Posh Food

Alain Ducasse is the most overrated restaurant in London

It's not a place I'd go again..

I've never been to Ducasse, but A A Gill had a few choice words for it - 'Ducasse is the most Michelin-starred of any chef ever. If he ate all of his stars, he’d crap meteorites. 'The dining room has multiple girls who hand you from one to another, as if you were fragile, or a cretin'. 'It’s clever and fiddly, the food, as tepid as a royal handshake and as utterly forgettable as dabs of diplomatic small talk'. 'It doesn’t matter how rich you are, this place would deafen you with the tearing sound of being ripped off'. Naturally, 3 Michelin stars. I don't think I've read a single good review of it.

Love it!

I went to Galvin La Chapelle on friday night. The place itself is lovely to look at, but the food is awesome... Crab lasagne with morel sauce was too good, and surprisingly the wine list isn't mentally expensive although you can buy a bottle for £17,500...! Service was also the right side of attentive without really noticing they were there.

http://www.galvinrestaurants.com/section.php/61/1/galvin_la_chapelle

Not very glamarous in the scheme of things, but work are paying for lunch at Pearl (Jun Tanaka) this week. Looking forward to it.

I took my folks there when they were over. 3 course meal for £45 (I think) if you book on toptable. It was lovely. Pallet cleansing tidbits between set courses, amazingly presented colourful fresh food, good portions and super tasty. Would defs go back.

I took my folks there when they were over. 3 course meal for £45 (I think) if you book on toptable. It was lovely. Pallet cleansing tidbits between set courses, amazingly presented colourful fresh food, good portions and super tasty. Would defs go back.

Kattiep. Your a lovely gal. But this is the POSH food thread.. £45 for a 3 course meal is good value I grant but this thread is all about spending mind bending amounts of money on food. £45 wouldn't buy a glass of Rose Bollinger at Ducasse. x

I'm a scientist. They pay me peanuts.

I'm a scientist. They pay me peanuts.

I thought that's what they paid monkeys? Unless you're a research animal of course.

Ok, I'm planning a week in the west country and since I wont be spending all my money on flights and hotels etc I'm going to food it up

So far I'm going to for lunch in the Hinds Head in Bray on the way down and I'm booked in for dinner at Nathan Outlaw in rock a few days later

Does anyone have any suggestions about great places to eat down there... Rick Steins aside.

Cheers

I'm a scientist. They pay me peanuts.

Batman's a scientist

Edit: Oh yes
http://londonist.com/2010/08/heston_blumenthal_to_open_london_ve.php

15th October is the day the booking lines open

Ok, I'm planning a week in the west country and since I wont be spending all my money on flights and hotels etc I'm going to food it up

Gidleigh Park is the canonical Dartmoor restaurant of quality.

I'm also fond of Langmans (disclaimer: my folks live down the road).

Also worth a look in are the Nobody Inn and the Bridge in Topsham. Both excellent, but very different pubs.

oh my god- The Bridge!
http://www.cheffers.co.uk/bridge.html
i challenge you to eat a ploughman's and have a pint, and not immeadiately feel the need to take a nap.
BEST pub EVER!!!!!!
there'sa great pub in Honiton opened up too:
http://www.theholt-honiton.com/

also tuckers arms dalwood:
http://www.tuckersarms.com/
well worth a visit.

I'd forgotten about Gidleigh Park... cheers Mr Tom (I grew up near there and now I'm getting flashbacks)

thanks soperRiva, I'll look into those

no worries.
also if you're in Honiton, ever- this farm shop run by a family neighbour:
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/Farm-shop-opens-family-affair/article-1468961-detail/article.html
(EX14 3PD)

is real good.

and finally-
on the A303 on the way down, also local to my family is a new Ice cream shop in Monkton.
http://www.ottervalleydairy.co.uk/
it is unbelievably good and the location couldn't be prettier!

oh my god- The Bridge!
i challenge you to eat a ploughman's and have a pint, and not immeadiately feel the need to take a nap.
BEST pub EVER!!!!!!

He's right. It's the only place I've ever had a ploughman's that been any good. Their home-made elderflower chutney was amazing.

River Cafe?

YES/NO

Slightly overpriced for what you get, but the food is generally very good.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good fish restaurant in London? I'm looking to treat Andrea for her birthday and she's partial to fish. It'll be for lunch on a Wednesday and we'd need them to be tolerant of a baby.

I was thinking of either Livebait on The Cut or Fish! at Borough Market but have only tried the latter.

J. Sheekey's

*actually, just saw the 'baby' bit......

i've eaten at livebait. it was pretty epic. the shellfish platter.
was over a year ago.

J-Sheekey / Sweetings (latter might be too City)

oh my god- The Bridge!
http://www.cheffers.co.uk/bridge.html
i challenge you to eat a ploughman's and have a pint, and not immeadiately feel the need to take a nap.
BEST pub EVER!!!!!!
there'sa great pub in Honiton opened up too:
http://www.theholt-honiton.com/

also tuckers arms dalwood:
http://www.tuckersarms.com/
well worth a visit.

Awesome Henners, MOC and I are round that way this weekend for a music festival, so may check it out on the way back to get some proper food :-)

Bentley's?

Awesome Henners, MOC and I are round that way this weekend for a music festival, so may check it out on the way back to get some proper food :-)

make sure you check out the ice cream place on the a303, its incredible.