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Locanda Locatelli

Giorgio Locatelli's Refined Italian Cooking in the Heart of Central London at Locanda Locatelli

United Kingdom Formal Dining

                                                             London

Tom Aikens - The highly controversial plating method that Aikens employs puts many people off. But if you can get past the way the food looks (many people, including me, like the abstract look of the plating), you will find a cuisine that evokes thoughts of Pierre Gagnaire. Not every dish works, but the ones that do offer much sensual pleasure. A recent dish of foie gras and a chestnut chiffonade was luxurious as well as delicious and something you might find at a two or three-star restaurant in France. The room is comfortable and surprisingly light and airy. The service is a bit stiff. B+

Pork Three Ways at Tom Aikens