thecriticalcouple
  • Home
  • The Food Blog
  • CC Cocktails
  • Wellbeing
  • Other Stuff
  • Contact

Rogan & Company: Back to the beginning

16/3/2012

6 Comments

 
Picture
The lake district boasts three restaurants that hold Michelin stars and a huge number of pubs, all serving the usual pub grub. There is something of a gap however in the middle ground. This is where Rogan & Company fits in, offering good food in an informal atmosphere at good prices. Rogan & Co is situated in the village of Cartmel, is 30 seconds walk from the main square and is Simon Rogan's (L'enclume) second restaurant in the village.

Even before setting foot in the place, there's two things you're pretty sure of: first, ingredients used at Rogan & Co will be of the highest quality and for the most part locally sourced, and second, the cooking will be precise. Despite having a third restaurant (Roganic) in London, Simon's home is Cumbria allowing him to fully participate in the food at Rogan & Co. In other words, this is not just a name over the door or a consultancy agreement, this is properly a Simon Rogan restaurant.

It actually goes a step further than this we learnt while dining there. The food being served at Rogan & Co is typical of what L'enclume was in the early years of its existence, before the molecular that would then give way to the current menu style, and back to L'enclume's earliest a la carte. It's quite interesting therefore to enjoy food that still seems contemporary but is also a nod to history.

The food we enjoyed is shown below, and yes, the ingredients were of the highest quality and so was the cooking. The food looked gorgeous on the plate too. With starters around the £8 mark, mains around £16-£17, and desserts priced at £7, three course dinners can be had for a shade over £30. With the wine list having many choices below £20 (and all below £30), Rogan & Co provides a very high quality offering in the mid market segment at a very attractive price.

L'enclume is not an everyday affair, and the pub food around the lakes is somewhat mixed. Accordingly, Rogan & Co is to be welcomed to the Cumbrian dining scene as an affordable quality alternative for locals and tourists alike.
Picture
scrambled egg, smoked sausage and chervil foam
Picture
Soused mackerel, pickled vegetables, mustard, dill
Picture
Goat's milk curd with rocket, beetroot and radish
Picture
Marinated sea scallops, oyster and onions
Picture
wild brill, lobster dumplings, crispy leek and lobster cream
Picture
pan fried sea bream, bay cockles, white cabbage, potatoes
Picture
hot chocolate mousse, white chocolate sorbet


Return to homepage

Rogan & Company website

Disclosure: we ate at Rogan & Co as part of a paid for multi day L'enclume package http://www.lenclume.co.uk/offers.php

Rogan & Company on Urbanspoon
6 Comments
Alan spedding ( cumbriafoodie ) link
18/3/2012 10:25:23 am

Looks wonderful , especially the Brill. Cant believe ive not been there for dinner yet.
Photo 3 ...The Mussel... I`m saying nothing. ;-)
Cheers.

Reply
Alastair link
19/3/2012 03:21:31 am

I was there in October last year and ate at both restaurants - they seem to have completely changed direction with Rogan & Co since then. We ate pub / British bistro-style food; perfectly cooked, well-sourced food but far simpler dishes. I didn't keep note of exactly what we ate but it was along the lines of smoked mackerel paté and steak and chips. Great - but very different to your experience. I wonder what brought the change on?

Reply
thecriticalcouple
19/3/2012 04:38:19 am

Alastair,

you are right on the change of style. I think that Simon Rogan felt there was already too many pub food offerings around and for guests staying at (and eating at) L'enclume, that Rogan & Co needed to seem like a proper sister restaurant.

Reply
Rob S
28/3/2012 05:47:36 am

Can I just say the Soused mackerel, pickled vegetables, mustard, dill looks very much like female genitalia.

Reply
Stephanie
28/7/2014 03:02:14 am

Since December, former L'Enclume chef Kevin Tickle has taken the head chef post at Rogan & Company. Taking Simon's 'locality' ethos with him but putting his own twist on dishes, it's definitely one to come back and try should you be in the area!

Reply
Highwayman the link
28/1/2015 09:52:56 pm

I really love hot chocolate mousse and white chocolate sorbet.Great place,great food and great service.I Like place.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Follow CriticalCouple on Twitter


    Categories

    All
    Bars
    Books
    Burgers
    Drink
    Fish
    Giving
    Hotel
    Places
    Pub
    Restaurants
    Seafood
    Steak
    Whisky
    Wine


    RSS Feed

We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. (Oscar Wilde)