Gordon Ramsay Royal Hospital Road - Thyme for Motherhood

Yesterday evening, Kenz and I celebrated our two year wedding anniversary! As a wedding gift, one of our couple friends gave us the most delicious culinary gift – a thoughtful gift voucher to Gordon Ramsey’s on Royal Hospital Road. Our friends went to Mr. Ramsey’s fine three-star Michelin-rated restaurant a few years ago while visiting London and loved their experience and thought this would be the perfect gift for the newly-weds bound for London. Thank you so much for the generous gift — it is definitely one of our most memorable dining experiences! Thank you!

It is difficult to get reservations for Mr. Ramsey’s flagship restaurant located in the glamorous neighbourhood of Chelsea; somehow we manage to get a 10PM reservation when we called back in August. It was a wonderful evening, even with Kenz’s cold — the atmosphere and décor was lovely, the service was superb, and the food was divine. We opted for the seven course tasting menu with the cheese supplement paired with a bottle of the 2006 Chateau Bauduc Bordeaux Red. Amazing!

We started with two complimentary courses: canapés of two dips with Belgian endives and crackers; and scallop tartar with caviar over a broccoli puree. Then, we moved on to the tasting menu, which was worth every pence:

Pressed foie gras with peppered Madeira jelly, smoked duck, peach and almond crumble
Ravioli of lobster, langoustine and salmon poached in a light bisque, with a tomato chutney
Fillet of turbot with braised baby gem lettuce and cep sauce
Kenz had the Cannon of Cornish lamb with confit shoulder, ratatouille and thyme ju and I had the Roasted pigeon from Bresse with grilled polenta, smoked pork belly and date sauce

Selection of cheeses: We like hard, nutty cheeses, goat cheese and strong blue cheeses.

We also had a sampling of six different types of desserts to celebrate our anniversary and dessert wine, which led us to a diabetic coma, but it was so delicious!:

Passion fruit mousse
Refreshing sorbet and sponge cake
White chocolate strawberry, champagne and elderflower soup
Bitter chocolate and hazelnut cylinder with ginger mousse and blackcurrant granite
Carrot cake with Turkish delights
Signature Gordon Ramsey’s truffles

We were the last guests to leave the restaurant at 1:15 AM so we had an opportunity to chat with the staff and thank them individually for a wonderful evening. With our stomach full of delciousness, we were ready to hit the pillow. What a lovely evening! Thank you BG and LT! Thanks for all the wonderful anniversary wishes. Cheers to many more!

Love, K + L

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