
from a set menu. Please note this offer is only available in the main restaurant.
Available: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 6:00pm–7:00pm
Max: 6 people
Expires: 30 Jun 2012
Includes VAT, excludes service.
from a set menu. Please note this offer is only available in the main restaurant.
Available: Monday to Friday: 12:00pm–2:30pm
Max: 6 people
Expires: 30 Jun 2012
Includes VAT, excludes service.
Despite universal acclaim, Claude Bosi’s culinary pacesetter is still on a roll, & its ‘gentrified & experimental cuisine’ just keeps getting better – although there have been a few minor
adjustments to the format of late. Bosi now works to a reduced carte, allowing more scope for seasonally led tasting menus that flaunt his most daring & maverick inventions – think foie gras
with cinnamon crumble, black figs & raspberry vinegar gel or grouse with curried sweetcorn & unctuous boulangère potatoes, or even apple jelly beneath celeriac cream & chestnut foam.
Such creativity commands a price, but not everything is expense-account material – the ‘excellent-value’ £33.50 lunch menu might offer triumphant signature hits including squid salad with yuzu gel
& coffee. It’s all very leftfield, but if you do spot a classic, perhaps a brûlée-like lemon tart with clove ice cream, expect little short of perfection. Staff work the small, sombre room with
discretion, but can reveal bags of enthusiasm when engaged. ‘Still one of the absolute best’, declares a fan.
WINE LIST: This list is not for the timid. Isabelle Legeron MW has put together 41 pages of mostly natural wines, including a collection of ‘orange’ wines (white wines aged on the skins) –
the first to be listed in the UK. Very different in style, these wines are not for everyone. Best to ask head sommelier Romain Henry for assistance. BEST BUY WHITE 2009 Domaine Jeannot,
Pouilly-Fumé, Loire Valley, France, £42. BEST BUY RED 2001 Les Hauts de Gramenon, Côtes du Rhône Villages, Vinsobres, Rhône Valley, France, £55.
Claude Bosi moved to England in 1997 & first gained Michelin recognition at Overton Manor in Ludlow, where he met his future wife Claire. The couple opened Hibiscus in Ludlow in 2000, gaining one star in 2001 & a second two years later. They sold up in March 2007 to take on a new challenge in the capital. Since their arrival in Mayfair, they have regained both Michelin stars & Claude continues to make waves with his powerful French food. The couple still own the Bell Inn in Yarpole near Ludlow, which is managed by Bosi's brother Cedric.Travel to Hibiscus in style with London's leading minicab firm Addison Lee.
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