It is early Aug 07 and we are scheduled to attend a design workshop in London at end Aug 07. We scrambled to get our air tickets and sent off emails to our consultant in London informing them about our scheduled visit. Adding to that email is also a "favour" to get a table at Jamie Oliver's restaurant Fifteen.
The word got passed around and our ever resourceful guy Paul got in touch with one of his staff whose wife works in the restaurant business, pulled some strings, and 1 week before we are scheduled to fly, a phonecall came in... we were all fixed for 10 persons to dine at Fifteen, 6.30pm on 29 Aug 07.
My colleague Kenneth and I are kind of like food buff. We've always watched Jamie in cooking shows on Discovery Travel and Living. Who knows, we are now set to dine at his restaurant.
Its 5.30pm, 29 Aug 07. We had just finished our workshop and now making our way to Fifteen with lots of anticipation.
We were greeted by our waitress for the evening, ordered some drinks to start off with and was introduced to the tasting menu for the day.
We understand from the waitress that the tasting menu changes on a daily basis, so what you eat today will kind of be like history tomorrow. Cool!!!
My selection:
Insalate: Carpaccio of Buccleuch beef (hung for 28 days) with radish salsa, watercress and pecorino al tartufo nero
Primi: Cuttlefish ink tagliatelle 'allo scoglio' with clams, mussels, chilli, flat leaf parsley and bottarga di muggine
Secondi: Seared breast of Telmara duck with fresh cannellini beans, grilled radicchio Trevisano and orange-balsamic dressing
Dolci e Formaggi: Baked apple and calvados tart with truffled honey ice cream
The dinner was a delight. To be honest, I had expected something more, considering the "brand name" of Jamie Oliver. It didn't turn out what I had expected, but something different and very pleasant I would have to say. I salute Jamie's effort in providing the necessary training to these group of street kids and giving them a skill to survive upon. I also salute the chefs on the night of my dinner in accepting and making the best out of the training (and also for signing a copy of the menu for the night).
My ranking out of 5 stars: 3.5
15 Westland Place, N1 7LP
Reservation: (44) 870 787 1515
Website: http://www.fifteen.net/
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