Bonhams Restaurant

1 Reviews on “Bonhams Restaurant”

• Pleasefeedmeimadoge

  Bonham’s restaurant is located within the well known auction house of the same name. It has held a Michelin star as of 2016. The restaurant is well lit and spacious. The decor fairly simple with art from the auction house adorning the walls.I opted to have the Carte Blanche menu which was priced at 100gbp per person. Shorter tasting menus and a la carte menus are also on offer.63c Porthilly Rock Oyster (10/10) – The intensity of the oyster was well enhanced by the accompanying dulce. This oyster was large, meaty, and intensely briny while maintaining a pristinely clean flavor. The accompanying sour apple granita was a welcome accoutrement, though I’d happily scarf down dozens of these oysters all by themselves.Black Truffle Flan (6/10) – Least successful course for me. Though the truffle was generously atop the alleged truffle flan I found it to be quite muted. The cheese atop the flan was easily the most dominant flavor in the dish.Isle of Mull Scallop (8/10) – The texture of the puree was decadent and finding nice balance with the accompanying parsley coulis. The scallop was flawlessly cooked and meaty in texture. A subtle sea water flavor emenated from the scallop speaking volumes of the quality of the ingredients used.Venison Tartare (8/10) – The meat was consistently chopped, clean tasting, and very well seasoned. The accompanying mustard ice cream I’d happily buy pints of and eat with meat or…by itself. It was that good.Beef Cheek Ravioli (7/10) – I wish the horseradish in the dish was stronger as I feel that would have helped in tying everything together. The broth was beautifully clean tasting and the cheek ravioli was aggressively beefy. I feel that the dish as a whole lacked either salt or a punchier bit of spice from the horseradish.Charred Cornish Cod (8/10) – The sauce tasted intensely of bouillabaisse with a dominance of mussel flavor. The cod was perfectly flaky and held up surprisingly well against the assertive sauce and smoked potato.Roast Breast and Leg of Mesquer Pigeon (9/10) – Perfectly cooked meat, and an absolutely dynamite combination of flavors. The offal sauce was intensely evocative of what it promised while being balanced and kept in line with the beetroot and incredibly sweet rhubarb.Granny Smith Apple Sorbet (7/10) – I tend to like richer pre-desserts so this was certainly up my alley. The vanilla creme providing a rich bed for the sour apple sorbet to cut through.Chocolate Sabayon Tart (10/10) – When I was presented with this tart I was in awe of how massive the serving was. Minutes later and I wish I had had a whole tart in front of me. The lightness of this tart is ridiculous, almost reminiscent of an Aero chocolate. One of the best desserts I’ve had in quite some time.I have no complaints for Bonhams. The food is of a very high quality and the service faultless. I think the quality of cooking is comparable to many of it’s two star competitors in Mayfair. instagram.com

  May 3, 2017, 8:18 am

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