Angler, hidden in the heart of the City of London, is one of my favourite restaurants and was another on our hit~list now we’ve returned. Tony Fleming set up Angler three years ago, and since achieving his first Michelin star within a year, he’s taken the restaurant from strength to strength ~ there’s a constant and steady hum of diners in the glittering mirrored room. I’m a little bit obsessed with meticulous attention to detail, and there’s nothing to fault here.
The glory of being in a fish restaurant is that I can literally eat my way around the menu, and where dishes do contain a meat element {such as veal cheek}, Tony replaces it with something {to my mind} more luscious, such as a plump and juicy langoustine.
Angler always delivers ~ do check out the dessert offerings, which are more beautiful and delicious each time we visit.
Cauliflower cheese {soup}, with a parmesan galette
Crab cocktail, deep fried Porthilly oyster, rouille
Onto which is poured a crab bisque
Shellfish ravioli, chive and tomato butter, fennel and ginger slaw, lime
Scallops, langoustine, carrot purée, ginger, jus
Brill, ragout of squid, fennel purée, sea purslane
Lime posset, spiced bread {dehydrated and fresh}, mango, meringue
Flourless orange cake, grapefruit, Grand Marnier, roast almonds {salted}, roast almond ice-cream
Petit fours including a salted caramel truffle {divine}, and Earl Grey fudge {already snaffled by Hubby}
The second the sun shines, you’ll find me here, on the Angler Terrace
Angler
South Place Hotel
3 South Place
London EC2M 2AF
020 7215 1260