L'Ortolan is Michelin Starred fine dining restaurant located in the picturesque village of Shinfield, Berkshire. With Executive Chef Alan Murchison the restaurant has won numerous awards including a Michelin Star and a place in the Sunday Times Top 50 restaurants in the UK. Alan Murchison also launched a wonderful cookbook, Food for Thoughts, which includes a lot of the wonderful recipes that you can enjoy at the L'Ortolan. The restaurant is located in beautiful house where you immediately feel like a welcomed guest. We had the fortune to go visit L'Ortolan just before Christmas so before getting seated in the dining room, you enjoyed drinks and some pre-dinner appetizers in a very cozy in-house veranda. The restaurant did a great job of accommodating my wife's dietary restrictions and were able to offer a great vegan alternative. The menu started with some great starters that really sets the expectations for the rest of the dining experience. The entrees part of the menu had a couple of great highlights. It started off with a wonderful duck liver parfait - smooth, velvety and with amazing depth of flavors. They also served a wonderful filet of bass - perfectly cooked, and with all the right sides. My wife had salads and vegetable platters - maybe it doesn't sound too exciting, but the flavors are rich, with a lot of depth and Chef Alan has done an excellent job of pairing these vegetables together. I am not a vegan guy - but I could have enjoyed just eating the vegan menu. After the main courses we had a wonderful cheese platter, trying some local artisan cheeses. Nice combination, but nothing that stood out as exceptional. The dinner ended with some great desserts, very light and with wonderful combinations. I sometimes feel that in french-influenced restaurants, the desserts are too heavy - but at L'Ortolan they were at the right level. We left the dinner feeling just perfectly filled. All in all, I was surprised to find this wonderful gem in Reading, but L'Ortolan is definitely worth a visit when you are in town. Great food, good wine line list, friendly staff and a wonderful location. Also make sure that you pick up Alan's cookbook so you can bring some of the L'Ortolan magic with you home. Highly recommended.
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