Sunday, 27 May 2018

Moor Hall #MichelinStar #Revisit

Since we last visited Moor Hall, chef Mark Birchall and his team have earned the restaurant a Michelin star. Mark’s dishes are always elegant, vibrant and demonstrate acute attention to detail. 

Making use of the extensive onsite gardens and glasshouses, the food always has a freshness and lightness of touch that allows flavours to shine with balance and clarity. Ornate and artful presentation means the food may look delicate, but it always packs a punch and is cleverly textured to enhance enjoyment.


A meal at Moor Hall starts with drinks and snacks of the historical parts of the wonderful 16th century manor house. After having had time to settle, diners are led past ornately carved antique wood panelling into the contemporary dining room with its top of the range open kitchen and glass panelling with picturesque lakeside views. 


Black Pudding & Pickled Apple


Potato Nest, Smoked Curd, Fermented Garlic & Violas


Raw Mackerel, Radish & Nasturtium


Bread & Herb Butter



Baked Carrots, Doddington Cheese Snow, Chrysanthemum & Sea Buckthorn



Turnip, Crab, Turnip Broth, Sunflower Seeds & Anise Hyssop


Holstein Friesian, Barbequed Celeriac, Charcoal Oil & Crisp, Mustard & Shallot



Grilled Langoustine, Smoked Bone Marrow, Green Tomato with Borage & Cucumber Flowers


Onion Whirls




Turbot cooked on the bone, Caviar, Artichoke, Asparagus, Sea Vegetables & Mussel Cream




Westmorland Chicken, Hen of the Woods, Candisa Cabbage in Ham Fat & Elderflower


Ormskirk Gingerbread



Strawberries, Cream Cheese, Sweet Cicely & Oxalis Flowers



Worcester Pearmain, Woodruff & Whey Caramel

Thursday, 12 April 2018

Noor Restaurant, Córdoba #MichelinStar

With décor, presentations and flavours influenced by Córdoba’s Moorish heritage, Nooris a beautiful restaurant. On the plate, Chef Paco Morales’ modern culinary techniques bring a fresh approach to Al-Andalus’s past. A restaurant well worthy of its Michelin star.



(Clockwise) Saffron bread with garlic & cured ox / Endive, asafoetida & tamarind / Khann of cod, orange & green olive juice



Arabic breads


Karim of pistachio, green apple, botarga & fresh oregano


Vegetable stew cooked in a kazbra emulsion & lemon in brine


Creamy boletus, mushroom, almond & albaqdunis



Steamed hake with herbal pesto, spinach & smen



Roasted fallow deer, aubergine with kamun dressed with egg yolks & sun dried mushrooms


Furniyya of pumpkin with butter orange & vinegar


Dulce de leche, carob & sheep’s milk ice cream with ras-el-hanout


Horchata de Chufa (sweetened tigernut milk)


Mignardises


Wednesday, 4 April 2018

Chez Bruce #MichelinStar #Revisit

Chez Bruce is a classy restaurant - a proper restaurant. Head Chef Matt Christmas is a proper chef. The menu changes daily; sometimes even mid service as ingredients and inspiration decrees. Matt’s twitter feed (@MattChristmas1) is a joy to behold. 




Grilled tuna with lemon relish, tardivo, confit tuna aïoli & aubergine


Thinly sliced rump of veal with Caesar salad, crisp chicken wings, grilled wild onions & meat juices


Dorser crab ravioli with caviar beurre blanc, pickled cucumber & chives



Grilled Loch Duart salmon with sorrel sauce, crushed charlotte potatoes & chanterelles


Veal chop, with wild garlic & morels



Buttermilk pudding with Yorkshire rhubarb, lemon & pistachio


Torta de tres leches with cinnamon crumbs & poached pear


Calvados parfait with Granny Smith granita, poached apple & marshmallow 


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