Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley
I finally got around to going to MW@tB.
I was very much looking forward to it; actually, I was more excited about it than any other restaurant I have been to lately...
I had the tasting menu plus a couple of supplements, so I got to try a fair few dishes.
However, I cannot say I had my socks blown off. The dishes were good, but not very memorable. There were two/three that really stood out: foie gras, fantastic sweetbread dish and orange creme dessert. In fact, the sweetbread was a wow.
Though, what really worked to dinner's detriment was the service; which was a surprise. No one was rude or the like, but I just expected more, I expected fautless, impeccable service. Instead, sometimes the staff were in such a hurry, they literally dropped the plate in front of me, reeled off the title of the dish, which I could have just as easily read off the menu that had been left in front of me. There were a few other little niggles too.
Full critique can be read here: http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/marcus-wareing-at-the-berkeley-london/
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Oct 06, 2008 01:19AM
