We visited The French on 20th April 2013, very much looking forward to another opportunity to eat Simon Rogan’s food and we were not disappointed. This was also the first time we tried Nyetimber… This has led to an expensive habit, if you haven’t tried it you really must. It is the most stunning British sparkling wine.
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Nyetimber classic brut 2008 – West Sussex
Butternut squash ‘pebble’ with natural yoghurt
Photos: not the best quality but a record of the meal.
Manchester ale bread, French baguette, chestnut bread
Parsnip crisp, smoked eel, pork belly
Pickled mussel and apple gel on a pastry shell coloured with squid ink
Beetroot mousse, laxholme goats cheese, salted hazelnuts, apple marigold
Razor clams, egg yolk, celeriac, roasted crispy garlic and sea herbs
Boiled sole, onions, truffle, ramsons and onion consommé
Ox tartare in coal oil, pumpkin seeds, kohlrabi and chrysanthemum
Fresh crab and caramelised January king cabbage, horseradish sauce, chicken skin and crow garlic
Early spring offerings, vegetables herbs and flowers with lovage salt ( broccoli custard, carrot purée, salsify, cauliflower, radish, grilled brassicas, pea shoots, chilli garlic sauce)
Hake fillet, buckwheat, watercress, smoked roe butter
Reg’s duck, ruby chard, king oyster mushroom, mulled cider, nasturtiums ( duck cooked sous vide then in oven very low then coloured in the pan)
Chamomile ice cream, chamomile crisp, rhubarb and rhubarb purée, toasted oats, Douglas fir
Pear, pear granita, pear gel, meadowsweet mousse, rye crisp, buttermilk, linseeds
Saspirilla parfait, saspirilla meringue, saspirilla soda
Coffee from a small local roasthouse called Mancoco roastery
