Sherlock Unlocked by Daniel Smith

Author:Daniel Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, pdf
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

The Temple of Food

In two stories (‘The Dying Detective’ and ‘The Illustrious Client’) Holmes takes Watson for a bite of something ‘nutritious’ at Simpsons-in-the-Strand, one of London’s foremost dining institutions. A brief résumé of its history suggests why Holmes found it such an appealing spot. It opened in 1828 as a smoking room (no doubt immediately earning it kudos in Holmes’s book) but then evolved into a coffee house. During this period, it also became known as the national headquarters of chess. Messengers in top hats would tear around town reporting news of important chess moves as they happened. While Holmes is not known to have been a player himself, it is surely likely that he admired the ultimate game of intellect and strategy. By the 1850s, though, Simpsons had morphed again, this time into a traditional English dining room, famous for its hearty meat dishes. Besides Holmes, its celebrated clientele included Charles Dickens and the prime ministers William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli. By the time Holmes and Watson were regulars, it had been subsumed into the grand setting of the Savoy Hotel but maintained its distinct identity. P. G. Wodehouse was another admirer, describing it as ‘a restful temple of food’.

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