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Dish of the day
WHAT? Langoustine on a bed
of pearl barley, cooked in veal
stock for 84 hours, and served
with asparagus.
WHERE? Canvas by Michael
Riemenschneider
HOW MUCH? The restaurant
prides itself on its diner-designed
tasting menus (£95 for 10 courses);
ordering one dish costs £20.
THEY SAID: 'Langoustines and
pearl barley, cooked in veal stock,
is a dazzling double helix of sweet
ocean and deep meaty avours.'
Tony Naylor, The Guardian
'The langoustine was excellent,
sweet and lightly cooked, the
baby asparagus tender, the barley
adding a useful textural contrast.'
WE SAID: 'Flavours are subtle,
sophisticated and multi-layered:
witness a stand-out dish of
succulent langoustine perched
atop pearl barley with asparagus
and "jus crustace".'
69 Marylebone Lane, W1U 2PH
020 3589 9972
See our review of Canvas on p. 40
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RUNWAY RESTAURANTS
Heathrow's restaurant scene is taking o§ , with two bigname
venues set to launch when Terminal 2 reopens on 4
June. Heston Blumenthal will open The Perfectionists' Café,
a restaurant focused on the best of British food, which will
serve many of the dishes from his In Search of Perfection
TV series. Speaking about the opening, Blumenthal said:
'We want to deliver a broad spectrum of easy to enjoy,
familiar dishes from sh and chips to pizza. We spent hours
researching the temperature of a pizza oven and the crunch
of batter; it's this inspiration that is behind the menu at
Heathrow.' Meanwhile, Gorgeous Kitchen will open in the
same terminal, led by an all-female team including Sophie
Michell, executive chef at Pont St. at Belgraves Hotel.
UP ONE'S STREETOne-trick restaurants and menus are big right now -
nowhere more so than on Exmouth Market EC1. At current
count, this one street is home to a new seafood-only
restaurant (Bonnie Gull Seafood Café, above), a pork
restaurant (Blackfoot), pizza place (GB Pizza Co), hummus
bar (Hummus Bros Levantine Kitchen), a spud specialist
(The Potato Merchant), and a frozen yoghurt shop (Yog).
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