The Ledbury London

5) Veal Sweetbread – Wild Garlic, Vadouvan and Salted Gooseberry 🤤😋

This was an excellent course! 👏

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Hen of the Woods
Potato, Yeast and Rosemary
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Dinner last March at the newly reopened Ledbury. Definitely a very welcome return of this London stalwart after such a long period of uncertainty.
It seems that they inevitably lost the majority of their kitchen brigade. So they had gone (I think) from a brigade of chefs that previously each had between 5 and 10 years experience working with Brett Graham, to essentially a completely new brigade headed by Tom Spenceley formerly of the excellent ⭐️⭐️ Kitchen Table. As expected, the provenance of the ingredients was excellent, from the start, amongst the snacks a pig from Coombeshead Farm to the Cornish crab, to mushrooms grown on the premises to of course the highlight of Brett’s own Sika deer served several ways.
All excellent but I couldn’t help thinking that there was still a little tweaking to do (done and done judging from recent reports👌🏻) I’d love to, and hopefully will, return in 6 months to see where they are at. Long live The Ledbury.
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Hampshire Trout, Trout Roe Hollandaise and White Asparagus
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Dinner last March at the newly reopened Ledbury. Definitely a very welcome return of this London stalwart after such a long period of uncertainty.
It seems that they inevitably lost the majority of their kitchen brigade. So they had gone (I think) from a brigade of chefs that previously each had between 5 and 10 years experience working with Brett Graham, to essentially a completely new brigade headed by Tom Spenceley formerly of the excellent ⭐️⭐️ Kitchen Table. As expected, the provenance of the ingredients was excellent, from the start, amongst the snacks a pig from Coombeshead Farm to the Cornish crab, to mushrooms grown on the premises to of course the highlight of Brett’s own Sika deer served several ways.
All excellent but I couldn’t help thinking that there was still a little tweaking to do (done and done judging from recent reports👌🏻) I’d love to, and hopefully will, return in 6 months to see where they are at. Long live The Ledbury.
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Michelin Guide - (watch this space)
OAD -
W50B -
Best Chef Awards -
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#achefabroad #itravelforfood #foodie #foodies #foodporn #foodpic #foodpics #finedining #michelindining #eats #instafoodie #michelinstar #oad #worlds50bestrestaurants #worlds50best #eater #michelinguide @michelinguide @theworlds50best @oadtop100 @thebestchefawards Less

This was an entirely different affair on this visit celebrating my Birthday with the entire tasting menu for lunch. Once again the bacon and onion bread was a treat to have (although somehow not as good as the first time experienced – perhaps that is always the way holding so much expectation on second visit) and some of the different dishes experienced were marvellous. I had a genuine fireworks moment with the simple salad that used sugar and cherry vinegar to accompany the vegetables and creamed goat cheese and will almost go so far as to say was one of the nicest food moments I have ever had.

Other bombshells were the mackerel tartare, the cod with creamed sauce and pork sensation. Every element of this menu put a huge smile on my face from one end to the other and the icing on the cake was going down to the kitchen afterwards and meeting the Australian head chef showing us the roe deer he had gained from the recent hunt which he had served us and speaking about all his produce. This was an absolute belter – light, exciting, pitched well, delicious and joyful to have. I walked away knowing that I would remember this one for many years to come and was a gem to have. The only downer in general is its somewhat out of the way location so taxis at the ready for here, however once you go, you will not be disappointed for virtually any occasion.

Other bombshells were the mackerel tartare, the cod with creamed sauce and pork sensation. Every element of this menu put a huge smile on my face from one end to the other and the icing on the cake was going down to the kitchen afterwards and meeting the Australian head chef showing us the roe deer he had gained from the recent hunt which he had served us and speaking about all his produce. This was an absolute belter – light, exciting, pitched well, delicious and joyful to have. I walked away knowing that I would remember this one for many years to come and was a gem to have. The only downer in general is its somewhat out of the way location so taxis at the ready for here, however once you go, you will not be disappointed for virtually any occasion.

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