled animals, an atmosphere of knowing, eyebrow-raised irony. And the French-ish food's got better, too. 1 Club Row E1. Tel: 020 7613 1924. Tube: Liverpool Street
3. Babylon
Stroll in the legendary Roof Gardens and get a sneak view into the men's lavs from the ladies. Plus copious gold leaf, aquaria and shag-pile: marvellous. The Roof Gardens, 99 Kensington High Street W8. Tel: 020 7368 3993. Tube: Kensington High Street
4. MVH
Downstairs a creamy, vision of heaven, upstairs a decadent version of hell. The food is adventurous and far, far better than you'd expect in these outrè surroundings. 5 White Hart Lane SW13. Tel: 020 8392 1111.
Rail: Barnes Bridge
5. Champor-Champor
A South-East Asian jewel that glows with eccentricity. Presentation is ultra-camp: if it stands still long enough, it'll be tarted up within an inch of its life. 62 Weston Street SE1. Tel: 020 7403 4600. Tube: London Bridge
