We first ate in the Burnt Truffle few week ago with family who live locally as it was close to our hotel and the meal was fine. The menu choices were good and overall we enjoyed the evening. I can't say its the "Best Meal ever" as another reviewer has stated but it was above average. Our second recent visit was much better. The menu was almost identical which was a bit disappointing, but the food was in my opinion better in terms of both presentation and flavour. We had a good evening and would happily return.
No matter how many great restaurants open up in the many far-flung corners of the country, no matter how many times the national newspapers make a concerted effort to review sites in Manchester, Leeds and York, no matter how many places in Cornwall or the Lakes or the Scottish Highlands win Michelin stars or find themselves in the upper reaches of so many "best restaurant" lists, there's still a huge temptation to regard London as the last word in dining and epicentre of restaurant culture and anywhere decent in the provinces as a blip, a one-off, impressive maybe but unusual, nothing more.
“Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship.“ – Elsa Schiaparelli. I quoted the above on my blog at approximately this time last year when I turned 30 (and in the course of doing so visited numerous wonderful restaurants to celebrate). So in memory/celebration of turning 31 I decided to use another quote that (sort of) sums my year this year.
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