Quality Chop House: Modern Recipes and Stories from a London Classic

Description

The Quality Chop House has stood proudly on the corner of Farringdon Road and Exmouth Market since 1876. It's been a working man's caff, an Italian deli, a 90s celeb magnet and, for the last 6 years, one of London's best-known, best-loved restaurants, with its famous confit potatoes regular topping lists of 'dishes you can't miss in London' on websites across the globe. On any given night, you will find notables from London's food world propping up the bar or rummaging for bottles of wine in the shop next door. Every week, delicious produce arrives at the restaurant from all over the British Isles: produce which eventually ends up in dishes like pastrami cured salmon and pickled cabbage or beef mince on dripping toast. The cooking is deceptively simple but honed to perfection: behind each recipe is an accumulation of notes, seasoning tweaks and adjustments according to what might be in season. Learn the secret behind those famous potatoes, the timings behind a perfect Sunday roast and what really makes a sandwich. This is British cooking written with accessibility and precision, that will make itself at home in any kitchen.

The Quality Chop House has been a stalwart on London's Farringdon Road for 150 years. Despite its heritage (and Grade-II listed Victorian decor) the restaurant aims to offer modern, innovative cooking based around the finest ingredients the British Isles provide. They focus just as much on their wine list as their menu - aiming to provide a range of new and interesting bottles from the New World as well as a few esoteric single bottles from dusty, old cellars as well.

A stunner -- Diana Henry * Daily Telegraph *