Showing posts with label The roux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The roux. Show all posts

Thursday, 11 April 2013

Lunch time. Roux at the Landau




Hi guys. I'm getting good at this ,more than one post a week thing' aren't I? haha.

So the other week me and my sister took my mum out for a special birthday lunch, and our place of choice was  Roux at the Landau. We knew our mum loved the Roux family of chefs, so were really excited for it.
We arrived for a 2pm lunch and were greeted at the reception with a lovely smile and our coats were taken.

I have to say when I stepped into the dining room my jaw dropped. It was simply elegant and everything was shiny, gold and classicly beautiful. After shown to our spacious table we drank our glass of champagne and scoured through the set menu. The waiters were polite and nothing about the atmosphere was pretentious or awkward.
After our orders were taken, some pre-starter nibbles arrived at the table and the feast had begun....


The dining room

A late lunch- almost had the dining room to ourselves.

Champagne time.

The set menu.
The amuse bouche- cheese bites.

My starter- 'Pressed potato and  fine herb ballontine with smoked duck and truffle dressing' this starter was lovely and light but heavy in flavour. The right amount of each element.
The main- 'Roast seabass, grilled aubergine puree and saffron cracked wheat'.  The seabass was cooked beautifully, it was lovely and soft. This was the first time I had tasted wheat like this and its safe to say the plate was clean by the time I was finished with it.
Dessert time- 'Light white chocolate and coconut pannacotta with mango and lime'. Possibly one of the best desserts I have ever tasted. It was a cold, rainy London day so this definitely gave me a taste of summer.

Roses- Pretty table decorations.
Outside.

Overall it was a great experience and a really tasty meal. I would highly recommend it as an occasion lunch or just to go and spoil yourself.

Have you ever been? And If you have what did you eat?

Hope you enjoyed the blog post guys. I'm going to be posting a lot more now.
See you next time x

Monday, 8 April 2013

My week in food #3

Soooo I know I missed a week but 'My week in food' is back.
I am also going to be blogging a lot more regularly now so make sure you are following me to keep up to date with all my posts.

Feast your eyes on these pics and enjoy :


My spicy mince, homemade flat breads and homemade coleslaw.

A healthy snack- yoghurt with  banana and dried gojji berries

Seafood noodle soup- made with squid, prawns, glass noodles, sweet peppers, chilli, cabbage, egg whites and stock. Its healthy and quick to make.

My healthy homemade coleslaw. Made with cabbage, red onion , peas and a touch of low fat mayonnaise (you can also add carrot for a more classic dish). Recipe on my previous blog post click here to view

A close up for you guys :)

I was a bit noodle soup happy last week. This time with chicken instead of squid

Penne with tomato, olives, anchovies and capers. This was at the restaurant Carluccios ( apologies as I've forgotten the name of the dish on the menu) . But was extremely tasty.

My cous cous salad. Made with prawns, chilli, spinach, cucumber and avocado.

Sea bass at The Roux (blog post on this restaurant coming this week)

Smoked duck at The roux.

White chocolate panna cotta with mango, lime and coconut at The Roux.


Hope you guy enjoyed. Which dishes look tastiest to you?

Back tomorrow with another post  about my food adventures in Milan.