Category Archives: UK

June 30, 2014
8:32 PM
by: Uhockey

The Ledbury, London UK

The Ledbury Foie Gras Crisp with mead jelly Cauliflower Cheese Tart and Tete de Fromage with Celery Root Bacon Onion Brioche English Peach and Ginger Mocktail Seeded Bread with Whipped Goat’s Milk Butter Fresh Almonds – Salad of Green Beans, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dessert, Foie, Food, Ice Cream, London, Pork, Tasting Menu, The Ledbury, UK, Vacation

June 30, 2014
3:19 PM
by: Uhockey

Laduree at Harrod’s, London UK

Laduree at Harrod’s Iced Coffee Chocolate Coconut Cream, Strawberries and Cream, Pure Chocolate, Pistachio, Peach, Salty Caramel, Lime and Basil, Coffee Macaron Duck Foie Gras with redfruit macaron and toasted kugelhof French Toast, Pure Maple Syrup    Savarin – Baba … Continue reading →

Posted in Coffee, Dessert, Foie, Food, French Toast, Harrod's, Laduree, Laduree at Harrod's, London, Macaroon, UK, Vacation

June 30, 2014
7:18 AM
by: Uhockey

Fortnum & Mason, London UK

Fortnum & Mason Spotted Dick   Eccles Cake Fruit Scone, Plain Scone Carrot Cake Strawberries and Cream Cronut Treacle Tart Coffee Éclair Mini Red Velvet Cupcake Jammie Dodger Cupcake Knowing full well that even an early arrival for the Queue … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, cupcakes, Dessert, Food, Fortnum & Mason, Fortnum and Mason, London, UK, Vacation

June 29, 2014
7:52 PM
by: Uhockey

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London UK

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal Rustic Sourdough Bread and Unsalted English Farmhouse Butter Meat Fruit (c.1500) – Mandarin, chicken liver & foie gras parfait, grilled bread Nettle Porridge (c.1660) – Frog’s legs, girolles, garlic & fennel Powdered Duck Breast (c.1670) – … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Basket, Coffee, Dessert, Dinner, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Foie, Food, Ice Cream, London, UK, Vacation

June 29, 2014
5:06 PM
by: Uhockey

Bea’s of Bloomsbury, London UK

Bea’s of Bloomsbury Earl Grey Supreme Strawberries and Cream Cupcake Scones with Clotted Cream and Jam Brownie Bite, Walnut Brownie Bite, Blondie Bite, Strawberry Meringue, Vanilla Marshmallow PB&J Slice Carrot Bread Jammie Cookie Cupcake Red Velvet Cupcake Following a proper … Continue reading →

Posted in Bea’s of Bloomsbury, cupcakes, Dessert, Food, London, UK, Vacation

June 29, 2014
11:04 AM
by: Uhockey

The Jugged Hare, London UK

The Jugged Hare Nyetimber Classic Cuvee 2004, West Sussex England Irish Soda Bread with Butter Whipped Pig with Toast Salt Cod Brandade Cakes Cloanakilty Irish Black Pudding Croquettes with Guinness Sauce / Wild Boar Head Croquettes with Apple Caramel Roast … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Basket, Dessert, Food, London, Pork, The Jugged Hare, UK, Vacation

June 29, 2014
7:59 AM
by: Uhockey

Duck & Waffle, London UK

Duck & Waffle Caffe Musetti Coffee Duck and Waffle – Crispy Confit with Belgian Waffle, Fried Duck Egg Spicy Ox Cheek Donut – Apricot Jam, Smoked Paprika, Sugar Wild Cornish Pollock Meatballs – Lobster Cream, Parmesan Torrejas – Maple Caramel … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Pudding, Breakfast, Coffee, Dessert, Duck & Waffle, Duck and Waffle, Food, French Toast, Ice Cream, Lobster, London, UK, Vacation, Waffles

June 28, 2014
9:02 PM
by: Uhockey

Kitchen Table, London UK

Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs John Dory – Salted and Smoked, Zest of Lemon, Radishes, Peppercorn Girolles – Crispy Sourdough, Pickled Garlic Flower Buds, Wild Garlic Emulsion, House Cured Lardo Chicken – Crispy Skin, Rosemary Mascarpone, Bacon Jam Courgette – Flowers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bubbledogs, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream, Kitchen Table, Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs, London, Pork, Tasting Menu, Truffle, UK, Vacation

June 28, 2014
4:06 PM
by: Uhockey

La Patisserie des Reves, London UK

La Patisserie des Reves Carrot Cake Tart Taitin Mille-Feuille Already familiar with the work of Chef Philippe Conticini from a 2011 visit to his famous French flagship it was undoubtedly a gluttonous decision to enter London’s recently launched Patisserie des … Continue reading →

Posted in Dessert, Food, La Patisserie des Reves, London, UK, Vacation

June 28, 2014
12:20 PM
by: Uhockey

Hedone, London UK

Hedone Beet Root Cone – Beet Foam, Smoked Dill Fermented Rye Crisp, Old Winchester Sour Cream Fermented Buckwheat Crisp, Bone Marrow, Sturgeon Caviar Poached Oyster with Apple Foam, Apple Gelee, Violet Umami Flan – Bread Crumbs, Brown Bread Custard Bread … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Basket, Dessert, Food, Hedone, Ice Cream, Lobster, London, Macaroon, Pork, Tasting Menu, UK, Vacation

June 28, 2014
9:33 AM
by: Uhockey

St. John Bakery, London UK

St. John Bakery Eccles Cake Brownie Custard Doughnut Cranberry Doughnut Discarding more than half of the underwhelming leftovers from Comptoir Gourmand as I progressed down Druid Street it would not be long before I arrived at Archway 72 and with … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Dessert, Food, London, St. John, St. John Bakery, UK, Vacation

June 28, 2014
8:15 AM
by: Uhockey

Comptoir Gourmand, London UK

Comptoir Gourmand Macaron Samples Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookie Almond Croissant Canele Bakewell Tart – Almond Tart with Raspberry Lamington – Victoria Sponge dipped in chocolate, rolled in coconut Ducking out of The Table with plans to attend The Borough Market … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Canele, Comptoir Gourmand, Croissant, Dessert, Food, London, Macaroon, UK, Vacation

June 28, 2014
7:21 AM
by: Uhockey

The Table Cafe, London UK

The Table Corn Fritters and Black Pudding Banoffee Waffle – Banana, Toffee Valrhona Chocolate Pancake with vanilla yogurt and seasonal berries As yet unaffected by jetlag having slept well and started the day with a 12-mile run along the Thames … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Coffee, Dessert, Food, London, Pancakes, Pork, The Table, The Table Cafe, UK, Vacation, Waffles

June 27, 2014
5:28 PM
by: Uhockey

Sketch, London UK

Sketch Black Croque – Squid Ink Bread, Mozzarella, Basil Oil, Tomato, Courgette Aged Comte Gougeres with Purple Cabbage Jam Foie Gras Terrine with Rhubarb Jam and Grilled Bread Pierre Gagnaire’s Sauternes – Sauternes Domaine Clos le Comte, Angostura 1824 Rum, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Basket, Coffee, Crab, Dessert, England, Foie, Food, Ice Cream, London, Sketch, Souffle, UK, Vacation