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The Ledbury: The beautiful food of Brett Graham

20/3/2012

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Knowing you have a table booked at The Ledbury gives you a warm glow for The Ledbury is always special. It is one of the most highly regarded restaurants in the country and when you eat there, it is easy to realise why. Front of house strike the perfect balance between professionalism and friendliness while the food, well, that's always a joy. Brett's enthusiasm for food is remarkable (and contagious) and the menu doesn't just change quarterly with the seasons, it changes between services as the result of his suppliers finding that next special cut of meat (or indeed a successful shooting outing). Having had the tasting menu at lunch leaving us entirely full up, Brett's description of a beef addition to the evening menu was so attractive it made us want to stay for dinner too.

In keeping with our experience with The Ledbury, there's the usual mix of plates: transformation of everyday ingredients (see the beetroot dish below), luxury ingredients (oysters, scallop and turbot today), and game in season, here, Muntjac (a small deer) and pigeon. Regardless of whether it is a simple beetroot or the king of fish, Brett makes every dish special. We've posted at length before on The Ledbury (see post here), so in this post, we just give you the pictures below to enjoy. 
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amuse
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Bacon & Onion bread
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Quail's egg
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Deep fried oyster
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Cornish oyster chantilly and tartare with horseradish and dill
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Beetroot
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Scallop
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Roast Turbot with crab, pinenuts, cauliflower, and blood orange
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Berkshire Muntjac: compote of the shoulder with parsley root and prune cooked in Chinese tea
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pigeon ahead of plating
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breast of pigeon, foie gras and rhubarb
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Pigeon offal
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Gruyere, apricot and white chocolate
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Meringue, sea buckthorn, mandarin
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Parfait of dried fruits with Gariguette strawberries, white chocolate and warm tapioca with vanilla
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petits fours


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The Ledbury CC write up 2011


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6 Comments
Laissez Fare link
20/3/2012 02:57:46 pm

Beautiful photos - it does look great, and is making me hungry for my own dinner tonight!!!

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Will link
20/3/2012 03:03:54 pm

Wow. These photos look simply incredible! Food really does look fantastic.

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Foodstotrybeforeyoudie link
21/3/2012 12:08:56 am

Looks fabulous! Thanks for sharing.

I'm going to The Ledbury for the first time in June. Can't wait.

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The Insatiable Eater link
21/3/2012 03:59:11 pm

I think I had The Ledbury on an off night. Well offish. I enjoyed it but I wasn't wowed like I expected to be. I had some of the dishes above but most look better than the tasting menu I had. Your great pics make me want to give it another go though!

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Kirky
22/3/2012 08:18:32 am

Great pics, as ever! Thanks

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Alan spedding ( cumbriafoodie ) link
30/3/2012 08:05:53 am

O....M...G....How good does that meal look ?, Jeez theyre really going for it by the look of things.Lots of highlights in that meal....Oh and the photies aren`t too bad as well wink wink.

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