St. John is an amazing nose to tail restaurant that first opened by Smithfield market in 1994 followed 9 years later by St. John Bread & Wine opposite Spitalfields market where I had an amazing Mutton stew last winter & now they have opened up St. John hotel, http://www.stjohnhotellondon.com/, which is just off Leicester square. I was pretty excited when I found out!
Me & Daisy went on a Monday night so got a table pretty easily. First impressions were that it looks very clinical & white but fortunately there were quite a few people chattering away, so a nice buzz about the place & we got a table right by the open kitchen so could hear & see everything being prepared.
We ordered the house White wine which was fine & then I started with the Blood cake & Bantam egg. This basically was a slice of amazingly tasty black pudding with a delicious fried egg on top, very tasty. Daisy was a little squeamish about ordering the Sweetmeats with Runner beans but they were very simple and deliciously cooked.
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| Trout |
For mains we both went for the Sea Trout with Fennel & Samphire! It was a big slab of trout, very tasty I thought but maybe it a little dry but the skin was lovely & crispy & the fennel & samphire were delicious. We also had a side order of pickled cucumber that was very tangy & went with the trout amazingly. A very hearty main.
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| Sweeeet |
Luckily, there was still room for dessert & I had one of the best desserts of the year in a Sundae, to be precise it was a blackberry Sundae. It came with an amazing blackberry sorbet, almonds & a homemade wafer biscuit! Daisy went for Honey Mousse & Rapberries which she thought was lovely but maybe a little to soft & overly sweet. It was a little like a pannacotta with honey poured on top & a shortbread biscuit on the side. I thought it was sooooo good!
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| Sundae |
This was all finished off with cognac & coffee, mmmhhhh. If any one is around Leicester Square & looking for something a little different, British & tasty then head here! Excellent.
Oh & it was so good I went back the next week for breakfast & had a cafetiere of coffee with Peaches & Yoghurt which was lovely. Breakfast starts from 7am if anyone is up early enough.
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| Peachy |
