First Night in London/Dinner at Nobu

Delayed post from Saturday October 9

15 Berkeley Street, London, England
tasting menu for three + two bottles of wine <200 Pounds

Just to be clear Nobu is not one of the restaurants on the list of top restaurants we are going to on my culinary tour, it is just a restaurant that my Aunt likes in London.  With that said it is still a very nice restaurant, and I have never had better sushi anywhere else.

After my long travel day to get to London, I was finally there. It was just after four o’clock local time when I arrived at Cam and Siobhan flat. Cam and Siobhan are friends of my Aunts who live in London. The thing you will find when traveling with my Aunt Kathy is everything will be pretty well planned out and there isn’t all that much free time planned. So of course as soon as I arrive at the flat I find out we had dinner reservations at Nobu for half past six. That gave me all of two hours before we needed to be at the restaurant, and about an hour to settle in and get ready. I was quite tired at this point, but it is my first night in London so there is a certain excitement I am experiencing and a night out on the town sounds great.

I inquire about the dress code and the overall ambiance of this Nobu restaurant before getting ready to go.  We step out of the flat and hail a taxi.  We arrive at the restaurant and walk in, I feel under dressed, and in fact I have felt under dressed since arriving in this country.   Londoners just seem to dress better then Canadians.  All that aside, we sit down to our table and open our menus.  Nobu is a sort of Japanese fusion franchise that have restaurants in London, New York, Miami, Tokyo and many other places.  My menu looks Japanese to me; I guess that is because some of it is.  I am a little out of my element and I am not really sure what to order.  It is ok though because My Aunt and Siobhan do frequent Nobu and they inform me that we are going to order two of the tasting menus as well as a couple additional plates. 

Rock Shrimp Tempura

White Fish Sashimi with Aji Amarillo Salsa

Salmon Tartar with Caviar

Salmon Sashimi with Paper Thin Salad

Tuna Sashimi Salad

Black Cod Den Miso

Creamy Spicy Shrimp

Chicken with Teriyaki Sauce

Tenderloin of Beef with Teriyaki Sauce

Assorted Sushi

Chocolate Fondant with Green Tea Ice Cream