{"id":454,"date":"2015-02-09T13:55:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T13:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuffbysofia.com\/blog\/?p=454"},"modified":"2015-02-17T11:20:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T11:20:19","slug":"special-occasion-wild-honey-hits-the-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuffbysofia.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/special-occasion-wild-honey-hits-the-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Special occasion? Wild Honey hits the spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wild Honey is the perfect place for a special occasion. Great food cooked to perfection, great balance of tastes on each plate, friendly service and an elegant venue (if a bit too old British).\u00a0<\/p>\n

We were celebrating.<\/strong> I got a new job (one that I really really wanted and I’m crazy happy about) and I wanted to treat the s.o.. He had been great throughout my journey of researching new companies and going through recruitment processes. That’s the kind of guy he is, what can I say.<\/p>\n

I found Wild Honey and read great stuff about it. I am a little apprehensive about online reviews – especially since we had a crap experience at Berner’s Tavern<\/a> – but I thought we’d risk it. We did the right thing. Wild Honey comes a very close second to La Petite Maison<\/a> when it comes to our personal list of special (and expensive) places for special occasions.<\/p>\n

I apologise about the quality of the photos right now<\/strong>. What is actually quite a lovely light in the restaurant (low, relaxed) is actually crap light for photographs.<\/p>\n

\"Winter<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ravioli<\/a><\/p>\n

For starters we shared the winter salad of clementine, bitter leaves and sweet spice<\/strong> and the ravioli of Italian greens, bouillon of smoked potato and roast onion<\/strong>. I found the clementine taste in the salad overpowering but very exciting. The s.o. loved the ravioli – especially since it was not the usual cheese, mushrooms or ham but a trully creative dish.<\/p>\n

\"Grilled<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Denham<\/a><\/p>\n

Both the Grilled Creekstone Angus beef, caramelised celeriac pur\u00e9e, crisp Anna potatoes<\/strong> and the Denham Estate venison, chestnut pur\u00e9e, pickled cranberries<\/strong> that we had for mains were exceptional. We both love meat and this was of high quality and cooked just right. In some other restaurants (cough<\/em> Berner’s Tavern<\/a> cough<\/em>) we had found the stuff around the meat to be all over the place, but here the tastes are balanced and create a complete image of what the dish is all about. Harmonious combinations might be the right phrase.<\/p>\n

Special mention goes to the wine list.<\/strong> There is great variety there and some truly excellent wines, especially from Italy (the s.o. being obviously in love with the country and its food, wine, people etc.)<\/p>\n

Overall I would say that this is an excellent place for a (very) special occasion – do consider cost of course cause it’s not for an everyday standard dinner. Other than that though I would highly recommend it. We will definitely be going back.<\/p>\n

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\nDisclosure<\/strong>: We went to Wild Honey on 31 January 2015 and paid our bill in full. No prior discussion with the restaurant took place.
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\nWild Honey
\n12 St George Street
\nLondon
\nW1S 2FB
\nTel. 020 7758 9160
\nwww.wildhoneyrestaurant.co.uk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Wild<\/a><\/p>\n

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