Michel Roux Jr. brings his Michelin-starred talents to creating his favourite quiche dish, Quiche au Crabe, for this week’s Luxury Restaurant Guide feature on sublime picnic dishes. Over to you Mr. Roux… One of my favourite quiches, this is rich and full-flavoured with a touch of curry heat. I like to serve it with a…
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Get fedora ready as we go in search of the best London outdoor terraces for great dining or pre-dinner drinks in the prettiest outdoor settings – and many with Luxury Restaurant Club dining offers: Summer Terrace, Hotel Café Royal, 10 Air Street, Soho, London W1B 4DY The Summer Terrace at the Green Bar has partnered…
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Spiedino of sausages with dandelion and canellini beans – Serves 2 Here is a great summer dish from the great Theo Randall. For this recipe it is important that you use fat, well-seasoned Tuscan sausages, which are made with a combination of cured and fresh meat. You can get them from most Italian delis. The bread on the rosemary sticks goes…
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One of the most recognised chefs in Latin America, a celebrity in her native Mexico, and now genius behind the imaginatively creative and deliciously authentic cuisine at the super stylish Ella Canta in London. This week’s recipe seems relatively simple to create but we promise you, this isn’t just any guacamole, this is a showstopper…
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Welcome to British Sandwich Week, from 19th – 26th May 2019. It is a week-long celebration of the greatest food-to-go, and quite possibly the most iconic British culinary invention of the Sandwich. In true Luxury Restaurant Guide theme, we bring you one of Britain’s finest chefs and a classic sandwich – Marcus Wareing and a…
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Everywhere is coming up roses…and daisies, delphiniums, foxgloves and lilies. The Luxury Restaurant Guide pays homage to the best London floral restaurant displays this season: London is in bloom with its various boroughs teaming up with the Royal Horticultural Society to encourage their streets, squares, shops and restaurants to celebrate the season. Visitors to London…
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This week we bring you a recipe perfect for asparagus season, which is from the end of April until June. Created by Michael Caines MBE, chef/Patron of Lympstone Manor in Devon, and one of the UK’s most celebrated chefs, the dish makes for an ideal starter, or vegetarian main course if served without the eggs.…
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It’s the club every elite restaurateur wants to join but few will be welcomed into – Les Grandes Tables du Monde is the world’s most elite dining guide, a club of such gastronomique clout far and wide that it’s rather like the ultimate Who’s-Who of gastronomy. They don’t look for establishments that serve superior cuisine,…
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In preparation for National Vegetarian Week next week (13th – 19th May 2019), this week’s recipe is a delicious meat-free alternative to this showstopper Sunday dish. Skill level 3 (1 simple to 5 being complex and challenging) INGREDIENTS For the Wellington mix 200g mushroom, diced 100g parsnips, chopped 1/2 egg beaten 20g hazelnut 30g panko breadcrumbs…
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Beyond the dreaming spires of Oxford and the majesty of Blenheim Palace, a new bastion of elegantly preserved history has re-opened. This place is Minster Mill – the latest beautiful hotel, restaurant and spa in the Andrew Brownsword Hotel collection which includes the likes of Gidleigh Park, Amberley Castle, Buckland Manor and Bath Priory. The…
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A great recipe for those entertaining both vegetarians and meat eaters: This week’s dish can be made with Spatchcock Spring Chicken or, replaced with Heart of Palm. Spatchcock Spring Chicken OR Heart of Palm with Asparagus, Watercress & Moutabal Recipe serves: 2 Ingredients: 1 Poussin Chicken OR 500g of Fresh Heart of Palm (or celeriac)…
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If you’re craving feted food in the lush green surrounds of a grand country house, a rambling riverfront or quirky village pub, yet all within a quick one hour car journey from London – then we have fifteen very alluring choices for you: The Crown, Burchetts Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 6QZ Carrying a flame for…
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Hélène Darroze has become a big draw at The Connaught. Ever since the restaurant opened in 2008 it has gone from strength to strength, being awarded its first Michelin star in 2009, second in 2011, which it has retained since. At The Connaught, each day begins with the arrival of carefully selected ingredients. Hélène’s network…
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This classic Easter recipe is a firm Daylesford and Luxury Restaurant Guide favourite. They are lots of fun to make, especially for children who can help to shape the buns and pipe the distinctive white crosses. Remember to leave enough time to prove the dough which is essential for a light, fluffy bun. They are…
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This classic shortbread recipe is simple to follow and brilliant for children to get involved rolling, shaping, cutting and dipping. Daylesford, the healthy food and award-winning food shops, have some seasonal egg and bunny shaped biscuits, but you can use any cookie cutter or let your children make shapes of their own. For the Shortbread…
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“Yummy, Mummy” should be softly uttered, and without scorn from the next table that you dared eat out with your little pumpkin at a restaurant that didn’t serve fast food. The European’s seem to have it right – well-mannered kiddies versed on dining etiquette. Perhaps we need a bit more cultural appropriation, deployed distraction techniques,…
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Tom Aikens shows you how to create this classic dish to ease you into the perfect weekend start. Truffled Eggs Benedict – Serves 4 Ingredients White wine vinegar 8 eggs 4 English muffins Unsalted butter 6 slices of parma ham Truffled Hollandaise Sauce 120 ml white wine vinegar 2 round shallots, finely sliced 12 black…
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Shaun Rankin’s Ormer restaurant in Mayfair has been inspiring diners since opening back in 2016. Since then its gained multiple accolades, including being voted one of the top five restaurants in London by the Harden’s Restaurant Guide 2018. Manetta’s Bar, part of Ormer, is the perfect backdrop for a pre-dinner drinks, a catch-up with friends,…
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The Luxury Restaurant Guide goes on the hunt for eggstra- special edible Easter ideas available at the very best destinations around the country. Club benefits not applicable on Easter Sunday unless where noted. Chewton Glen, Christchurch Rd, New Milton, Hampshire BH25 6QS Stuck with what to do with the children or teenagers during school holidays?…
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A vegetarian ravioli starter recipe using Kohlrabi as a pasta alternative. A great, light starter dish.
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