Eat Out London!The Drunken Butler
French cuisine with a Persian twist from Clerkenwell’s The Drunken Butler
T h e D r u n k e n B u t l e r ®
when I became a chef I realised that there was something magical going on in those kitchens.
I loved to see passionate chefs creating dishes, to hear the food sizzling in pans, to watch the fire and the steam.
at The Drunken Butler we decided to build an open kitchen, where our chefs become part of the service and they can share their passion for food with you.
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The Drunken Butler | French Food With A Persian Twist
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The Drunken Butler | Clerkenwell Restaurant Drunken butlers.
It’s the first restaurant from chef Yuma Hashemi, who’s worked in kitchens in half a dozen countries, including the US, Sweden, Portugal, France, Germany, and more.
It comes from a ’60s British comedy sketch traditionally shown every New Years in Germany called “Dinner for One”.
Which, given that this place serves 30, is as far as that influence goes.
NOTE: The Drunken Butler is open for lunch Mon-Fri, 12-2pm and dinner Mon-Sat 6-10pm.
The Drunken Butler | London Restaurant Reviews | DesignMyNight
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The first restaurant from chef/patron Yuma Hashemi, The Drunken Butler serves French cuisine with an overtly Persian influence.
Menu items range from pita bread with sabzi khordan - a platter of fresh herbs - feta and walnuts, to foie gras with brioche and pear, and traditional Japanese soft cooked eggs.
The restaurant is also open for breakfast with the kitchen offering up coffee and freshly made Sicilian pastries.
The Drunken Butler aims to provide a comfortable and communal eating experience, with dishes being served as sharing plates or as a meal you have all to yourself.
Guests will have the option of ordering from both an a la carte menu, or opting for the five-course tasting menu which features oysters, foie gras, Onsen Tamago, sea bass and Valrhona chocolates.
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Drunken Butler chef Yuma Hashemi takes umbrage at Fay ...
It's due to a spat today between chef Yuma Hashemi and the Evening Standard critic Fay Maschler.
Earlier today, Fay published a two star review of Yuma Hashemi's restaurant The Drunken Butler.
Yuma took umbrage at the review - big time- and published a post on his site, on Facebook and on Instagram (most of which has now been taken down) complaining in turn about Fay in a post that cast aspersions on her ability to judge his food accurately.
It wasn't long before Twitter got in on the act, mostly to comment on Yuma's premise that Fay's critical faculties were fatally clouded by the consumption of a cocktail and half a bottle of wine at lunchtime.
And then there was the issue of the chef's usage of all caps Some were sympathetic.
Fay Maschler reviews The Drunken Butler: A Persian version of ...
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This last, which I know as kuku from Claudia Roden’s masterful Book of Middle Eastern Food, is an omelette densely packed with green herbs.
Briny shellfish in a creamy sauce and also, I suppose I must concede, “the little wild things” lift it away from its traditional breakfast role.
Scallops (one actually, nicely burnished) served in its shell balanced on a bowl of green cardamom pods comes with a green purée, conceivably courgette, multi-coloured flower petals and the likeable satisfying snap of lacy squid ink crisps.
Wild sea bass is expensive but £24 is a lot for such a small piece garnished with green purée, a winey jus and slices of pickled turnip fashioned into little saucers containing leaves — a brussels sprout leaf is in there too if I remember well.
At dinner the cheapest set menu at £40, or with five pairing wines for £80, seems interminable partly because there are long waits between items but also because there is little or no heating in the room and the music is overbearing.