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The White Onion has that perfect mix of high quality food, while in a relaxed and informal setting. My friend and I visited recently for dinner and were so pleased we did. It is designed with class and refinement in mind and felt just great.
We spoke to the excellent waiter about our first dining experience there, and he was more than happy to help us through the options on the menu. To start, we chose the oven baked Brixham scallops with celeriac and truffle purée, lardo, Herefordshire apple jelly and the roasted Norfolk quail with sesame fig relish, crispy tapioca. Each was cooked to perfection and we both loved every mouthful.
On to the main course, and the Scottish venison saddle with glazed beetroots and herbs, apple purée, girolles, venison sauce as well as the rump of English veal with carrot and apricot purée, hay baked heritage carrots, tamarind jus both sounded too good to miss. We both love our meat and it was a pleasure to see such options on the menu. The venison in particular was cooked with skill, care and attention. This was matched by the continuing quality attention shown by the waiting staff.
There was still room for dessert, and after much deliberation we went for the quince tarte tatin and the pistachio ice cream, as a pair of sweet toothed people! They were the ideal way to finish of a great meal and we have both vowed to come back and try something different next time. It all sounded so good!
Onions, when you chop them, make you cry. This is, apparently, down to the chemical irritant known as syn-propanethial-S-oxide. It stimulates the eyes’ tear glands. The internet is full of good advice on how to avoid this: – Cut onion under running water. Yeah right, you won’t cry from the onion fumes but you will from the cut to your finger after the knife pings off the slippery onion! – Use a very sharp knife so you cut rather than crush, thereby releasing less of the bitey chemical. Ditto, as above. – stand by a draught to blow the fumes away. Ergo, onion tears avoided in favour of wind burn tears! For goodness sake, you’re going to cry anyway, so (wo)man up and just get on with it!
The White Onion is a love at first sight. Authentic french dishes which are all very tasty and nice looking. Small but cozy place, staff are all very friendly. Even the bread before ordering are impressively good! Highly recommended.
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