What It's Like To Eat At The Ledbury, The Best Restaurant In London [PHOTOS]
<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53c938e46bb3f7e270b808b7-480-/the-ledbury-food-meal-london-restaurant-1.jpg" border="0" alt="the ledbury food meal london restaurant" width="480" style="float: right;" />The Ledbury just took the top spot on our list of the </span> Best Restaurants in London<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span>
Located in the private, fashionable neighborhood of Notting Hill, The Ledbury serves modern French fare inspired by Australian-born chef Brett Graham's culinary background.
<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The two-star Michelin restaurant sources its ingredients from a vast network of small-scale suppliers, in order to serve the best of the U.K.'s land and sea.</span>
The tasting menus are surprisingly and relatively affordable: Lunch menus cost <span>£45 to</span> £80 a head, and the e<span>ight-course prix fixe dinner runs guests <span>£110.</span></span>
<h3>Welcome to Notting Hill's The Ledbury, recently named the best restaurant in London.</h3>
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<h3>The two-star Michelin bistro, helmed by chef Brett Graham, serves modern French fare influenced by British and Pacific Rim cuisine.</h3>
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<h3>Chef Brett began his cooking career as a teenager in Newcastle, Australia, where he worked in a simple fish restaurant. After stints at the highly acclaimed Banc and The Square, he helped open The Ledbury in 2005.</h3>
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<h3>It has since gained many prestigious accolades, including the No. 10 spot on the World's Best Restaurants annual list.</h3>
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<h3>The dining experience is adventurous and unpretentious — to the credit of a "highly personable staff," "bright and uncomplicated" dining room, and exquisite but understated menu.</h3>
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Source: The World's 50 Best Restaurants
<h3>Let's see what's cooking at The Ledbury.</h3>
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<h3>The meal begins with a canape of ginger biscuit topped with foie gras and gingerbread crumbs.</h3>
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<h3>The first course is a ceviche of scallops with shaved kohlrabi, seaweed oil, and frozen horseradish.</h3>
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<h3>Turbot roe cream and apple jelly sit on top of squid ink biscuits, making for a unique sweet-savory combination.</h3>
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<h3>For the second course, the hand-dived scallops with seaweed and brassicas are a popular choice.</h3>
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<h3>As is the Hampshire buffalo milk curd, topped with aged comté and served in a broth of grilled onions.</h3>
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<h3>Here's an alternative plating of the same dish, served with a side of truffle toast.</h3>
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<h3>Turbot, Scottish langoustine, wild salmon, sea bass, and native lobster all find themselves on the menu — a nod to the Australian-born chef's career. Pickled cucumber and shiso accompany the flame-grilled mackerel.</h3>
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<h3>The heritage tomatoes with fresh goat cheese, green tomato juice, and herbs are deceptively simple but bursting with flavor.</h3>
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<h3>Vegetables with a high water content, such as beetroot and celeriac, cook in clay to help draw out moisture and amp up the flavor.</h3>
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<h3>The celeriac served alongside pig's head kromeski bakes in a mixture of ash and hazelnuts.</h3>
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<h3>Time for the third course. Before being plated, a breast and confit leg of pigeon are charred on top of a bed of twigs. The result is as colorful as it is delicious, topped with cherries, red vegetables, and leaves.</h3>
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<h3>Salt baked turnips, ewe's milk, and garlic shoots give balance to a shoulder of Herdwick lamb.</h3>
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<h3>A slow-cooked jowl of pork, reduced and dusted in chicory, arrives at the table in its pre-portioned state. The licorice and spices are removed when served, and replaced with a carrot puree.</h3>
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<h3>One of the more savory courses is a haunch of muntjac, or venison, with red vegetables and rhubarb.</h3>
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<h3>Another venison dish comes with roast parsnips, crisp potato, and a massive dollop of bone marrow.</h3>
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<h3>Did someone say dessert? This dried fruit parfait stars Gariguette strawberries, white chocolate, and warm tapioca with vanilla.</h3>
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<h3>The brown sugar tart looks lovely next to piles of poached Muscat grapes and stem ginger ice cream.</h3>
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<h3>For lighter fare, there's a tartlet of English strawberries and flowers with honey cream.</h3>
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<h3>Hungry for more?</h3>
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