The Ledbury: London's finest

With our chef friend in town, we wanted to show her not just a good London restaurant or a great London restaurant, we wanted to show her the best London restaurant: we chose The Ledbury. We asked for a modified tasting menu as we felt our friend couldn't stop by The Ledbury without having the truffle toast and onion curd, nor could the jowl of pork be passed up. But the reality is that at The Ledbury, we simply want to eat everything, without exception, for there is no weak link in the menu. The fillet of roe deer today was for example exceptional; we have had venison so many times since we started the blog but try as we might, we could not remember it ever tasting as good as Brett made it taste, how does he do that? That's The Ledbury magic. 

When you tell a friend ahead of sitting down to lunch that 'this is the best restaurant in London', you set the bar high, yet at The Ledbury, the comment need not be followed by a prayer. At the end of the meal, our friend said, 'now I know what you mean'. That's how it always plays out at The Ledbury.

tartare of sea bass and scallops with oyster cream, radishes and bsil

"Risotto" of celeriac and new potato with smoked eel and parsley

Roast scallops with grilled leek, green tea and seweed

fillet of turbot with broccoli stem and black quinoa

Steamed morels with creamed potato, wild herbs and black truffle

Jowl of pork with chestnut spaetzle, parsnip emulsion and truffle

fillet of roe deer and red leaves and vegetables, bone marrow and rhubarb

pre dessert

passion fruit souffle with Sauternes ice cream

brown sugar tart with poached grapes and stem ginger ice cream

pave of chocolate with milk puree and lovage ice cream

Gariguette strawberries with honey cream, verbena meringues and strawberry sorbet

Brett Graham