Le Poussin at Whitley Ridge

Address:	Beaulieu Road, Brockenhurst SO42 7QL
Tel	01590 622354
Email:	sales@lepoussin.co.uk
Website:	Visit their website
Price: £52.00	Wine: £15.00	Champagne: £39.95
Opening Hours:	Mon-Sun 12N-2pm 7-9.30pm

Square Meal review of Le Poussin at Whitley Ridge:

The Georgian Parkhill Hotel on the edge of the New Forest is undergoing major refurbishment (currently due for completion spring 2008), so in the interim, the Aitken’s moved a few miles down the road to this former royal hunting lodge, now wisteria-covered hotel. It comes dressed in its country-house best, with a cosy bar & lounge & small but light dining room, with large bay windows & high ceilings. Alex Aitken has Michelin-starred pedigree & this shines through in carefully crafted, classically based, modern cooking driven by prime seasonal produce – much from the New Forest – & delivered on a fixed-price repertoire that includes a tasting option. Expect the likes of an assiette of pork (loin, belly & black pudding) served with a cider sauce, and, to finish, perhaps a signature hot passion-fruit soufflé, while the wine list is a corker. The Aitken’s Simply Poussin in Brockenhurst village – 01590 623063 – provides a simpler, more unbuttoned experience.

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