I've just returned from a weekend trip to Cheltenham.
Valerie and I was totally surprised yesterday. SP has came to collect us from our lesson with a car and packed luggage! It is the first time that Valerie has visited other parts of England.
We arrived in Cheltenham about 2 hours later. We checked into our room and then took a short nap. Then, SP handed me a set of driving instructions into town. We arrived at Le Champignon Sauvage Restaurant just in time for our bookings!
For the next few hours, we were treated to some of the nicest food we've had in the UK (so far).
Valerie and I was totally surprised yesterday. SP has came to collect us from our lesson with a car and packed luggage! It is the first time that Valerie has visited other parts of England.
We arrived in Cheltenham about 2 hours later. We checked into our room and then took a short nap. Then, SP handed me a set of driving instructions into town. We arrived at Le Champignon Sauvage Restaurant just in time for our bookings!
For the next few hours, we were treated to some of the nicest food we've had in the UK (so far).
In front of the restaurant
Les champignons!
Onion biscuits and caramelised onions & cheese on crackers
White bean soup with lemon zest froth. I love this soup.
'Bread' with bacon & shallot
Roasted duck foie gras, lamb's tongue, quince and walnuts. This smells divine. The sauce matches the food well and walnuts added extra dimension to the whole dish.
Seared dived Shetland scallops, crisp belly Gloucester Old Spot pork, pea purée and peanuts. The peanuts is an interesting addition. The scallops are cooked nicely.
Wood pigeon, Alexander purée, asparagus, broad beans and Morel mushrooms. These local pigeons do not have a very 'game' taste to it. The morel mushrooms are very meaty and they have soaked up the tasty sauce. The restaurant has recommended a great matching wine!
Beef with oxtail, cepes ad shallots. It was cooked 'bleu', just the way I like it. And there are cepes. What else do I need? :) Again, I love the matching wine.
Pre-dessert. Rose and Geranium cream with rhubarb sorbet. There are some popping candy sprinkled on top of the dessert. The dessert itself is light and creamy.
Hot fig tart with browned butter ice cream. It is not as good as the rhubarb rice pudding (which is SP's most highly rated dessert to date)
Petits fours. This didn't have a very good hit rate with me.
3 pieces of the petits fours were abandoned. These petits fours found its way to SP's plate.
Today, we drove around the country-side in search of proper cream tea (with real clotted cream). My ideal would be a country house overlooking the fields filled with sheep. Since it is a long weekend over here and it was raining, the search proved to be difficult. We ended up in a cafe in a small town. The clotted cream was really nice though!
On our way home, we tried to look for a farm shop which sells fresh produce. We only found one, and as we approached the shop, we saw this:
For more information:
http://www.lechampignonsauvage.co.uk/
On our way home, we tried to look for a farm shop which sells fresh produce. We only found one, and as we approached the shop, we saw this:
Can you spot something suspicious in this picture?
It was raining quite heavily and this 'free-range' chicken-on-the-run is hiding under the plants!
Unfortunately, it does not have many meat in stock. They usually butcher-to--order, so that's what we are going to do next time.For more information:
http://www.lechampignonsauvage.co.uk/
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