Lindsay House. Our first Michelin star!

A few weeks ago, SP and I was watching 'The Great British Menu: The Queen’s Banquet' on BBC. In the show, a number of top UK chefs compete for a spot to cook for the Queen's 80th Birthday banquet. The dishes are to be representative of the British cooking style (whatever it is).

For those who are interested, the winning menu is as follow:

• Starter: Smoked salmon with blinis, woodland sorrel and wild cress (Richard Corrigan, Northern Ireland)
• Fish course: Pan-fried turbot with cockles and oxtail (Bryn Williams, Wales)
• Main course: Loin of roe venison with potato cake, roast roots, creamed cabbage and game gravy (Nick Nairn, Scotland)
• Dessert: Custard tart with nutmeg (Marcus Wareing, Northern England)

We found out that Richard Corrigan has a restaurant in London, and the restaurant has one Michelin star. We knew that the Michelin guide provides one of the most famous and influential gastronomic ratings in the world, so it must be reliable! So when SZ and ML are visiting London, we quickly make a booking at the place. We were put into the Chef's table, which is really a table put in a small room, which can't really fit much else.

We had the standard tasting menu with matching wine. However, the girls want to try the seared tuna so we changed our fish dish from Lemon Sole Fish to Seared Tuna.

The dishes are as follow:


Appetizer


Cured Poached Foie Gras & Sauternes Jelly



Roast Diver Scallop & Pea Gnocch


The girls had Seared Blue Fin Tuna & Pan Fried Foie Gras


The boys had Lemon Sole with Courgette & Fresh Water Crayfish

Best End of New Season Lamb

With Caramelized Sweetbread, Wet Garlic & Moussaka

Banyuls Soaked Crozier Blue with Thyme & Celery


Glazed Chocolate Brownie with Sour Cherry & Yoghurt


Overall, the food was OK. It certainly doesn't worth the £££ that we spent. And I know a number of Sydney restaurants which would beat Lindsay House hands down! I think one Michelin star is roughly equivalent to one chef's hat.

Anyway, we had a great evening. It is the 10 year anniversary of the friendship between ML, SZ and SP. With the influence of alcohol, we had a number of confessions (According to SP, it was more like bitching) from the boys, which was definitely the highlight of the night. We just hope that whatever was said in the room, stays in the room :P

I am glad that we had a room to ourselves, because we were definitely very noisy!


Group photo!


More information:

Lindsay House
http://www.lindsayhouse.co.uk/