There is a steadily increasing number of Scandinavian restaurants in London these days and Dansk Taste is way up near the top of the list. Not that it differs much from the overall format and as a place to go for a quick, cheap, delicious snack the competition has quite a way to go.

Outwardly quite dreary, what the décor lacks is more than made up in the quality of the food. Centrestage is the Danish Hotdog, a time-honoured piece of nutrition that has kept many a Dane going through the damp, cold winters of that corner of Europe, well laced with pickles, fried onions and - of course - real Danish bacon.

Danish pastries in all their abundant diet-busting glory abound, as does Danish ice crea