Comments on: Eastside Inn: Breakthrough restaurant of 2009?

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By: London Eater – London food blog and restaurant reviews and restaurant guide » Eastside Inn: Love just ain’t enough, a case study.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:49:02 +0000

[...] expensive to the tune of £70 for three courses, but simply amazing. So much so I thought it was my best meal in 2009 and that Bjorn’s future was to be filled with stars and become a future institution in [...]

By: London Eater – London food blog and restaurant reviews and restaurant guide » Eastside Inn : My favourite restaurant.

Wed, 26 May 2010 11:24:12 +0000

[...] was the back-to-back slender Bistro version of the same ownership for recession-hit Londoners. My first visit to the premium Eastside Inn restaurant produced one of my most memorable meals in 2009, but at a [...]

By: Eastside Inn Bistro : Breakthrough Restaurant 2010, Redux. « London Eater – London food blog and restaurant reviews

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:35:19 +0000

[...] of the most memorable meals I had in 2009 was the newly opened Eastside Inn restaurant in Farringdon. The pride and joy of Bjorn van der Horst, formerly of La Noisette, the food was [...]

By: GoodFoodLover

GoodFoodLover — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:56:09 +0000

As far as I know, the incriesed the cheeseboard to 8 cheeses!What did they present you Kang?

By: Laissez Fare

Laissez Fare — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:04:45 +0000

Hi Kang,

Really glad you enjoyed Eastside Inn overall. I won’t say too much as I have made my (pretty overwhelmingly positive) views on Bjorn’s cooking known elsewhere.

Just a few points re: the cheese, which readers may or may not find of interest (i.e. the relevance of the Laughing Cow and the fact that I liked the matching of each cheese with a particular wine – did they do that when you were there?). I’ll quote from my own review of the restaurant (full review here: http://wp.me/pwXBH-5k):

“We decided to share one portion of the cheese plate, which consisted of some Stinking Bishop, a Comte-style cheese and a Stichelton. We also got two triangles of La Vache Qui Rit (Laughing Cow) cheese, which was apparently put on the cheese board as it reminds the chef of his childhood (there is also a poster of the Laughing cow in the Bistro side of the restaurant). The Stinking Bishop, which as the name infers is quite a pungent, rich, full-flavored and soft English cheese, was paired with a Rose Champagne, which provided for a very innovative and successful pairing. The Comte-like slice was my kind of cheese, hard, nutty and strong, and was combined with a Mas Amiel (a white wine from Maury, made from Grenache). The full body, texture and packed fruit flavor complemented the cheese nicely. The Stichelton, which is the same as Stilton but made with unpasteurized milk, was perfectly matched with a sweet white Jurancon wine from La Domaine de Souch. The cheese course was extremely generous, and I have never seen in done in this fashion, with each cheese being precisely matched with an accompanying wine. Bravo!”

I do agree that they should probably have a bigger selection available, though…

Best,

By: Helen @ World Foodie Guide

Helen @ World Foodie Guide — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:51:00 +0000

Oooh, I was enjoying the live tweets and now I can see what you were tweeting about! I’ll be relying on you in the future to be my ‘foodie guide’…!

By: Kang L.

Kang L. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:12:14 +0000

Michelle / Roym /Wild Boar – The portions were indeed abit paltry, and it was one of the less fulfilling lunches Ive had. I’d say I was about 75% full when I left, as opposed to the usual belly bursting. I think they could do with increasing the size of the canapes to balance things out, especially the king prawn. It was really delish but I really craved so much more of it. The size of the main course was a joke, dessert on the other hand was a good size. Having said that, I really enjoyed the quality of food, quantity erm..

Gourmet Chick – Hmm, that does seem abit weird for them to charge so much and serve high street cheese. Maybe it was meant to be a joke… hmm, the next time I go back, it will be the Bistro.

By: Wild Boar

Wild Boar — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:30:11 +0000

Portions looks tiny, I’m just wondering how full you were on leaving the restaurant since your appetite normally seems ginormous.

But the food looks excellent though. The lobster soup in particular, melding those 3 ingredients into a winning combination sounds like a lot of skill at work.

By: Michelle @ Greedy Gourmet

Michelle @ Greedy Gourmet — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:31:46 +0000

Oooh, errr, uhm. I’m all for experimenting with new flavours but just ONE prawn in a dish? (The name Greedy didn’t come from nowhere you know. ) I think these artistic chefs take themselves too seriously and have to be reminded that real people need real food. Of course I’ll try the place when I become a millionaire but I’m not quite there yet.

Beautiful photography and well written review though!