7. Murano

6. Gidleigh Park

5. Sienna

4. Trishna *

Menu

Poppadoms

* * * 

ANDHRA LAMB MASALA [curry leaf, coastal spices]

KERALA JHEENGA CURRY [Keralan spices, tiger prawns, drumstick]

PARTRIDGE PEPPER FRY [Keralan spices, black pepper, Indian onion]

TANDOORI LEMON BABY CHICKEN [chicken leg chat, pressed rice, peanut chutney]

Starter 

Mini poppadoms with chutneys

Mains

4 Dishes + Bread Basket + Basmati Rice + Hyderabadi Dal

Dessert

Cardamom Kheer (Rice Pudding)

Setting

3. Social Eating Club *

Menu

Cornish sardines, sardine & toast vinaigrette, wood sorrel

Slow poached hen’s egg, creamed potato, chorizo, smoked paprika

* * *

Smoked sea trout, brown butter emulsion, Cornish potato & onion

Veal Holstein, Braddock White duck egg, anchovy & rainbow chard

* * *

Cheese selection, gooseberry (+5 supplement / +8 extra course)

* * *

English strawberry bakewell, Amaretto, hibiscus, basil & balsamic

Chocolate cremeux, lovage ice-cream, grué de cacao, hazelnuts

Starters 

Cornish sardines, sardine & toast vinaigrette, wood sorrel

Slow poached hen’s egg, creamed potato, chorizo, smoked paprika

Mains

Veal Holstein, Braddock White duck egg, anchovy & rainbow chard

Smoked sea trout, brown butter emulsion, Cornish potato & onion

Cheese Course (£ supplement)

Desserts

Chocolate cremeux, lovage ice-cream, grué de cacao, hazelnuts

English strawberry bakewell, Amaretto, hibiscus, basil & balsamic

Setting 

Set Menu: 3 courses (£23 + 12.5% service charge)

Tel: +44 (0)20 7993 3251 (Lunch Mon-Sat)

Address: 58 Poland St, London W1F 7NR (in Soho)

Chef: Paul Hood

Misc: Paul Hood is one of Jason Atherton’s lieutenants (Atherton, who trained under Gordon Ramsey, being the “pre-eminent British international restaurateur” with 10 restaurants across London and Asia) and has worked with him for seven years, most recently as head chef at the Pollen Street Social, and they still collaborate on SEH’s “contemporary bistro menu.” Atherton’s vision is “to create an informal social setting where the surroundings are as vibrant as the food” – Russell Sage Studios designed the exposed brick interior, complete with white-washed copper ceilings and weathered leather banquet seats. According to Atherton, “Social Eating House isn’t here to compete with the best restaurants in the world, but the modern-day, young restaurateurs who are opening in London.” Further, “everyone is looking for a night out these days. In today’s market, you need good food in a cool space where people actually want to hang out.” For Atherton, the goal is to “open some cool sites and make some money.”

2. Les Fables de la Fontaine *

Menu

Coquillages-noix-tomate-persil

(Shellfish-nuts-tomato-parsley)

* * *

Lieu jaune-gnocchi-carotte-navet-ail

(Pollack-gnocchi-carrot-turnip-garlic)

* * *

Fraise-chocolat-tonka

(Strawberry-chocolate-tonka*) *Tonka bean is similar to Vanilla bean

2011 Sauvignon, Baron Briar (white)

2011 Givry, Domaine Ragot (red)

Amuse-bouche

Something yummy...

Starter 

Coquillages-noix-tomate-persil

What the people next to us had...

                                                   Main 

Lieu jaune-gnocchi-carotte-navet-ail

  Dessert                                                                                                               Coffee & Gourmandises  

Fraise-chocolat-tonka

Setting 

Intimate 5-table interior

Rue Saint-Dominique

Fountain outside Les Fables de la Fontaine

Set Menu: 3 courses, 1 glass of wine (€35) - mineral water and coffee were extra 

Tel: +33 1 44 18 37 55 (Lunch Mon-Fri)

Address: 131 Rue Saint-Dominique, 75007 Paris (near the Eiffel Tower)

Chef: Anthony David

Misc: This restaurant specializes in seafood. Chef Anthony David trained at Alain Ducasse restaurants, including the Plaza Athénée, Benoit, Aux Lyonnais (all in Paris)

1. Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester ***

Menu

COURGETTE and LOBSTER in a delicate ‘gelée’

‘PETITS FARCIS' our way

* * *

Native PLAICE, Paimpol coco beans and chorizo

Corn-fed CHICKEN, baby spinach and taggiasca olives

* * *

PINEAPPLE treat

CHOCOLATE/RASPBERRY bar

* * *
Coffee

2011 Chablis, Les Pargues, Moreau-Naudet (white)

2009 Haut-Medoc, Château du Moulin Rouge (red)

Amuses-bouche

                                 

Bread & Wine 

           

Starters 

COURGETTE and LOBSTER
in a delicate ‘gelée'

‘PETITS FARCIS' our way

                                 

Mains

Native PLAICE,
Paimpol coco beans and chorizo

Corn-fed CHICKEN,
baby spinach and taggiasca olives

                             

Desserts

PINEAPPLE treat

CHOCOLATE/RASPBERRY bar

           

Coffee & Gourmandises

             

The Setting  
       

                                            

                     

       

Set Menu: 3 courses, 2 glasses of wine, 1/2 bottle mineral water, coffee or tea (£55)

Tel: +44 (0)20 7629 8866 (Lunch Tues-Fri)

Address: The Dorchester, Park Lane, London W1K 1QA

Chef: Executive Chef Jocelyn Herland "interprets Alain Ducasse's Michelin star cuisine"

Misc: Alain Ducasse has 25 restaurants, including four with 3 Michelin Stars -- Le Louis XV-Alain Ducasse (Monaco), Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée and Restaurant le Meurice Alain Ducasse (Paris), as well as Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester (London)