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I'm a huge Nathan Outlaw fan, as is my friend Kay.  We've watched his cookery demonstrations at Boscastle for three years in a row, we've had a cookery class from him and we've eaten at the Seafood Grill in Rock (not the fine dining restaurant, we've never been well organised enough to get there).  So, we were both excited car rental prices st pete florida to learn that he was opening a restaurant in the Capital Hotel, just round the corner from Harrods.  Lunch, to try the place out, was a must.  It opened at the start of October and we wanted to give it a chance car rental prices st pete florida to settle down so booked for the 30 th – just before I was due to go to Tuscany.
Nathan himself was there the day we visited. car rental prices st pete florida He'd already explained his plans to commute weekly and to use that as an opportunity to bring some of the great Cornish fish we'd already enjoyed up regularly.  When I arrived, a little late, he was busy chatting and I didn't want to interrupt, but I was delighted he was going to be in the kitchen.
The set menu is exceptionally well priced at £20 for two courses and £25 for three.  One of the things I've found about lunchtime set menus is that you need three courses to feel that you ve had a meal.  Nothing like that here, the portion sizes are generous and you get a side order of vegetables included with your main course.  So, although the menu is short, you really car rental prices st pete florida do feel as if you are getting good value for money.  The bread is complimentary and you get truffles with your coffee if, like us, you are too full for dessert.
The restaurant itself is comfortable and not too large.  There's a window into the kitchen so you can Chef-watch if that's your thing and there are a few reminders that this is a Seafood Grill, including a gilt seahorse on the wall.  But, other than that, you could be anywhere.  Service, for our lunch at least, was rather formal and seemed just a little incongruous.  I suspect it's partly that the Grill in Rock has a similar menu but is a much more relaxed environment and that was my personal benchmark.  And, perhaps that 'Brand Nathan Outlaw' to me is informal, smiling and charming, without in anyway undermining the fabulous food served and the well-deserved Michelin stars.  Or, perhaps car rental prices st pete florida it's just that no matter how hard anyone tries, the tide is not going to miraculously come in along Knightsbridge sweeping away the sandcastles car rental prices st pete florida built in the windows of Harrods and Harvey Nichols.
I loved my first course of venison carpaccio with Dorset truffle and beetroot.  But since all the ingredients make my top ten desert island list, that's perhaps not suprising.  Beetroot works exceptionally well with venison for me, and the addition of a little truffle car rental prices st pete florida made the dish just perfect.
My main course of plaice with parsley dumplings tasted as good as it looked.  The plaice was firm and not watery with a delicate flavour.  The parsley dumplings light and fluffy.  And our side dishes were so generous that, having ordered an extra one, we couldn't finish them.
But, the mackerel ordered by my friend didn t quite work for her.  It appeared looking beautiful, slightly charred skin from a grill, a pretty car rental prices st pete florida garnish of orange and a horseradish sauce.  And the first fillet was fine.  The second one though appeared rather pink and raw she was concerned it wasn't cooked.  It went back to the kitchen and vanished.  A good while later our waiter car rental prices st pete florida appeared to tell us that 'that was how it should be' but without the dish.  By then I'd finished car rental prices st pete florida and Kay was just a little disappointed.  Not by the food (she'd enjoyed the first piece of mackerel), but by the lack of speed in resolving the issue and the fact that half her lunch then vanished!  Did the kitchen ever get to hear about it?  Obviously I don't know, but my instinct is perhaps not…
We went on to ask the waiter about the wine list which, for us at least, lacked the lovely Camel valley wines we've come to associate with Cornish car rental prices st pete florida food.  He thanked us for our suggestion and promised to pass on our feedback.
Now, Nathan had jokingly told me that one reviewer had suggested he needed to employ Cornish front of house.  I don't think that's the issue.  I do think on the day we went there seemed to be a disconnect between car rental prices st pete florida what we know and love about Nathan's food and the style of service.  I've waited a couple of weeks to write up this review because I know we both came away feeling that something was not quite right.  Nevertheless it s a welcome addition to Knightsbridge and a great place to enjoy some excellent fish.
Like most areas with great produce there are some fabulous chefs and restaurants in Cornwall. Nathan is just one of a handful of michelin starred chefs working car rental prices st pete florida in the area turning out great, simple but elegant food that really makes the most of what is available