Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley

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Fabulous Food

  • May 1, 2009
  • Rated 5 of 5 by artslover from Calgary, Alberta
Fabulous Food

It was raining, and I had put on my heels, so we took a cab to the restaurant which was not far from the Dali Universe. The restaurant was originally called Petrus when it was part of the Gordon Ramsay empire. Apparently, Marcus and Gordon have had a falling out and Gordon would not let Marcus keep the Petrus name. We had booked a reservation online a month earlier at http://www.the-berkeley.co.uk/marcus_wareing.aspx.

The meal was comparable to the dinner we had at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay on Hospital Road in Chelsea. A luxurious room with tables set widely apart and a quiet atmosphere tells you this is going to be fine dining.

Our meal started with some very flavourful amuse bouches and a visit from the champagne cart. I had a very tender and tasty venison dish that I managed to polish off, which is unusual for me. We had a lovely Brunello di Montalcino wine with our meal. I forgot what everyone else had but we must have been hungry from all our walking as everyone finished their main course and managed dessert.

The desserts were beautifully presented. I had one called peanut parfait which was a Valrhona chocolate mousse, salt caramel jelly, and raspberry crème.

It was an expensive but fantastic meal and by the time we finished, it was time to head back to Euston station to get on the sleeper train to Edinburgh. Replete with food and a day of wandering about London, we all slept well.

From journal A Day of Walking Off Jet Lag in London

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