Light on the Common

We visited Light Café on the recommendation of a diner more organised than me, i.e. the one who would book a table for the insanely busy Saturday lunch trade in WImbledon… she said it was the best place in the village.
I can’t claim that’s true, as I haven’t eaten everywhere in the village (and I do like the burgers in the giant pub round the corner…), but we had a lovely meal.
We all had salads — January’s health kick has made a resurgence — although mine was a salad in name only really. There was some rocket to make me feel healthy, but otherwise it was some chunky slices of really good ham with a fantastic celeriac remoulade. The mustard had a kick and a bit — made my nose twitch — and the poached egg made it very indulgent. Everything seemed fresh and well prepared — yellow beetroot and mackerel and a pleasingly sized lump of goats cheese.
It was so good we decided to have dessert, and sadly, they lost their fifth star here. The menu promised so much, and for the most part it was all good… but I ordered the ginger pudding in order to get the custard. I asked for EXTRA custard. While the ginger pudding was delicious (though could have been less savoury, in a strange way), it came with what can only be described, generously, as 2 tablespoons of custard. It had almost soaked into the pudding by the time I got my spoon into it. I was very saddened. I couldn’t even tell if it was good custard.
That aside, the service was friendly and the afternoon tea spread they were just pulling out of the oven as we left looked and smelled fantastic. I’ll go back, probably for tea with a brownie… They do a set menu in the evening as well, which sounds bargainous.