Another week, another restaurant. After the disappointing experience at The Social Eating House, I decided to persevere. I made a reservation at the Little Social, to
complete my experience of Jason Atherton’s trio of restaurants in London.
Located opposite the flagship Pollen Street Social, which even after all this
time, I still recollect for the incredible food and ambience.
Little
Social, is nothing like it’s older sister venue across the road: a French bistro, where
waiters are aloof, the décor shyly charms you and whose diners remind you that
you are not in a quiet Paris backstreet but most definitely in Mayfair.
The menu which is
inspired by British produce with a French twist to it has a good selection of
both meat and fish dishes. There are also the specials, the steaks, although
the waitress failed to point these out and I only noticed the specials board
after I had ordered. My starter of slow-cooked egg, parmesan and squash soup, roasted
mushrooms, crouton,
presented in a bowl with the contents of and the soup added almost as an
afterthought at the table was good despite the flamboyant serving. My charming dinner
companion seemed to like their starter of pork head and foie gras terrine. It
certainly looked good.
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| Pork and foie gras terrine |
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| Soup |
For a main I
had the pork chop which was served with butternut squash puree, pine nut
dressing and endive. In truth, although nice, the combination of accompaniments
slightly overwhelmed the main feature of pork chop. My friend’s burger was as a
burger should be, but the addition of foie gras, if possible, resulted in quite
a delicate dish!
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| Pork chop |
Little Social does what it says: bistro
with an interesting gastro-pub style menu. If that’s what you’re after, then
why not. This is Mayfair after all and such an unusual combination in this part
of the world is almost refreshing. Almost.
Rating 3/5
Expect to pay around £65pp for 3 courses incl
wine and service
Little Social, 5 Pollen Street, London W1S
1NE tel: 020 7870 3730 www.littlesocial.co.uk
