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Bar Boulud - French Cuisine Near Hyde Park | Mandarin Oriental, London
As the only London restaurant of Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud, Bar Boulud offers a truly special dining experience.
A stylish bistro and wine bar specialising in seasonal, rustic French cooking, Bar Boulud’s relaxed ambience and fabulous cuisine has won plaudits from critics and diners alike.
Incorporating two large connecting rooms, the restaurant features unique design points such as an impressive zinc topped bar and a sleek open kitchen.
Classic materials such as wood, leather and cork add a contemporary touch.
As well as the main restaurant, guests have the option of dining at the charcuterie counter where they can watch the chefs at work.
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Examples include the reliable Au Bon Climat Chardonnay 2008 at £58 compared to a retail price of around £15, Felton Road Pinot Noir 2006 was £92 for a wine that costs about £23 in the shops, while at the high end of the list La Mouline 2000 was a hefty £627 (+ VAT) for a wine that, if you can find it, will set you back around £179.
Bread was from Boulangerie de Paris, which at present in London is about as good as you are likely to find without baking the bread yourself (15/20).
This was very good indeed, the meat medium rare and of high quality, the pork adding extra flavour, the pickles (and a very good celeriac remoulade) excellent – even the bun was in a different league to what normally turns up on a burger dish in London.
Poached halibut with asparagus, spring chanterelles and sauce mousseline was not quite at the same level, the fish of good quality and nicely cooked but the sauce a little watery (and very few wild mushrooms arriving on the plate).
The bill came to £95 a head but with some quite good wine; it would be possible to eat for significantly less than this; the wine mark-ups are high, so this is the area to economise on.
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Available until April 2018, Executive Chef Thomas Piat has handpicked dishes that epitomise the region of Savoie including Reblochonade pour deux, and ‘Croziflette’; a baked pasta dish from the French Alps with bacon, onions, and reblochon cheese.
Each dish will be complemented by regional wines carefully selected by our Sommelier Jim Barbeau.
Restaurant review: Hamburgers from heaven at London's Bar Boulud
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EVERY once in a while a devoted Anglophile like me has a craving for carnivore calories, and a wish to find a real old-fashioned American hamburger with all the trimmings.
Naturally I headed to Bar Boulud in the Mandarin Hotel, London, – which I must say, is not actually the traditional burger on which I grew up in New York, but a more European version, which is more in accordance with my life, now that I am living and working in London and advising on energy policy.
Well, this particular Friday night my American friend and I put all our energy into devouring two magnificent hamburgers.
Hers was called the “Frenchie” with a traditional beef patty, confit of pork belly, morbier cheese and tomato confit, all on a fluffy pepper bun.
I, on the other hand, was even more adventurous, and had the famous “BB” burger, which consists of a beef patty, topped with foie gras, red wine braised short ribs, and truffle, all on a black onion seeded bun.
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Two beautiful spears of poached asparagus, a small hill of French beans, a bit of cauliflower, some peppery radish, incredibly huge yet still tasty prawns, some lobster tail, some clams, some mini mussels.
Chips were McDonald's-scale skinny, which of course makes them 10 times as tasty as big ones, even when they're literally from McDonald's.
A merguez sausage was just small enough to be sophisticated, just large enough that I didn't burst into hot tears of disappointment (chorizo gets all the attention.
Chargrilled trout comes with asparagus, apple and pearl barley, and salad from his cottage garden (£41.50 for three courses) The no-frills decor directs attention to Richard Turner’s Michelin-starred cooking.
Wild garlic is gathered by one loyal customer to be served, flowers and all, with roast saddle of lamb and gratin dauphinoise (three courses, £49) For more than 30 years the Gilbey family has served a seasonal, local menu with bottles from their own English vineyard.
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Which brings me to Bar Boulud, the first London restaurant from Daniel Boulud, a French chef based in New York, where he is a star.
Now Boulud has opened at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London's Knightsbridge, proof – if proof were needed – that the capital is now attracting world-standard restaurateurs in the way damp dogs attract fat fleas.
Good restaurants know exactly how long it takes to eat a meal at one of their tables, so the only reason to impose a time limit is if you think some people might take longer.
New York has always been more adept at doing the smart, buzzy urban brasserie than we are, and this feels like that sort of animal, from the hefty bare floorboards through the slick lighting and the red leather banquettes to the big open kitchen.
It has an energising rush and clatter, and though it is currently full of the sort of puckered and depilated Eurotrash that Observer readers couldn't tire of poking with pointed sticks, the prices for this part of town aren't exorbitant: plates of charcuterie at around £7, a range of salads and sausages at not much more, mains – including some big-fisted burgers – in the teens.