Best/worst food moments of 2003

Best Overall Food Experience: The day trip to Paris from London with Martin, beginning with Robuchon, then for patisserie from Hermé, on to procuring Castleton été at Mariage, and finishing the afternoon with chocolates from Hévin.

Best Food Shopping Moment: Flash-mobbing Borough with the OA crowd.

Most Fun Cooking: In Bangkok with my Aunt Chawiwan. The Thai feast for 16 hungry londoners with Max, Simon, and Vanessa.

Best "I didn't know it could taste like that" dishes: Roasted Woodcock (brain, innards, and all but the feathers) at St.John

Best Restaurant Meal: St.John

Best Overall Restaurant Experience: L'Arpège, malgrès les betteraves.

Best Service: L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, on the third consecutive lunch in August, and Kiss, by Naga-san, as always.

Most Fantastic Discovery: The New Tayyab, The Sutton Arms (now closed, dammit!), St.John

Best homey dessert: Rosie's crumble and custard at the Christmas Party at the Sutton Arms

Best fancy dessert: Ispahan from Pierre Hermé

Worst fancy dessert: Ispahan at Ladurée

Most Bizarre Meal: 66

Most Blah Meal: 66

Most Disappointing Meal: Nahm

Worst Meal: Nahm

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Best Compliments:
"Best Overall Food Experience of 2003: Pim's Thai Banquet (by some stretch)", Tony Finch
"When you find the time, will you marry me?", Maurice Naughton

Comments

[Jo]

Great (or rather terrible) review of Nahm
I just bought David Thompson's cookery book - and after hearing that think I might stick to cooking the food myself!

I was wondering if you have been to any Thai restaurants you like in London? I lived in Thailand for a while, and manage to cook balanced (if inauthentic, and vegetarian!) food, but never find anywhere I like to eat out

[Pim]

Unfortunately I don’t know much about Thai restaurants in London. When I am there I am much too happy with the likes of St.John, the Sutton Arms, and the New Tayyab to ever be bothered with Thai restaurants.

David Thompson’s book is definitely impressive though. I have one myself (a gift), though I haven’t really cooked from it.