Reviewed by The Wild Boar Here are the facts: There are only three restaurants in the UK bearing three Michelin stars (out of 72 restaurants in the world); Waterside Inn is one of them. Opened in 1972, obtained first star in 1974, second star in 1977 and the third star in 1985 which it has retained since. Le Gavroche was the first restaurant in UK to obtain three Michelin stars; Waterside Inn is the...
I guess everyone has to eat, even in a recession . When the light appears at the end of the tunnel, though, appetites get bigger ... and more discriminating . In London , upscale eateries are seeing the investment banking crowd come back, and the wine is once again flowing. The cities top chefs are still worried about what will happen after Christmas, but for now, they're happy to see their creations...
Bloomberg's Richard Vines:Bankers Start Feasting Again at London Eateries, Chefs Say I spoke to almost 30 of the U.K. capital’s leading restaurateurs last week. Here’s what they say. ...Marcus Wareing (Marcus Wareing): “How’s business? You’re joking aren’t you? It’s mad. I’ve had a fabulous year.” ...Michel Roux Jr. (Le Gavroche): “Business...
Let's face it. We all know that when it comes to being the ultimate arbiter of taste, there's no-one to beat the French. There's cooking and there's classical cooking... and classical cooking at top level means French cooking. And when it comes to artistic brilliance on the plate - there's absolutely no competition. Well, leastways... that's what a Frenchman told me. The other day I watched a hapless...
From street shacks to Michelin stars, here's where the biggest names in the culinary world like to go MICHEL ROUX JR Michelin-starred head chef of Le Gavroche ( le-gavroche.co.uk ) Sophisticated simplicity is the only way to describe Le Lisita. It’s simply beautiful. Right in the centre of Nîmes, it has a huge, magical terrace with great views of the town’s Roman arena. The restaurant,...
Showcasing cutting-edge contemporary design styled for “today’s fast-living urban travellers,” chic new lifestyle is hte new hotel The Mira Hong Kong. The new 492-room address on Nathan Road is heralded as one of Hong Kong’s most upscale and technologically advanced hotels. The Mira Hong Kong promises to become a new venue for the hottest global live acts – underlined...
The Square 6-10 Bruton Street Mayfair London W1J 6PU Tel. 020 7495 7100 Food type: French Food rating: 8/10 Nearest tube: Bond Street Website: The Square Having eaten at every two star restaurant in London, I can count the Square and Le Gavroche as the best at this level, and probably London itself especially with the closure of one of my favourites, Ambassade de [...]
• John Wright: The water companies must clean up • Timeline: The key dates in the Fat Duck food poisoning The family-run fishery that provided the oysters blamed for an outbreak of food poisoning at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant has blamed poor sewage treatment at a nearby plant for the contamination. Graham Larkin, the operations manager at Colchester Oyster Fishery, which harvests...
It’s a great pleasure to put my tuppence worth about this place. Three words precede the rest of the review, what a find! With thanks to Nicola and James H for the heads up re The Counter café. If you don’t live in the immediate area or drive for that matter, the quickest way to reach The Counter is by buses 276 or 488 from either Hackney Wick or Bow Church. Come 2012, it’ll...
Reviewed by The Wild BoarMichel Roux is one of the most influential and famous French chefs in the modern era, alongside other luminaries such as Alain Ducasse and Joël Robuchon. Under the guidance of both Michel and Albert Roux (brothers), Le Gavroche was born in 1967 and was the first restaurant in Britain to gain first two, then three Michelin stars. Albert’s son, Michel Roux Jr (confusingly),...
Is the world's most macabre open sandwich fair game or ripe for the green bin of history? About 20 years ago someone much richer and more generous than me took me to Le Gavroche where I ate my first woodcock. For those not familiar with this British delicacy it's a gamebird with a long thin beak, not unlike a very small kiwi. It's prepared by roasting it intact, head, innards and all, on top of a...
Last week I had Lunch at Le Café Anglais and on leaving came to the same conclusion that I have had the two previous times I visited this restaurant. My conclusion was I really should eat here more often. I have never met co owner and Chef Rowley Leigh apart from a brief exchange of pleasantries at Kensington Place some years ago but I am old enough to have eaten his food, in several of the...
Some of you will know that I helped to organise Nom Nom Nom again this year, which was basically a blogger's version of MasterChef. It's now time for the public vote and there's some familiar faces to vote for. L J Rich (you'll remember her from my fab trip on the Orient Express last year) & Jemimah (fab blog post on the day) who made up Team Bork Bork Bork & Cowfish (the evil clue master of...
A confession - I have a (probably pathological) dislike of writing about my absolute favourite restaurants here. There aren't that many which fall into that category; a couple in London, a couple in the US, a couple - OK, more than a couple - in France; but there's an unpleasantly selfish part of me which really, really doesn't want to share. It's irrational, and lately I've pledged to get the hell...
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