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© PALI HILL
GOURMET GUIDE
Westminster. Expect fire with your food, and
some punchy flavours: Smoked venison heart,
flamed mushroom with lobster, and hay-smoked
mallard, for instance, with flatbreads from his
wood oven. Meanwhile, Sven-Hanson Britt
has finally opened the long-awaited Oxeye
(oxeyerestaurant.co.uk), in the Embassy Gardens
development at Nine Elms. Britt’s exciting,
ambitious, rus in urbe menu (with distinctly
New Nordic flourishes, although, despite his
name, Britt is from Hampshire) features produce
from his own Derbyshire farm, as well as foraged
herbs, seaweeds and fruits.
From new-wave minimalism to old-school
maximalism: the mighty old behemoth that is
Langan’s Brasserie (langansbrasserie.com) has
embarked on a new lease of life. Its thoroughly
refurbished three floors will offer breakfast, lunch
and dinner, with an Anglo-French menu featuring
everything from sausage and mash to Beluga
caviar, via steak Diane and Dover sole meunière.
ESSENTIALLY NEW
Even the most attentive of gourmets may have
missed some of London’s openings from 2019.
Since many of them probably blew their opening
PR and marketing budget two years ago, only to
be forced to close a few months later, it might be
helpful to point out some of the establishments that
might have slipped under the gastronomic radar.
There is Maison François (maisonfrancois.
london), for example, on the site of the old
Green’s, in St James’s, although – judging
by the buzz from the banquettes – word has
already got out: it’s a handsome, high-ceilinged
brasserie de luxe with much more than
steak frîtes on chef Matthew Ryle’s perfectly
pitched menu, and a wine list the size of an
BEART
NATIONS LEAGUE
From top: Light Indian cuisine
from Pali Hill; Tagliatelle al
tartufo from Il Borro
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