BILL OF THE WEEK
A MID-week dinner treat for eight tired City workers last week at the Kensington Hotel’s Aubrey Restaurant.
After an aperitif bottle of Dom Perignon Brut 2000 champagne and bellini, Sunset on Thames, French martini and Berried Alive cocktails, our diners munched on crab cakes, scallops and duck salad to start. These were followed by a carnivorous feast of succulent lamb rump, pork belly, fillet of beef and calves’ liver, washed down with three bottles of Chateau Notton Margaux.
Never ones to stint when it comes to their stomachs, the businessmen then continued with strawberry plate, crumble and mango panna cotta desserts, along with British and French cheeses and a few bottles of Sancerre dessert wine. Not at all bad for under £1,200 including a tip…