fifteen + st. john

We visited two "celebrity" restaurants while in London. Jamie Oliver's Fifteen and Fergus Henderson's St. John. I'm not that into Jamie Oliver these days, but I do have a couple of his older cookbooks and his recipes are always simple and delicious. As was our lunch at Fifteen. Here are some of the dishes we enjoyed.

House-made focaccia + olive oil

Mozzarella di bufala campana w/ char-grilled aubergines, chilli, mint, mixed leaves and aged balsamic

Linguine w/ shellfish broth, rope-grown mussels, courgettes and air-dried mullet roe

Eton mess with meringue and English strawberries

Selection of British cheeses

Dinner at St. John was quite the experience. Famed for it's focus on nose to tail cuisine, we were excited about what we would find on the menu that night. And we were not disappointed. This was one of my favourite meals of the entire trip.

Pig's spleen rolled with bacon + cornichons, red wine vinegar and red onions

Lamb's tongues and white beans

Pigeon, green beans and pickled walnuts

Peach jelly and jersey cream

Raspberry ripple ice cream

St. John

26 St. John St.

London, U.K

Fifteen

15 Westland Place

London, U.K