[LDN] La Trompette*

試後某天駕車出城外遊，去了Oxford那邊

難得以車代步，便欲找處"偏僻"一點的餐廳試

剛巧查到 La Trompette就在公路M4入口前，

那就訂了位來

(其實不是真的偏僻，近Hammersmith，只是約25 mins的路程)

"La Trompette is owned by Nigel Platts-Martin and Bruce Poole, the partnership behind Chez Bruce in Wandsworth and The Glasshouse in Kew. It therefore serves some of the best food in London but without the formality or prices associated with the capital's top end establishments."

三間餐廳。各有一星。

應該有點保證吧？這是我訂枱時的想法

Lunch - £22 for 2, £26 for 3 courses

收費還是一般Central London一星的的價位

(Though dinner is a little cheaper than usual...at £39.50 for 3 courses)

Bread slices.

Soft and flavourful.

The brown one with olive bits is particularly nice.

Starters

New season's english asparagus with dorset crab and pea shoots

Ordinary and refreshing.

Mackerel pate and escabeche with spring vegetable vinaigrette and chervil

escabeche是一個傳統的西班牙菜

把魚塊輕輕煎過後用醋醃，冷熱吃皆可

無論是appearance還是味道方面都非常適宜夏日

這道菜比起asparagus來得有層次:

有鹹香有致的pate，爽甜的青蘋果，肉質軟腍的mackerel escabeche

I like :)

Mains

Roast rump of lamb with split green peas, garlic, tomato and fennel

Loin of cod with sweetcorn, chorizo, jersey royals, shrimp and lemon butter emulsion

一大塊厚厚的鱈魚十分吸引

魚燒得不夠水準，皮燒得不夠脆，內裡也有點老略韌

否則味道是不錯的

Dessert

Creme Brulee

只點了我的最愛，男友如常只喝咖啡

燒的焦糖面做得不錯，不會太焦

Flavour-wise也好，很夠vanilla香

可是內裡的cream／egg mixture焗得不是很夠

如圖所見是較liquid不是很set，像mousse那樣

Not my style.

這餐廳有它的好，service和setting都好

菜式也略見創意，potential是有的

但有些aspect還未到位，或許是lunch大廚不在監督吧

有機會欲吃到高水準的!

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La Trompette

5-7 Devonshire Road

Chiswick

W4 2EU