The White Hart, Nayland,
Suffolk - Ken Runicles Reviews
The White Hart
High Street,
Nayland,
Suffolk,
CO6 4JF.
Telephone: 01206 263382
Email: nayhart@aol.com
Web Address: www.whitehart-nayland.co.uk
New head chef Marcus
Verberne is making a name for himself
at
the
White Hart, a restaurant and historic
coaching inn deep in the English
countryside in the picturesque
riverside village of Nayland, Suffolk.
The hotel has wonderful
cosy bedrooms and is an idyllic,
peaceful place
to
stay - especially if you can book
one of their incredible value packages.
We stayed (8 June 2007) on the
White Hart's £149 a la carte
dinner, bed
and breakfast package for two and
we liked it so much that we've
already booked
again. Breakfast next day was oh-so-prettily
served and delicious.
Given the quality, it's amazing
value for two people - and we can't
wait
to go back.
We talked to Marcus,
who has cooked for plenty of A-list
celebrities
at
famous London restaurants The Ivy,
J. Sheekey's and Le Caprice, to
find
out why he is causing something
of a local sensation with the way
he has
transformed the menu.
He has made it 'the'
place to vist among locals who
enjoy fine,
gourmet
dining at sensible prices.
This young New Zealand-born
chef serves seriously good, locally
sourced
ingredients and cooks them simply,
but with a twist, to bring out
the
flavours.
For example, we loved
his pan-fried John Dory with local
West Mersea
sea
vegetables and an oyster butter
sauce because it packed in so many
different flavours from the sea.
And he gathers the sea vegetables
himself!
The beef comes from
nearby Dedham Vale and the chickens
locally from
Suffolk. Marcus also grows his
own herbs and spices and salmon
is smoked
on the premises. Even the fresh
shell-on walnuts, served with the
cheeseboard, come from a tree in
the hotel gardens.
This is food and
hospitality like it should be.
We loved it!
The White Hart
High Street,
Nayland,
Suffolk,
CO6 4JF.
Telephone: 01206 263382
Email: nayhart@aol.com
Web Address: www.whitehart-nayland.co.uk
