The Greenhouse Restaurant

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Summer is a good opportunity to appreciate the wonderful food and ambience at this Two Michelin Star restaurant in Mayfair.  As the restaurant’s website says, the experience begins as you walk down a tree-lined pathway to reach The Greenhouse where London fades away, and calm descends.  We will be eating in the private dining room whose glass walls retain the …

Go West to The Westbury

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A Michelin star, four AA Rosette Award, top 15 ranking in the UK’s 100 Best Restaurants and National Chef of the Year crown have catapulted Alyn Williams to everyone’s fine dining wish list. At a five star venue to boot! We are to be on two tables of 6 as we felt the private room a little beyond our means …

Beerenauslese Back to 1971

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Beerenauslese is only produced in classic years when Botrytis Cinerea (noble rot) appears on the vines. This dehydrates the grapes and produce very small quantities of extremely luscious wines which age beautifully.   As this does not happen every year the wines are rare. These wines are very collectable and command high prices. Our selection tonight spans over 40 years.  2009 …

A Turkish Evening at Ishtar

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We last visited Ishtar in January 2013 and then seven years before that. On both occasions we have had an excellent dinner with the bonus of entertainment there. The restaurant continues to be one of the most popular Turkish restaurants in London and consistently receives very good reviews including several from Time Out. The quality of their food is excellent, …

English Sparkling Wines versus Champagnes

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The idea is to compare, without prejudice, the attractiveness of English Sparkling Wines with that of Champagnes, and to see if people can tell the different types apart. The wines will be served blind in pairs, each pair consisting of one English wine and one Champagne of a similar style, with members voting after each pair for which they preferred …

Pascal Proyart at One-O-One

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Executive Chef Pascal Proyart comes from a long-established family of restaurateurs in Brittany. Before coming to One-o-One in 1998, he spent a decade at a number of restaurants and hotels in Europe, including the Sea Grill in Brussels and Le Divellic in Paris, both of which have two Michelin Stars. He has established a reputation as a celebrity chef on …

Adam Handling at Caxton

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Adam Handling’s career started at Gleneagles where he was the first ever trainee chef.  He went on to become Fairmont’s youngest ever Head Chef, culminating in winning Scottish Young Chef of the Year 2011. Adam was a finalist in Master Chef: The Professionals in 2013 impressing Michel Roux Jr. and Monica Galetti.  He was the British Culinary Federation’s Chef of …

Top Turkish Wines

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We are honoured to be able to offer an important tasting of the prize winning wines now being made in Turkey.  Melisa Atay has very kindly agreed to tell us about them. Melisa started her career in London in April 2014 by importing her family’s wines from the Aegean Region and is now also the ambassador for several more boutique …

Fine Australian Wines from Larry Cherubino

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Larry Cherubino’s wines have set a new style benchmark for the country. His elegant, beautiful crafted, serious yet amazingly drinkable wines are the pinnacle of cooler climate Western Australia. James Halliday, the undisputed authority on wine in Australia, has inundated the winery with honours since its inception in 2005. He named the winery as one of the country’s ‘Ten Best …

Alsace Food and Wine

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Those of you who attended the Savoie and Corsican evenings will know all about Laurent Faure’s rustic regional dinners with matching food and wine.  This time he is offering us local specialities from Alsace. We will start with a glass of dry Riesling as aperitif, followed by:- Flammekuche (Alsatian Quiche) – cream, bacon and onions – Pinot Gris – Gewurztraminer …