3. Social Eating Club *

Menu

Cornish sardines, sardine & toast vinaigrette, wood sorrel

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

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

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

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

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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.”