Bistro Le JamTam 20100110

For New Years Eve the Hubs and I went to La Trompette. We're not big NYE people but Trompette is a consistent winner and has the added benefit of being walkable from the pad in my highest heels (though only just, and only if sober - I may have frostbite on my toe from the return journey). I still think that it's one of the best value restaurants in London, and the wine list is amazing (and cheap). I've never said it's the best restaurant, but as of 31 Dec 2009, it has become the restaurant with the best starter (since Anton Edelmann stopped doing the courgette flower stuffed with scallop mousseline). The starter was jerusalem artichoke filled with a seared slab of foie gras, covered with a chicken mousse which came decorated with shaved black truffle. It was so good that it made an otherwise unfriendly celebrity next to me feel like bonding.

Over dinner we agreed on our resolutions, and one of them was to do more Bistro le JamTam (ie. our weekend dates at home). The first was tonight and to inaugurate it we broke open a wine we'd been saving. Yum:



My inferior starter was a mild mushroom salad. I'd managed to score some porcini, morels and trompette from Andreas Georghiou:

It was easy peasy, cooked in olive oil and garlic with a sprinkling of oregano.

For the main, I'd tried out a tweaked recipe I found at my sister in law's. It was for roast veal. She's vegetarian. It worked!


This one was easy but did take some prep. It was marinated for 2 days in white wine, garlic, rosemary and sage. We had this with white asparagus, roasted butternut squash and courgette cooked in lemon juice and butter.

So far so good! Now it's just the exercise, promotions and tidiness to go!