The Michelin Club
4 friends who love food
The Ledbury
2 star Michelin Restaurant in Notting Hill, London
Head Chef: Brett Graham
Food: Modern French
Date visited: 22/06-2013
Total Bill: £884.81 (including optional service charge)
Menu:
All 4 members in the Michelin Club went for the Tasting Menu, where the following dishes were served:
Amuse Bouche
Ceviche of Hand Dived Scallops with Tokyo Turnips, Seaweed Oil & Frozen Horseradish
A Salad of Heritage Tomatoes with Goat's Cheese, Dried Olives & Green Tomato Juice
Steamed White Asparagus with Morels Cooked in Earl Grey Tea & Herbs
Cornish Turbot with Fennel, Mussels & Elderflower
Jowl of Pork with Peas, Girolles & Black Pudding
Roast Breast and Confit Leg of Pigeon with Salted Cherry Blossom, Red vegetables & leaves
Cheese Board
Pre-dessert
Brown Sugar Tart with Poaches Grapes and Steam Ginger Ice Cream
Wine:
The Wine was picked with excellent help from the Sommelier, where we had the following:
White: 2005 Alvarinho Superior Dorado, Quinta do Feital, Moncao, Portugal
Red: 2010 Nero Sichilli, Savino, Noto, Sicily
Port: 4 gl of Gaivosa LBV
Dessert: 2008 Le Colombare, Recioto di Soave, Pieropan, Italy.
Extras:
The restaurant furthermore served 1 extra taster before dinner and 3 extra tasters after dinner. We also had a surprise desset since we were celebrating the engagement of Ingrid and Carlos.
Annette and Carlos also had a nice tour of the kitchen while it was still quite busy - but the chef still took his time to explain how the kitchen works.
Further pictures from our evening can be seen here:
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Link to the restaurant:
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