Name: Nando's
Address: Leicester Road | Elliott's Field Shopping Park, Rugby CV21 1SR, England, Rugby
Telephone: +44 1788 568956

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Who says British food is not delicious? | Check in at Gillbert Scott!

The Gilbert Scott restaurant owned by Marcus Wareing is also located in the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel in King&#39;s Cross. Yes, he is the judge in Iron Chef and a famous TV chef like Gordon Ramsay.

The decorations on the walls of the restaurant are mostly gray, which looks more elegant. The only problem is that the square table for two people is quite small, and the distance between the tables is not spacious.

At that time, Macus&#39;s concept for this restaurant was to make British recipes from 100 years ago and renovate the recipes with modern methods. This is a bit like [Dinner by Heston Blumenthal], a Michelin two-star restaurant that excavates ancient styles and justifies the reputation of British cuisine, but it is not as successful as the latter. But I have seen the video of their kitchen interior, and the machines are very advanced and well organized. Each refrigerator is divided into compartments to store different ingredients, which is very hygienic. But Macus said that all this was done at the time to make them durable and not outdated.

There are several dishes that left a deep impression. For example, the low-temperature slow-cooked salmon cooked in vacuum cooking is really of high standard. Almost every table has it as an appetizer. Moreover, the color of the fish is very bright. There are two relatively simple ways to achieve this color. One is to marinate it with sugar and salt for 20 minutes and then wash it off to let its own water overflow to make its color more full, and the other is to treat it with a constant temperature water furnace. It is really a blessing to eat this refreshing and healthy appetizer (British doctors recommend salmon the most for weight loss) for dinner in summer. Although I was still full when I came to the restaurant, this dish is really delicious and immediately makes people want to fight. But cod may be the least ideal dish in the whole meal. The meat is not full and chewy. In the words of Dr. Zhuang, it is not fresh enough. In fact, the color of the meat is completely fine, but the rice partner is a cod expert. He said that almost eight out of ten times he ate cod outside did not meet his standards. Then I don&rsquo;t know why he ordered cod for his main course today. I think that when it comes to the method of cod, the Japanese Saikyo grilled cod is my favorite.

The cooking skills of the chef team are beyond doubt. What is commendable is that, considering the quality of the environment and ingredients, this is actually a very cost-effective restaurant. It can be felt that Gilbert Scott is trying to find a balance between the dignity of Fine dining and the intimacy of casual atmosphere. As for whether it will achieve its goal or unfortunately become a copycat, it will be left to time to test. Compared with first-class Michelin restaurants, Gilbert Scott still has a big gap in some details such as the choice of wine pairing, the temperature of dishes, and the preservation of ingredients. In fact, considering the level of the chef team, it is a pity that the products are affected by these &quot;low-level mistakes&quot;, but it also means that Gilbert Scott has a lot of room for improvement, which can be seen from the quality of several classic dishes such as lamb thymus and slow-cooked trout. In any case, there is such a good British restaurant, opened at the terminal of Eurostar, and it is the first restaurant that European tourists pass by when they come to the UK. It should be able to restore some self-esteem for British food, which once dominated Europe but is now criticized as &quot;dark cuisine&quot;.

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