Maison du Chocolat

La Maison du Chocolat

45-46 Picadilly - London - W1J 0DS

London, Saturday, June 30, 2007

Since its creation in 1977 by Robert Linxe, La Maison du Chocolat has passionately cultivated good taste and excellence, from chocolates, all handmade, to elegant refined presentations. That's what the website states. And in fact, that's true! If you love chocolate, don't pass this shop. Their TRUFFES are lovely and so damn good, the BOUCHEE (especially rocher lait) is divine. And they even have a chocolate bag ... (yeh yeh I got one too now). And it's from French origin. Even the manager is French (you can hear it on his accent) and he understood the question ...


website : http://www.lamaisonduchocolat.com/en/

REC Restaurants Ltd

REC Restaurants Ltd. - Le Truc Vert
42 north Audley Street - London - W1K 6ZR

London, Saturday, June 30, 2007

Breakfast, the most important meal of the day wasn't it ... some discussion with me may occur due to some personal preferences but it can't hurt trying ... I'm a big fan of Le Pain Quotidien (daily bread). And of course breakfast in Harrods is something you just have to do but what the other days. Strawling to the city center past a small place (French name) and looked very nice from the outsight. So time to have a look.

A combination for a place where you can have breakfast, lunch or diner. Even a good wine selection. And a very good presentation. It looks like a small house when entering, wooden floor, lot of things you would see in your own home.

Had the traditional English items like, Eggs (free range of course), Bacon, coffee, tea, orange juice. All well presented and well portioned and good of quality. Nice staff (Daniela especially!), friendly, quick and a lot people running around in this place. If you want just a simple croissant that's possible too. So much nicer than a hotel and between the local people, a real treat. Can recommend it to everybody!



Website : http://www.trucvert.co.uk/

L'Escargot - London / England

L'Escargot
48 Greek Street - London - W1D 4EF - 020 74397474


London, Friday, June 29, 2007

It stays a lovely city. For people who love food there's so much to see in this city. It seems that everything in this city seems to work it's amazing. For people like me it's a walhalla :-). L'Escargot is only one example, but a good one, one of the Marco Pierre White (the youngest chef and first Englishman ever to be rewarded 3 Michelin stars) restaurants. Very delicately hand-picked for me, it's so nice that people know how simple it is to please me ...

Started of with a kirr ...

Starters :
Escargot en coquille bordelaise
Tian of crab, shrimp avocado with citrus mayonaise
Sauted fish cake with a spinach mange tot and tarragon green beans

Main Course :
Seared diver caught scallops with an onion shellfish risotto
Roasted rumb of Elwy Vally Lamb with onion puree, crushed peas and croquette potatoes

Dessert:
Bitter chocolate tart with pistachio ice cream
Vanilla panacotta with poached strawberries and jus de fraise

accompanied by a Chateauneuf du Pape, Domaine de Beaurenard - 2003

and coffee with petit fours as final


It's a nice restaurant, bit traditional but the kitchen is good, worth every penny, it's not that expansive at all. It's not the cheapest but for what you get and the quality, perfect in balance. Next time we take one of his other restaurants.

website : http://www.lescargotrestaurant.co.uk/
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