The Ledbury is a beautiful restaurant located in Notting Hill. The corner-positioned building, with a walled-off alfresco dining area on one side and small potted trees on the other, makes a statement in bold black. Chef Brett Graham has built a gastronomic palace and he is dishing out great dishes with tremendous flavors. He has been rewarded with two Michelin stars and he definitely deserves both of them. The Ledbury is also ranked nr 10 on the Pellegrino's list. The food is modern, vibrant, innovative and with generous servings. The wine selections is very good as well, and the staff is both attentive and has great personality. They did an excellent job of catering to my wife's vegan dietary restrictions and I will highlight some of her best dishes later. I went with the full tasting menu of course and it was great - and compared with a lot of other restaurants in London, very affordable. After we have ordered some Champagne from the wine list the menu starts with canapes. Small, bite-sized, mouth-fulls of food awesomeness. If Chef Graham gets bored with serving gourmet dinners he would have a bright future putting together high-end pintxos or tapas. One little canape after another is served and they are beautiful to look at and very tasty. The first course is a salad of green beans but pimped up by grated foie gras. I have never liked green beans, I don't like the texture and the crunch you get when you eat them, but these were amazing. Smaller in size, they were cooked perfectly, and with the addition of the creamy foie gras this became a spectacular started dish. It was followed up by a flame grilled mackerel which was even better. It has similarities with the previous dish in the fact that i historically never liked mackerel either, but this was also so good. It was so good, that I am inclined to say that mackerel might be my favorite fish at the moment. That says a lot about how good this dish was. The next two seafood courses was also spectacular. A playful version of risotto where the Arborio has been exchanged with squid cut to simulate the rice. The shellfish makes the dish rich and with great depth. The next course was a cornish turbot which a thin layer of black quinoa. The quinoa made the dish beautiful to look at but also added some wonderful crunch to it. The complimenting artichoke cream was rich and velvety smooth. The next course speaks for itself, pork jowl, bacon and crackling. Add some walnuts and some mushrooms and you have a gorgeous and very flavorful dish. My wife's vegan menu was exceptional as well. beautiful dishes, her four favorites are depicted above. They were well put together, with many layers and made with the freshest ingredients. The final and main course of the savory section of the tasting menu was magnificent lamb. The dish is stunning to look at, the colors are amazing and when you bite into the lamb you quickly realize that this is lamb perfection. It melts in your mouth and it has an intense and vibrant flavors. The Ledbury served a great cheese platter and the pre-dessert was a good palette cleanser. Not spectacular, but very good. The tasting menu ends with a great raspberry tartlet with enormous berries, jam-packed and bursting with flavors. The Petite Fours are creative, innovative and very good as well. After the dinner we had the opportunity to visit the kitchen and spend some time with Chef Brett and his crew. Even though they were in the middle of a busy dinner service they took time to show us around the kitchen, they were able to recommend some really good restaurants in Belgium (where we were headed next), and we had some really inspiring conversation about why my next kitchen tool should be a commercial convection oven. We spend almost 20 minutes in the kitchen and got to try small samples of new items on future menus. What a wonderful experience!! This great attitude towards customers paired with amazing food and world-class service makes it very easy to recommend the Ledbury. You should make it a must-visit when in London.
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4/23/2017 11:48:55 pm
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