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The Clove Club
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Taking my wife to the Hinds Head in bray on friday!
Really looking forward to it, anyone been, and any reccomendations...?
it's basically got a lot of his perfect X in it from his show.
The scotch egg as a snack was really good.
I've had a very good pea and ham soup and also the millionaire shortbread desert was interesting too -
Neither has tables for Tues lunch time.
I've been to Dinner a couple of times, its very good.
Anyone tried Roux at the Landau?
Or know of any great Italian places (is Polpo still good?) or French brassaries?
Is Jose in Bermondsey worth a look?
Sorry lots of Qs, but I want to go somewhere new and amazing!can try this
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That was de-lish
After that I'm tempted by the fat duck. Waterside inn and hand & flower first, but then...
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Anyone tried Roux at the Landau?
Is shit. Pretentious and overpriced and the service was pants. I had the taster menu when I went and the wines didnt even arrive with their courses. The lady I was with couldnt eat the shellfish course so they offered her a vegetarian option which turned out the be a few slices of beetroot placed around a plate...the waiter had told us it was substantial and one of their most popular dishes...bit of a joke really.
And the hoo-ha they kicked up when I wouldnt pay the 70-odd gratuity? Fuck them.
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Oh dear that sounds shocking and I was just looking at this
http://www.bookatable.com/uk/106668/roux-at-the-landau?lcid=318&pid=51173&utm_source=RouxatTheLandaustardeal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=TopButton&utm_campaign=NewStarDeals433London -
avoid the oysters
Well they are from 2009
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Dinner by Heston tomorrow. i am excite
any dish recommendations?
The pineapple desert
meat fruit was good but more interesting than really delicious
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Social Eating House at the end of the month, for the doris I'm seeings birthday. Good shout?
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You are pistanator aicmfp
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octopus with muscles
isn't an octopus pretty much all muscle? or had this specimen been on a weight training regime?
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Well, Alyn Williams was fantastic. My girlfriend thoroughly enjoyed the veg tasting menu, many thanks to the person who made the recommendation. I had the regular tasting menu, and fuck me, did I taste some things.
I can't remember everything, there was so much, and understanding everything you're being presented with after a few glasses of wine gets a bit difficult, but the highlights were:
50-day aged pork. Such a deep tasting dish, the pork had rich flavours almost to the point of overpowering everything else, but as the pork flavour subsided, the other flavours lingered.
The first dish was essentially a load of crab in a martini glass. There was a white meat floating in a crab consomme, with two splodges of creamed crab(?) one dark and one white meat, and there was some sort of fine jelly layer at the bottom that you had to get through to get through to the white meat. I'm making it sound horrific but it was my best ever crab experience. On the side, served on what looked like a mini hot plate you'd get at your local Chinese restaurant, was a celery crisp which was mere microns thick with pureed celery splodges on. I don't know how something so thin can have so much crunch...
My favourite dish of the meal was the scallop and cuttlefish, the scallop was just dreamy, it was all swimming in a bit of ink and there was an inky crouton precariously balanced on the top.
It got a bit more expensive than I intended as we elected to add on the cheese course, I had a port with that, and we had a kir royal each to start, but it was worth it. Great experience, and the service was the best I have received. Either we were lucky or they judged everything just right - which is what I'd expect - the wine server kept appearing at the right break in conversation, I never felt interrupted or rushed, nor did I feel we had to wait for anything, I didn't want for anything, and I didn't feel pressured into anything.
If I'm acting gushy, it's because I have been to places that cost more or about the same and I didn't feel I received anywhere near as good a service. Food is food, right? The Ledbury tasted amazing, and at the time I felt like I'd been given a great service, but it wasn't anywhere near this place now I can compare, and Zuma, well, I don't know what you're paying for there...??
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Neither has tables for Tues lunch time.
I've been to Dinner a couple of times, its very good.
Anyone tried Roux at the Landau?
Or know of any great Italian places (is Polpo still good?) or French brassaries?
Is Jose in Bermondsey worth a look?
Sorry lots of Qs, but I want to go somewhere new and amazing!