That choux bun looks magnificent! The menu prices look really quite affordable, although the wine list looks quite punishing, but then they all do to me these days. I remember when Planque first opened, I got the impression it was basically for wine snobs and not somewhere that I would want to go, so all the recent coverage has put it in a new light for me. The only issues are the location, the communal table (I never want to eat at a communal table), and focus on natural/low-intervention wine. Everything, apart from the food, is screaming, 'We Are Not For You' at me. Michelin say that 'the modern British dishes are far more complex than they first appear and show tremendous skill from the kitchen', which has got potential Michelin star written all over it. Let's see what a week on Monday brings.
Thanks, Andy. I don't think the wine list is as aggressively natural as the initial rounds of commentary made it sound. I hate the stuff, and the team had quite a few options to suit my taste. I'm with you on the communal table thing, but they manage it quite well, even on a busy Saturday night, and I never felt any weird interactions with neighbours. Indeed, I was further from the person on my right than I was at Josephine Bouchon! On your Michelin point, I weirdly think Nunn's play might be the thing that tips them into a star, which is ironic given how much he dislikes the system. I think they deserve one, FWIW. They are pushing ahead.
That choux bun looks magnificent! The menu prices look really quite affordable, although the wine list looks quite punishing, but then they all do to me these days. I remember when Planque first opened, I got the impression it was basically for wine snobs and not somewhere that I would want to go, so all the recent coverage has put it in a new light for me. The only issues are the location, the communal table (I never want to eat at a communal table), and focus on natural/low-intervention wine. Everything, apart from the food, is screaming, 'We Are Not For You' at me. Michelin say that 'the modern British dishes are far more complex than they first appear and show tremendous skill from the kitchen', which has got potential Michelin star written all over it. Let's see what a week on Monday brings.
Thanks, Andy. I don't think the wine list is as aggressively natural as the initial rounds of commentary made it sound. I hate the stuff, and the team had quite a few options to suit my taste. I'm with you on the communal table thing, but they manage it quite well, even on a busy Saturday night, and I never felt any weird interactions with neighbours. Indeed, I was further from the person on my right than I was at Josephine Bouchon! On your Michelin point, I weirdly think Nunn's play might be the thing that tips them into a star, which is ironic given how much he dislikes the system. I think they deserve one, FWIW. They are pushing ahead.