Kang Leong Reviews….<\/em><\/p>\n Launceston Place tel: 020 7937 6912<\/p>\n ‘Retelling the story of the British cuisine.’<\/strong><\/p>\n It is true british food has a bad reputation. It’s so bad even british ‘SW Seven’<\/strong><\/p>\n South kensington is home to some landmarks such as the Royal Albert Hall, So what is the point of me telling you this? Well, its history. Launceston Today, at the helm is Chef Tristan Welch<\/strong>, formerly of Petrus, of Marcus ‘Enter the Great British restaurant’<\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve walked past this place many times on my way to Wholefoods on High Black woods and pristine, pressed white table cloths. The restaurant is This reminds me of the time I was told that is table manners for the man Intense, I do digress.<\/p>\n ‘What’s for lunch?’<\/strong><\/p>\n Today, I popped into for a spot of lunch. The weather is just all over the Their \u00a318 three-course lunch menu caught my eye, have a look on their For \u00a318, all the ingredients are of quite high standards. Ok so, I’m only Cool, so what’s for lunch?<\/p>\n I do digress, yet again.<\/p>\n ‘Pre-starters’<\/p>\n Oh, hang on this doesnt look like my spider crab risotto starter. Not yet, (Freebie!)<\/p>\n A mightily tasty one to boot as well. It is, what I can only describe as a At this point I must point out the elaborate service as well. The Yeah it was pretty fun.<\/p>\n ‘Spider crab risotto’ http:\/\/www.danddlondon.com\/restaurants\/launceston_place\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Launceston Place Kang Leong Reviews…. Launceston Place 1a Launceston Place W8 5RL tel: 020 7937 6912 ‘Retelling the story of the British cuisine.’ It is true british food has a bad reputation. It’s so bad even british people think so too. but not everybody. There is a growing contingent ( or I should say, one read more …<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1a Launceston Place
\nW8 5RL<\/p>\n
\npeople think so too. but not everybody. There is a growing contingent ( or
\nI should say, one that has always been there, but just very quiet ) who
\nknow that British food is more than curry chips and fried fish. It so
\nhappens, I’m one of those buggers.<\/p>\n
\nthe natural history museum and is in fact, just off the side of hyde park
\nwhere you can catch a glimpse of the Prince Albert statue in all its
\ngolden glory. Its suburbia and very residential. Did I mention that it’s
\nalso terribly expensive to live in this particular part of town?<\/p>\n
\nPlace has history. It’s been serving the residents for many a moon, but
\nrecently ( as recent as 8 months ago I believe ) , the old management ran
\nout of steam and sold the place on.<\/p>\n
\nWaering fame and yes, formerly of the Ramsay empire. Excellent pedigree,
\nso expectation naturally, is high.<\/p>\n
\nStreet kensington and have always been rather intrigued by their sunday
\nroast menu. Then one day, it shut down for refurbishments and when it
\neventually re-opened, it just looked as if Mark Ronson did a remix
\nversion. I.e. it looks cooler now.<\/p>\n
\nvery smart and very clean, almost too clean to the point where I felt I
\nlike I had to put on a jacket just to eat there. They have comfortable
\nlong sofas for the tables by the window. Very nice for the lady to just
\nsink into, I suppose.<\/p>\n
\nto sit facing the wall (or window in this case) such that you give the
\nlady your absolute, undivided attention. What say you ladies?<\/p>\n
\nplace these days. One day its sunny, the next is raining. If only it were
\nsunny all year round, London would be such a beautiful town. Then again,
\nit’d be nicknamed something like the big glare instead of the big smoke,
\nwhich is a cooler name.<\/p>\n
\nwebsite here. I noticed that it’s pretty seasonal. On their website,
\nstarters include a duck rillette & spider crab risotto and they’ve got
\ncornish lamb with globe artichokes for mains; on the occasion I went, the
\nduck & the lamb were replaced with scallops & roast plaice respectively.<\/p>\n
\nexpecting three courses, right?
\n<\/strong>
\nWell, not quite, yes its good, smiley face. While I studied the menu, they
\nbrought over these rather interesting razor thin crisps with a rather
\nlovely and smooth garlic cream cheese dip.<\/p>\n
\nwhile I wait (for my trouble) , they bring over a hearty celeraic soup
\nwith toasted almonds.<\/p>\n
\nsavoury espresso. It’s quite thick and creamy, it’s a very straightforward
\nsoup and a good way to start, even though technically, I’ve not started as
\nyet.<\/p>\n
\nsommelier is professionally warm, once he took my order, two waitresses
\nstarted shuffling in the background and one of them started by placing my
\ncutlery and then proceeded to perform a well-choreographed dance by
\nplacing the crisps, then stealthily inserting the butter and the garlic
\ncheese before another finally brings the bread basket for a choice of soda
\nbrown or white.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n