... C.S. Closed Sundays. W.B. Wise to book a table Trocadero Grill, Piccadilly Circus, (GER 6920.) It has been con sistently good as long as I have known it-- for 35 years. Always full, but never overcrowded, and the service is outstanding. One of the best curries in London is on the menu every day except Sunday. There are several other specialities in a big menu. Music at lunch- time and dancing ...

... 3* 4 ■*g BY JEAN CLELAND 3* 3* SPECIAL SKIN CARE IS NEEDED to counter the cold weather in the dark months before spring comes round again. Soft and smooth complexions are the result of a double guard skin routine. Immediately after cleansing, pat in a little moisture cream. This will sink into the pores, and replace the moisture that cold winds dry out. Then use a protective foundation ...

... by HELEN BURKE MOST PEOPLE AGREE ABOUT THE need for a good breakfast to start the day right. It is a matter of personal temperament, perhaps, but there is no doubt that a decent meal first thing is a good founda tion. The best argument for it is that since the last main meal was probably eaten round seven or eight o'clock the previous evening, it seems a little long to have to wait until, ...

... JOHN BAKER WHITE'S i GOOD-EATING GUIDE MANY RESTAURANTS HAVE ON their menus what they describe as pâté maison. On arrival it is found to be imported, often from Belgium, and not maison at all, however good it may be. One menu, in an otherwise excellent restaurant, reads Pâté Maison (Swiss). As the cooking is Franco- Italian this description be comes absurd. Only a few London restaurants, ...

... BY GORDON WILKINS WINTER ARRIVES, AND WITH IT THE familiar headline: Snow Brings Traffic Chaos. Bad enough if remote mountain roads are closed by snow, but on Britain's lowland roads, carrying the heaviest traffic in the world, such headlines are a poor advertisement for our ability to get things done. We now have a number of fast modern Swiss rotary ploughs which can travel to trouble spots ...

... 7 'his look is a natural BY JEAN CLELAND CURRENT TALK IN THE SALONS IS about the natural look, which is what we must aim at if we want the latest fashion in make-up and hair-styles. This sounds too easy for words and there is of course a catch in it. It does not, as the word implies, mean taking less trouble with the appearance, and leaving the skin, hair and figure to their own devices. If ...

... by JOHN BAKEF WHITE C.S.= Closed Su days. H'./i.=Wise to boo a table. Grosvenor House, Park Lane, W.1, (GRO 6363.) Restaurant pen on Sun days. In the grillroom one of the memorable meals of 1 59-- Souffle Grosvenor, a cheese so fflé topped with a poached egg; a plank sole, stuffed with mushrooms and truffles baked on a plank of wood, and served with a wonderful sauce; and a fresh peach, ...

... by JOHN BAKER WHITE C.S. Closed Sundays IF. If. Wise to book a table Massey's Chop House, Beauchamp Place, S.W. (KEN 4856.) C.S. After the war Charles Massey pioneered the return of the genuine charcoal grill to London. He is an expert with it, using highest quality meat, properly basted chickens and fish, like salmon, that lend themselves to grilling. I can also give high praise to his pdte ...

... TDCutufa ok CARBON COPY? BY MAUREEN WILLIAMSON PARIS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SHOCK WHEN SHE FEELS LIKE This year-- or at least this spring-- there are no shocks, sudden, unsignalled right-about-turns. But there is a revolution none the less, subtle but not unobserved. Paris this season we two faces and the signs are visible in the very simplicity of design that vary hardly at all from those of ...

... by HELEN BURKE MANY OF US LOOK FORWARD eagerly to spring and summer fish, because it is the best-textured and best-flavoured in the world. Salmon is already in the fishmongers' shops --a little high-priced perhaps, but not to be resisted when we see those creamy layers of fat between the flakes of a cut slice. In any case I felt that the sheer pleasure of tasting the first salmon run of the ...

... by JOHN BAKER WHITE C.S. Closed Sundays W.B. Wise to book a table Chez Luba, 116 Draycott Avenue, Chelsea, (ken 6523.) C.S. Five years ago this restaurant and its owner Niki Wisniewski were un known. Today both are inter nationally famous and at least half of Niki's customers come from abroad. It is the only restaurant in London specializing in Russian cooking, and has a special and amusing ...

... by HELEN BURKE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR I GET a number of letters from people about to go on a raw vegetable diet-- a kind of spring-clean of the blood as one reader wrote. Fortunately, the vegetables and fruits of late winter and early spring are excellent for such diets. Cabbages Savoy, Dutch white and red make a good foundation for as many different combinations as one can think up. Other ...