Ô Craquelin Patisserie in City of London, Westminster

Olvídese de los lugares de desayuno más formales en The Ned, vaya al Café Sou escondido en la esquina. El personal es totalmente encantador y la oferta de desayuno es fabulosa. Tortillas recién hechas con una variedad de rellenos, ollas de granola caseras y una variedad de pasteles, todo regado con excelente café y jugos cítricos recién exprimidos. ¡Podría comenzar mi día allí todos los días!

It was not bad, but way overpriced. We left almost £500 per person there, but the food was not nearly as good as at other three-star restaurants we’ve been to (e.g. the nearby Sketch is half the price, but much more inventive and thoughtful with their cooking. The food was prepared perfectly, of course. And the staff were extremely professional. I can’t fault their technical execution. The food, however, felt like it was designed to appeal to one’s sense of self-importance, rather than one’s tastebuds. As an example, they offered a caviar dish, where all of the flavour was really coming from a much stronger oyster sauce in it. What’s the purpose of putting expensive caviar on it if it’s not going to be tasted behind the oyster? It’s just there so you could tell yourself “I’m successful and important, I eat caviar”. £85 down the drain. Again, most of the dishes were tasty, just not worth the money they’re asking. The only real fail was the rhubarb: they served very cold sorbet hidden beneath warmer ingredients, which gave me a brain freeze and made my teeth ache. I would expect a three-starred chef to have thought of this possibility, but they didn’t. Was it some intern who made that dish? We’ll never know.

After two visits at this establishment, I can safely regard it as having the best duck in London. Unfortunately it’s no longer on the menu, but if it ever returns, I’ll be back faster than my ability to say the restaurant’s name. The sauce was ethereally delicious to the point I needed 2 rounds of fresh sourdough to soak up every drop.

Great location and attentive staff helped set the tone and mood for a positive and profitable business meeting.

Fantastic evening - great food and marvellous service!