The Galvin brothers’ architecturally dramatic Chapelle must rank as the most romantic dining room in the City, with its towering vaulted ceiling, striking granite archways & cool design
features. Originally a chapel & later a girls’ school, it has visual impact in spades & the food also scales the heights: as an illustrious venue for gussied-up French brasserie cooking
(with a few quirky add-ons), it has few rivals in the capital. To start, Galvin’s exquisite lasagne of Dorset crab with beurre nantaise continues to dazzle, likewise a precisely rendered spring
vegetable risotto, while mains show a mix of fastidious sourcing & culinary creativity – perhaps an assiette of lamb (shoulder, rump & liver) with stuffed courgette flower, shallot purée
& confit garlic. To finish, the best advice is to order the signature tarte Tatin with crème fraîche. On warm evenings, head to the delightful outdoor ‘garden’ for cigars & digestifs.
WINE LIST: If you’re interested in wine, you’d better hotfoot it to La Chapelle before your date gets there, as the wine list makes for captivating reading. It’s full of interesting
information on lesser-known regions, & even includes a section on cheese & wine matching. Particularly strong on French wine, La Chapelle also offers a very good selection of wines by the
glass, from the modest 150ml to the generous 475ml ‘pot’. BEST BUY WHITE 2008 Furmint, Dobogo, Tokaj, Hungary, £47. BEST BUY RED 2008 Gigondas, Domaine du Grapillon d’Or, Rhone
Valley, France, £46.
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