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obandsoller's birthday, and I took him out for dinner at the Clove Club. I'd been there before with themidnightgirl and been very impressed - at the time I was starting to feel a bit jaded with tasting menus, and it got me excited about them again.
This time the food felt a little bit less experimental, but was still very good indeed. My favourite course was sardine sashimi with worcester sauce and english mustard, served on a potato crisp. It just popped like magic - sharp and salt and incredibly fresh, firm fish and a lovely contrasting texture from the crisp.
The best thing about the meal though, was that they did a non-alcoholic drinks pairing. Nowadays I don't miss drinking very often, but wine pairings were one of my greatest pleasures and sadly missed. I can't say how delighted I was to be able to have that again. It was a really good pairing as well. A mixture of teas, juices, infusions, and nut milks, and it was very clear how much thought had gone into pairing them well. My favourite was either a warm infusion of cepes mushrooms and sloe berries which went with my first main course, or a mixed berry juice with lapsong-souchong syrup to go with the first dessert. I really can't recommend it enough. (£420 including service for two tasting menus with pairings, plus a couple of cocktails each)
obandsoller's birthday, and I took him out for dinner at the Clove Club. I'd been there before with themidnightgirl and been very impressed - at the time I was starting to feel a bit jaded with tasting menus, and it got me excited about them again.This time the food felt a little bit less experimental, but was still very good indeed. My favourite course was sardine sashimi with worcester sauce and english mustard, served on a potato crisp. It just popped like magic - sharp and salt and incredibly fresh, firm fish and a lovely contrasting texture from the crisp.
The best thing about the meal though, was that they did a non-alcoholic drinks pairing. Nowadays I don't miss drinking very often, but wine pairings were one of my greatest pleasures and sadly missed. I can't say how delighted I was to be able to have that again. It was a really good pairing as well. A mixture of teas, juices, infusions, and nut milks, and it was very clear how much thought had gone into pairing them well. My favourite was either a warm infusion of cepes mushrooms and sloe berries which went with my first main course, or a mixed berry juice with lapsong-souchong syrup to go with the first dessert. I really can't recommend it enough. (£420 including service for two tasting menus with pairings, plus a couple of cocktails each)
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Date: 2018-09-14 10:27 am (UTC)From:Am very impressed that they did thoughtful/skilled non-alcoholic pairings and hope that this is a practice that will trickle down to less expensive establishments!
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Date: 2018-09-14 10:31 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2018-09-14 03:22 pm (UTC)From:no subject
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