Underground home bistro is the illicit love child of Come Dine with Me and Delia Smith. Like a restaurant. But with service. Kind of what the DVD did to cinema. Unable to resist this irreversible trend any longer, we visited The Nomad Chef to see what all the fuss was about. Let us paint the scene.
After being warmly greeted at the door of a house in Holland Park, we were shown into a beautiful room with a conservatory and double doors open to the garden. Plied with mimosas we were taken outside and introduced to the other guests, a chatty and intelligent mix. With the menu not known in advance, half the fun was in sitting down to dinner trying to figure out what you were being served (which is all handmade by the Nomadic chef in her kitchen that day).
We were met with an excellent starter of Chilaquiles de Frijol Negro and Ensalada Estilo Topolbampo. Even spelling it is a mouthful. This was followed by a brunch plate of sweetcorn tamales with parsley creme sauce, scrambled eggs with cheese and chorizo and roasted chicken. The brunch was finished off with a heavenly lime pie, the sourness perfectly matched with a mango coulis. Yes, that’s right. We taking notes.
With the guests a mix of friends and strangers the conversation flowed as freely as the mimosas did. The Verdict – Great little place. The Damage – £30. If you hurry you may still be able to snap up a place at the table for 4th of July lunch and 7th of July dinner. The theme? 1001 Nights.
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