L'escargot is part of Marco Pierre White's WhiteStarLines group and is to be found nestled on Greek Street in London's lively Soho. The restaurant itself feels fairly classic, well appointed and modern, however in some places the tables are a little closer together than I have seen in any other Michelin starred restaurant, my partner and I felt occasionally like we were sharing a table with a small group of people sitting next to us (this was also disappointing because it was a Monday night and there were a fair number of spare tables dotted around).
Getting over the seating arrangements the festival menu was a couple of courses for 25 quid, which is pretty good value in a place where an a la carte main course will set you back in the region of 20 pounds. I started on the Tian of Trout while my girlfriend carried on her recent fois gras thing by having the ham hock filled with the delicacy and served with a brioche. My trout was excellent, however the ham hock was a little short of fois gras for my partners taste
For main course I had the duck which was excellent, crispy skinned and in a wonderful sauce, My girlfriend decided to go for the bream which was excellently cooked and
For accompaniment we did the usual when faced with a monumental wine list, panicked and asked the sommelier, he was really great, giving us some good advice, we ended up ignoring the currenttrend of pairing a dessert wine with the fois gras and instead settled on a bottle of Chablis (from one of the minor appelations) to go with the trout, Fois gras and Bream and a glass of very nice red (which I forget) to go with my duck.
All in all it was a good experience and I really enjoyed my meal which unlike some other places doing special set menus had very generous portion sizes and gave a really good view of the menu, I think the only minor issues were the table layout and the fact that my partner was disappointed with her starter.
For main course I had the duck which was excellent, crispy skinned and in a wonderful sauce, My girlfriend decided to go for the bream which was excellently cooked and
For accompaniment we did the usual when faced with a monumental wine list, panicked and asked the sommelier, he was really great, giving us some good advice, we ended up ignoring the currenttrend of pairing a dessert wine with the fois gras and instead settled on a bottle of Chablis (from one of the minor appelations) to go with the trout, Fois gras and Bream and a glass of very nice red (which I forget) to go with my duck.
All in all it was a good experience and I really enjoyed my meal which unlike some other places doing special set menus had very generous portion sizes and gave a really good view of the menu, I think the only minor issues were the table layout and the fact that my partner was disappointed with her starter.
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