The restaurant at Fergus Henderson‘s new St John Hotel stands as a gently lit oasis of white and stainless-steel functionality amid the glare and sleaze of after-hours Leicester Square. The grilled skirt steak with beef dripping chips, herb-shallot mustard and cress pares down the only-in-London St John dining experience to a minimalist ideal: The 41st best restaurant in the world compressed into a hotel canteen in the short form of a subdued late-night menu with meat and potatoes in the middle. [Read more...]
St John the Place to Chase a Leicester Square Skirt
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Roast chips recipe
My desire to make homemade, hand-cut, skin-on, twice-fried chips fades with every passing day of my new life in the roast potato paradise that is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As much as I love chunky “fries”, I can’t justify the greasy mess and lasting pong of deep-frying potatoes when I could be roasting them to a perfect crisp, as they do so expertly at two of my favourite kitchens: the Rivington Bar & Grill‘s and my mother-in-law’s. If only I could British roast my chips…
31 October 2008 By 1 Comment
