The Samling

Set in its own 67-acre estate overlooking Lake Windermere, but built on a family scale, this old white-painted house signals its ambitions with a striking modern interior. The cooking is also fiercely contemporary in style, & built on a solid foundation of quality ingredients. A starter of wood pigeon with foie gras, spiced bread & borscht dressing or red mullet served with parmesan custard, tomato marmalade & courgette, might be followed by Goosnargh duck with celeriac gratin, roast garlic & confit leg pudding or a pairing of brill & rib of beef with salsify, watercress & Colchester oyster. To conclude, the Michelin-starred kitchen might serve up a ‘taste of apples’ consisting of brûlée, pie, crumble & sorbet, or a combo of blood orange terrine & sorbet with passion fruit jelly.