Hatched
189 St John's Hill
London SW11 1TH
BY NEAL MARTIN |
The Food:
Rosemary bread & Lemon butter
Beef cheek arancini
Crab raviolo with tomato bisque; Josper grilled tiger prawns with chili butter; beef tartare with confit egg yolk
Monkfish with braised chicory, orange and carrot; roasted venison with savoy cabbage and red wine jus; Australian T-bone wagyu (1.3kg)
Charred broccoli and new potatoes
Pain perdu with honeycomb and vanilla ice cream
Slow-baked vanilla cheesecake with passion fruit coulis
The Wines:
Hatched comes strongly recommended. It might lack the luxurious accouterments you might expect from a restaurant. You could argue that it is stripped down to the fundaments: the quality of service and quality of food. Inconveniently, it is not located close to any tube station, off the beaten trek, so either grab a cab or give your legs a workout. Trust me, the Pain Perdu alone is worth it.
