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Pied-a-Terre |
Pied-a-Terre's exquisite food
This is one of the best restaurants in London located in Charlotte Street, renowned for its abundance of restaurants.
There are places where dining becomes a gastronomic experience – and Pied-A-Terre is one of those.
Founded in l999, David Moore and Shane Osborn formed a winning partnership. While David as manager looks after front of house, Shane’s genius in the kitchen ensures that presentation and quality match the delicious taste of the dishes.
Pied-a-Terre has recently been completely refurbished following a fire. Though the main structure of the restaurant remains the same, the changes include a private room and a first-floor intimate bar with comfortable armchairs and impressive artwork on the walls.
The small townhouse in Charlotte Street has a basement kitchen. On arrival at ground floor level you face the reception with sitting areas on the left and right.
The one on the front which seats 12 is cosy and full of light overlooking the street through large windows decorated with stained glass by George Papadopoulos.
The larger room on the back which seats 28 features an attractive skylight, a booth, banquettes and round tables.
One of those, table three is my favourite. The tables are handsomely set with crystal glasses and a beautiful presentation plate of square shape with silver edges whose design features a plum coloured large flower. Werner and I debated its origin, guessing either an African daisy or a showy plum-rayed flower of genus Helianthus.
At lunch they offer a starter and main course menu at £24.50 which becomes £49.50 in the evenings. Dessert or cheese are £5.50 (lunch) or £10.50 (dinner).
For starters, we chose the scallops ‘Ceviche’ with avocado and crème fraiche puree, basil oil and sesame filo pastry and the pan-fried halibut, roasted carrots, carrot and tarragon puree, fennel confit and caramel foam.
For a main course: the slow cook fillet of wild sea bass, scallop sausage, lettuce poached in brown butter, cockle and samphire emulsion and the roasted best end of salt marsh lamb, fresh peas and mint, lamb sweetbreads and bacon.
We resisted the caramelised apples with walnut frangipan, cinnamon ice cream and beurre noisette sauce or the raspberry sable with lemon curd mousse, fromage frais sorbet and white chocolate and cardamon tuile (£10.50) opting instead for an espresso (£4.50) which was accompanied by superb petit fours.
From two impressive leather bound volumes of wines and champagnes, our choice of Savigny-le-Beaune les Vermots Dessus, V. Girardin 2001 (£38.00) arrived properly chilled and was a good accompaniment to our choice of dishes.
The exquisite food, attentive service, lovely cutlery, glasses and plates together with the warm ambience contributed to make our evening a most enjoyable one. |
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