The Michelin Club
4 friends who love food
A. Wong
2 star Michelin Restaurant in Pimlico, London
Head Chef: Andrew Wong
Food: Chinese
Date visited:11/06-2022
Total Bill: £1140.80 (including service charge).
Menu:
At the time of booking we had to choose what food option we were going for - so all 4 of us had the pleasure of trying the full Taste of China menu, where we had the following:
Zhou dynasty cured scallop, stuffed crab claw, wasabi
Barbecued pork jerky / Char sui / Grated foie gras / smacked watermelon
Dim sum duo
Chengdu street tofu, soy chilli, peanuts, preserved vegetables
Shanghai steamed dumplings, ginger infused vinegar
‘Memories of Peking Duck’
Anhui province red braised fermented wild seabass
Barbecued forbidden city sweetcorn, wagyu beef meat paste and truffle
Braised abalone, shitake mushroom, sea cucumber and abalone butter -
‘why we don’t need to eat Shark’s fin soup’
Shaanxi pulled lamb ‘burger’ with Xinjiang pomegranate salad
Yunnan seared beef with mint, chilli and lemongrass served with a pulled noodle cracker
‘Soy chicken’ with ginger oil and Oscietra caviar wrap
Gong Bao chicken, roasted peanuts and ‘hot pot’ essence / Glutinous rabbit dumpling / Ma Po Tofu with roasted bone marrow
Petits fours / cheese / fruit vinegar
Coconut water ice, bird’s nest, fermented coconut, dried mulberries, yoghurt and mochi
Poached meringue with fruit textures
Wine:
As the food was quite expensive - we decided to go with some cheaper wines and had the following:
White: 1 x 2018 Viogner, “The Age of Grace”, Lismore (Elgin, South Africa)
White: 1 x 2018 Sancerre, Domaine Gerard Millet (Loire, France)
Red: 1 x Primotivo (Italy)
Dessert: 1/2 x Sauternes (France)
Extras:
It was an open Kitchen and Andrew Wong himself was present the whole eveing - so we got to say hello to him, which was really nice.
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