Just returned from a delish dinner at Gordon Ramsay's newest London Restaurant, Maze. It is the second outstanding experience I've had with his restaurants (I had the pleasure of eating at Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea a couple months ago with some clients, which was over-the-top amazing).For those who aren't familiar, Gordon Ramsay is England's most popular and irreverent chef, and perhaps one of the very best chefs in the world. He is also a TV star with two highly-entertaining shows on-air in the U.K. ("Kitchen Nightmares" and "The F Word") and "Hell's Kitchen" which airs in the U.S.
Maze specialises in small plates, like tapas. Everyone ordered four each and we did some sharing. I had a heavenly dish of thinly-sliced marinated beetroot wrapped around Sairass cheese (soft and sweet), sprinkled with pine nuts and Cabernet Sauvignon dressing (I never wanted it to end); lightly sauteed scallops with pepper and two different sauces (one was a sweet raisin sauce, almost like hoisin); roasted brill (white flakey fish) with baby spinach; and a red mullet boullibaisse with fennel.
For dessert, we shared a few goodies: Baked Alaska lollipops (so inventive); mango parfait; marinated peaches with basil sorbet (I could have eaten MUCH more of the sorbet); a peanut butter & cherry jam sandwich (like a cheesecake) with salted nuts and cherry sorbet; Madagascar vanilla rice pudding with marscapone; dark chocolate truffles; and freshly made rose-flavoured Turkish delight.
The food was perfect and the service impeccably professional. The decor is modern, warm and quite zen/soothing. The floorplan is broken up between a bar/lounge area and two seating areas. There is also a semi-open kitchen in the back with a chef's table (next time).
And to my surprise, the price did not knock me over. It was worth every penny.
You can check out the Gordon Ramsay website at www.GordonRamsay.com.
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