Now I know what the Queen feels like – two birthdays in a year!
A
while back my friend asked, “would I like a day in London with
lunch at Vanilla Black
for my birthday present?” Erm, give me a nano second - yes please!
Before
we landed for our 1pm reservation on the day I'd had a look at their
website where you can find sample set lunch menus et al. For
starters – so sorry - their information is Vanilla
Black 17-18 Tooks Court, London EC4A 1LB 020 7242 2622
www.vanillablack.co.uk.
First impressions are good. Friendly and helpful staff and the
ambience is great – have a look see
and then comes the menu – such high expectations!
Initially I can't help but think that clearly the current trend is to
produce artisan breads and posh butter or mayo as an appetiser.
Don't get me wrong – this is not a complaint - I could sit and just
eat the bread and butter and be a very happy bunny!
This ain't any old bread and butter – the taller of the two is the
cherry with (from memory, I think) sultana – it matters not in
flavour terms – it was divine. The shorter offering was quinoa and
soy seeds. Better than divine however was the caramelised lemon
butter – on a scale of 1-10 – 20!
This is a great start.
By
the way, I happened to notice on our way through to our table – a
display of Vanilla Black cookery
books - the day just gets better.
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