Sarap Restaurant

April 29, 2022 Capital A List - Celebrity club news

Imagine what it would be like to be served an entire piglet. Imagine it roasted to a golden point, with crusty and salty skin, juicy meat, and truffled adobo rice and lemongrass stuffing. This famous dish is the lechon. You need to order it two days in advance, and it is ideal for a group of six to eight people. This is the experience proposed by chef Ferdinand Montoya at his restaurant Sarap in London.

Montoya is originally from the Philippines and has been working at London restaurants for about ten years. He always had the dream of serving authentic Filipino ingredients in a non-authentic manner. The lechon is a perfect example of that. The restaurant welcomes you with bamboos decorating the terrace. It is the chef’s expression of his culture, who tailored it to impress and provoke those who come to dine.

The interior design is simple, not the caricature-like environment people usually expect when entering an eastern Asian establishment. Blue walls contrast with the wood furniture and the white ceiling, and the decor is minimal. Dim lighting shines over the tables and booths. A green, back wall filled with plants completes the visual aspect of the restaurant.

Aside from the renowned lechon, the menu is not extensive. It highlights each dish and its complex flavor characteristics with a beautiful presentation. The Trout Kinilaw consists of tender fish pieces with coconut vinegar and rhubarb to add aroma to the plate. There’s also the grilled poussin with juicy meat, accompanied by lemongrass and calamansi (a small hybrid lemon from the Philippines) paste.

There are also plenty of vegetarian options. The Ensaladang Talong is made with eggplants, tomato, and duck egg. The vegan Ginataang Kalabasa consists of butternut squash and mung beans served inside a pumpkin. In contrast to the food, the wine menu is long, with bottles from different vintages and regions of the world.

Sarap Restaurant Bookings

Capital A List members can make bookings for Sarap below.

Sarap Restaurant London Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: Filipino

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: Mayfair

Address: 10 Heddon St, London W1B 4BX, United Kingdom

Website: https://www.saraplondon.com/sarap-home

(6 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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Planque Restaurant London Review

April 6, 2022 Capital A List - Celebrity club news

The Planque restaurant in London defines itself as a “wine drinkers’ clubhouse.” They offer a membership for wine enthusiasts, where people can get together and share their passion for the beverage over fine food and meaningful conversation. They have priority when reserving tables at the restaurant and can attend all wine events. Members can also store their wine in the house cellar and use private dining spaces and the club lounge.

The restaurant, which seats 40 customers, has an intricate and characteristic design, with simple wooden tables and booths inside a cellar-like architectural wonder. Cobalt blue oval walls surround the large tables in private spaces, creating an intimate environment perfect for long meals with wine and friends. The rest of the area is very homey, perfect for the establishment’s proposal. The decor is simple, with books filling up shelves by the beige walls and bottles of wine lying in the cellar on the back. They also have a store on-site for those who want to take food or wine to go and purchase quality kitchen equipment. Natural light comes in through the large windows.

The food is French-inspired, served to match the wines and environment. Prawn dumplings with consommé or Liver Parfait with terrine are an example of that. You can also savor the grilled lamb cutlets with spring greens and nettles. Maybe go for the Rosella di Lusia with hazelnuts and mandarins, pairing that up with fresh white wine. Their desserts are well spoken of, like the milk chocolate tart with prune ice cream. Think large family Sunday meals, and you will know what to expect.

Planque Bookings

Capital A List members can make bookings for Planque below.

Planque Restaurant London Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: French

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: Haggerstone

Address: 322-324 Acton Mews, London E8 4EA, United Kingdom

Website: https://planque.co.uk/

(6 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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Manteca Restaurant London Review

April 6, 2022 Capital A List - Celebrity club news

Manteca is an Italian-inspired restaurant in London that focuses on hand-rolled plates of pasta, an in-house salumeria, and whole-animal butchery. They bake the bread over a wood fire, granting the typical black chars over crispy crusts, with a soft and chewy interior. Inside the restaurant, the decor embraces different shades of brown, from the walls to the ceiling and the furniture.

The space is small, and one may wonder how they can fit so many people inside without it getting cramped, but it doesn’t happen — every inch is perfectly calculated, and customers and staff move gracefully through the dining room. Light-colored booths cover the sidewall, alongside chalky blacks bricks with small green bouquets of plants hanging in front, and behind them, you can take a glimpse of the kitchen and the action happening inside. The rest of the furniture, tables and chairs with no particular extravagance are spread across the dining room.

The menu avenges all the extravagance lacking in the interior design. Visitors praise every item, and everything is a “must try.” Pasta dishes come in two sizes, where you can order smaller portions or regular ones — the cacio e pepe, a house favorite, comes with crab meat that surprisingly does not deliver that seafood flavor people would expect. Instead, it complements the savory aspect of the cheese and dances with its umami. The fried pork with apple mustard and the ‘nduja steamed mussels are other unique flavor combinations. They butcher the meat on-site, and customers can see the cold cults hanging by the kitchen. The cocktails divide into classic and house recipes, where you can find creative variations of classics like Mai Tai and Old Fashioned. The wine list is long and offers various wines from Italy and international options.

Manteca Bookings

Capital A List members can make bookings for Manteca below.

Manteca Restaurant London Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: Italian

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: Shoreditch

Address: 49-51 Curtain Rd, London EC2A 3PT, United Kingdom

Website: https://www.mantecarestaurant.co.uk/

(6 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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Le Petit Beefbar Restaurant London

March 1, 2022 Capital A List - Celebrity club news

Le Petit Beefbar restaurant in London is a true and perfect reflection of a cosmopolitan culture created by Riccardo Giraudi. Beefbar globally is well known and can be found in famous cities all over the world. We love that this unique restaurant breaks the classic & stiff codes of steakhouses since 2005, through its glamorous lines, its modern luxury feel and a complete experience. Walk in and be admired by the luxury and details in the restaurant that will elevate your dining experience.

Moving to the kitchen, the executive chef Thierry Paludetto works closely with owner Riccardo Giraudi to create the most incredible, tasty yet simple dishes. Beefbar has won many awards around the world including Beefbar Hong Kong winning a Michelin star. The menu is divided into 3 main sections: street food inspired by the most popular recipes from around the world, great meat cuts sourced in Australia, Japan and the United States, and iconic dishes, from sides to main and desserts.

On the menu, expect street food-inspired sharing plates, including the Le Petit Kebabs, mini cuts of black Angus beef with freshly made tahini cream. With various starting options, the beef bar also caters to vegan diners, with their vegan gyoza with yuzu ponzu dressing and more.

We highly recommend ordering the Wagyu Beef, Croque Sando (it includes Relais de Paris’s secret sauce) and melt-in-your-mouth jasmine tea smoked beef bao buns.

Go to Le Bar for a casual drink before dining where you can enjoy signature cocktails, signature cocktails include ‘Cukoo Clock’ made with Monkey 47, sugar syrup, grapefruit zest and Italicus, ‘Ely X Beef Boy’, consisting of Jasmine Pearl or Black Tea.

Bookings are highly recommend and you wont regret dining at Beefbar in London.

Le Petit Beefbar Restaurant London Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: Steak

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: London

Address: 27 Cale St, London SW3 3QP

Website: www.beefbar.com/beefbar-concept/

(10 votes, average: 4.90 out of 5)

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Rai Restaurant London

March 1, 2022 Capital A List - Celebrity club news

Rai Restaurant London, located a convenient five-minute walk from Goodge Street & Tottenham Court Road Underground Station, offers a fabulous contemporary take on modern Japanese cuisine. The restaurant has been named after the founders Shrabaneswor Rai and Executive Chef Padam Raj Rai.

Chef Padam Raj has opened a new Japanese restaurant in Fitzrovia. Expect the menu to include dishes using “quintessential British” ingredients such as Marmite, Kobe and Wagyu beef, Wiltshire truffle, Sanpuku nori and Koshihikari rice rub shoulders with cave-aged cheddar, Scottish heather honey and Exmoor caviar. The menu also includes razor-sharp sushi and sashimi alongside contemporary new-style Japanese dishes.

The kitchen adds a focus element on multi-course omakase-style tasting menus that of course use the highest quality Japanese dishes with unique ingredients from the UK and around the world. Ingredients as far as from Japan the team source the highest-grade Hyōgo Prefecture Kobe and Kagoshima wagyu beef; Sanpuku, the finest nori from Japan’s Ariake Sea; Koshihikari rice and aged soy sauce.

Wherever possible the chef and kitchen team use local and seasonal products throughout the year to create perfectly balanced tasting menus, which have consistently been recognized as one of the best Japanese experiences in London by the leading press.

Rai offers a tasting menu that will excite your palate. Dishes include, homemade tofu, Amaebi prawns, hand-picked Maldon rock oysters with 5-year aged soya sauce and fresh Japenese wasabi, hand-dived Orkney scallops, 48hrs marinated Chilean seabass, Wagyu chocoloate with rosemary, pistachio and thyme and to end off Petit fours with organic chocolate and homemade rice wine.

For the interior, Rai uses a selection of tableware that has been handcrafted from scratch using recycled materials such as plastics, scrap metals and wood.