“Spice up your life, People of the world, Spice up your life, aahh.” The Spice Girls
I think it’s quite firmly established that I am a big fan of the Market Kitchen restaurant at the Le Royal Méridien here in Abu Dhabi, so I’m always thrilled to be invited to one of their events. Their latest soiree was to sample some cuisine from Spice Market London, Market Kitchen’s founder Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s sister restaurant.
Spice Market London, as the name suggests is all about the flavours and spices of the food and the restaurant in London, located in the W Hotel, has a spice cabinet that spans two floors, is twenty-four meters long and reveals an array of ingredients that the chefs use to create dishes that gives the cuisine that extra flavoursome punch. Chef Lloyd launched the special programme with a series of events presenting his cuisine and now the capital’s residents have an unique opportunity to enjoy some of the iconic brand’s fabulous on a special menu for the next couple of weeks.
We enjoyed a selection from the menu including Shaved Yellowfin Tuna with coconut lime broth black pepper shrimp and sun dried pineapple jicama, Mango Salad with charred long beans and candied tamarind and Chili rubbed beef satay with thai basil and lime, Roasted cod fish with Malaysian chilli sauce and Char-grilled chicken with kumquat lemongrass dressing. With my sweet tooth, I particularity liked the Ovaltine kulfi ® and the colourful Thai jewels and fruit. Click here to view the whole menu.
The menu may have been different but the venue, the awesome welcome, delicious cocktails and impeccable service were all up to their usual high Market Kitchen standard. As always every member of staff I encountered were the perfect hosts and excelled at customer service. Unfortunately Chef Lloyd was not very visual during our evening, so we didn’t get to meet him in person as expected and we didn’t experience the anticipated sit down sharing concept but instead sampled his food on platters in the upstairs bar area, so all in all an enjoyable and very tasty evening.
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I was invited to this event but the views are all my own. Unless otherwise stated, all photos on this page © Jo Brett 2015. All rights reserved.