Battle of the bloggers!

My boyfriend loves food just as much as me, perhaps even more because his appetite is bigger than mine! We both entered a competition to write a restaurant review and we both chose to write about Le Gavroche because it is the best restaurant we have even eaten at! The same meal, described in two very different ways, proving that a great meal is personal to the one eating it. Enjoy!

In Le Gavroche!

Restaurant review by Harriet-

As a birthday present I was taken to Le Gavroche and it is something I will remember for the rest of my life. As soon as you are greeted at the door you are made to feel like royalty. You venture downstairs and are met by an atmosphere which just tells you, you are about to have something extraordinary happen to you. I was lucky enough to experience the tasting menu where my personal highlights included the cheese soufflé in a cream sauce- the best soufflé I will definitely ever eat, and the snails and langoustine gratin. 

They may sound simple for a two Michelin star restaurant but the way that such simple combinations and ingredients were used and cooked to perfection made them even more fantastic than any flamboyant dish you may eat somewhere else. 

The dishes spoke for themselves but the staff and the restaurant brought the theatre to your dining experience. The main courses all were revealed by the lifting of giant, perfectly polished cloches; and the way the waitress produced a perfect quenelle of ice cream at the table just could not stop any guest who was dining from having a massive smile on their face. I would recommend anyone who likes food and understands good cooking to go to Le Gavroche. It is understated yet brilliant. I hope it will not be long until I am there again.  

Snail and Langoustine gratin

Restaurant review by Jamie-

We strolled by Le Gavroche, too embarrassed to go in because we were unfashionably early! But before we knew it the door was opened and we were guided down into a restaurant that was like the most prestigious London gentlemen’s club combined with a peaceful retreat from the bustling hubbub of the big smoke. We ordered their Menu Exceptional, as this was my birthday treat for the Mrs, and a more perfect treat for two greedy foodys you could not find! The cheese soufflé that started the gastronomic symphony we were about to enjoy was like a candyfloss cloud of melt- in-the- mouth cheesey deliciousness. The foie- gras terrine that followed was so perfect that any ethical dilemmas anyone may have had with eating it would have been forgotten the moment it touched their lips. Gazing around at my fellow diners gave one that feeling that all great restaurants should give you; feeling like you’ve really made it, just by eating there, and fearing that at any minute you will be found out for the charlatan-Mcdonald’s eating peasants that you are! Langoustines and snails, black pudding and crumbled egg, loin of venison all followed in this French feast. But the desert, the beautiful baba, soaked at the table in Le Gavroche’s own calvados, oh wow! Had that small, brandy-drenched cake been the last thing I had ever eaten, my stomach would have died content! Should anyone be writing a restaurant bucket list, Le Gavroche should be top of their list!

Apple and calvados baba