Bloomsbury Street Bar & Restaurant - 25th of August

Two friends took me out for dinner to celebrate my birthday .. (a little late but hey, i am not complaining :-)) at Bloomsbury Street Bar & Restaurant http://www.radissonedwardian.com/hotels/gbmarlbo/dinings  It is situated in the Radisson Bloomsbury Street hotel and it is a really nice little restaurant with dark colours and a cosy feel. This is my second visit and i really enjoyed it but i felt that it was playing a bit more safe with the dishes this time around then when i visited last (around a year ago). The food was a bit more innovative that time.

I started with a "Tartar of tuna and smoked haddock with sushi ginger and coriander crème fraiche" which was lovely and light. Presentation was beautiful and simple.

My main was "Pan-fried fillet of sea bass with smoked salmon basil risotto and shellfish oil" which was very good but the fish was slightly over cooked. Very tasty though.. i even forgot to take a photo of the dish! Not the end of the world though since i have a tendency to always order seabass when it is on the menu..i have to count all the seabass dishes on here one day ;-)

I finished with a dessert of "Spiced pears with a dark chocolate cinnamon sauce, rum and raisin ice cream" which looked pretty but actually tasted a bit bland. Definately needed a lift .. and more dark chocolate cinnamon sauce!

We had the 50% off the full a la carte menu on Toptable so it was a great deal. 3 courses each with water and a glass of wine came to £23 a head including service. Not bad at all.

Bloomsbury Street Bar & Restaurant

I met up with my lovely friend Miss H for a catch up over dinner and wine. I had booked yet another offer on Toptable - the Bloomsbury Street Bar & Restaurant in (yes, you guessed it) Bloomsbury. This is a hotel restaurant and is part of the newly refurbished Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street hotel (ex. Marlborough).

The restaurant is dimly lit with dark furniture, very cosy and intimate (the photos are a bit dark, wish the iphone came with a flash!). We had 50% off the a la carte menu which is a great deal. We had quite some difficulty picking since everything sounded delicious but in the end i had the "Pear, blue cashel and swiss chard tart served with rocket salad" which was very nice. My friend picked an even better dish, "Fillet of mackerel and rhubarb served in filo pastry with chive crème fraiche". This is apprently the most popular dish on the menu and i have to say that it was lovely.

We both went for the "Halibut on a bed of tagliatelle served with girolles" together with a side of beans & shallots and some mash. Again, a very good dish. I wish we could have had dessert too but we were too full to even think about dessert! 2 courses each with sides and a bottle of wine and water came to £60 incl service which is a bargain for the food we had and i would happily go back again if the 50% off deal comes back!