If there’s one restaurateur out there who’s consistently flown the flag for British cooking its Oliver Peyton.
Barely dusted off the plaudits for Inn The Park establishment, Peyton’s scored another bullseye, this time at the National Gallery.
They say:
Time Out: “We loved the Sheffield cutlery and bare light bulbs…but it’s the menu that really blew us away.”
The Independent: “My guess is that most of the people here would come anyway, regardless of today’s exhibition or next October’s blockbuster.”
We say:
Even if London can offer some of the best dining outlets in the whole of the country, it’s rare for a restaurant to offer such a fantastic marriage of resolutely British ingredients and flavours which are fresh and punchy.
Beetroot cured salmon with dill and orange (£8.50), may not be easy on the wallet as a starter, but it’s a perfectly pitched match of the sweet and the savoury while a follow up main of lemon smoked chicken with Savoy cabbage and creamed potatoes (£16.50), is as comforting as a sturdy Sunday lunch at home.
Puddings (all at £6.50), including rhubarb trifle and warm treacle tart with clotted cream also rise to the occasion. It’s just a damn shame that the place only opens for dinner on a Wednesday otherwise its lunch all round.
ADDRESS
Sainsbury Wing
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2
tel, 020 7742 2525
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Thu 8 Jun 2006 at 12:09am
