The Michelin Club
4 friends who love food
Dinner
2 star Michelin Restaurant at Mandarin Oriental, Knightsbridge, London
Head Chef: Ashley Palmer-Watts
Food: British
Date visited: 10/01-2015
Total Bill: £819.00 (including service charge)
Menu:
At Dinner we only had the choice to pick from the A La Carte menu - so all 4 members in the Michelin Club went for 3 courses + 2 shared cheese boards. The following dishes were served:
Starters:
2 x Meat Fruit: Mandarin, chicken liver & foie grass parfait, grilled bread.
1 x Salamagundy: Chicken oysters, salsify, marrow bone & horseradish cream.
1 x Hay Smoked Mackerel: Lemon salad, gentleman's relish, wood sorrel & smoked roe.
Mains:
1 x Roast Sea Bass: Mussel & seaweed ketchup, salmon roe & sea rosemary.
1 x Roast Iberico Pork Chop: Spelt, ham hock & Robert sauce.
1 x Hereford Ribeye: Mushroom ketchup & triple cooked chips.
1 x Fillet of Aberdeen Angus: Mushroom ketchup & triple cooked chips.
Side Dishes:
1 x Green Beans.
1 x Mashed Potatoes.
Desserts:
2 x British Cheese: Oat cakes, Yorkshire chutney & cider apple.
2 x Baked Sussex Pond Pudding: Lemon caramel & goats milk ice cream.
1 x Brown Bread Ice Cream: Salted butter caramel, pear & malted yeast syrup.
1 x Chocolate Bar: Passion fruit jam & ginger ice cream.
Wine:
The Wine was picked with help from the Sommelier, where we had the following:
White: Sancerre Flores (France).
Red: 2009 Brunello (Italy).
Port: 3 gl of 2009 Nieport.
Dessert: 2012 Jurancon.
Extras:
The restaurant furthermore served a nice taster after dinner.
Annette and Carlos also had a nice tour of the kitchen before the dessert menu - so was still quite busy.
Further pictures from our evening can be seen here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153091202721383.1073742050.786091382&type=1&l=d204b8b002
Link to the restaurant:
http://www.dinnerbyheston.com/
To read about our whole experience in this restaurant, please refer to our blog where we will also like to hear your comments and view if you have visited the restaurant yourself.