Albert Roux RIP

[Harters (John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)]

Albert Roux's legacy goes far beyond his food

And, FWIW, links to my two reviews of meals at Roux restaurants - La Gavroche and the just closed Roux at Parliament Square

[London SW1] Roux at Parliament Square

This was the evening that Mrs H & I call the “Office Christmas Party”. We always try and do something a bit different - although it usually involves dinner somewhere. This year, that’s a two hour train journey and overnight hotel in the capital, as well as dinner. Office parties don’t come cheap. I’ve wanted to eat Steve Groves’s food ever since I saw him win Masterchef Professionals in 2009. And, on the basis of this meal, the boy done good. The menu reads well and is packed full of flavour co…

[London, Mayfair] Le Gavroche

We’ve wanted to eat here for ages but chose not to whilst they retained an archaic “jackets required” policy. They scrapped that 12 months or so back and, whilst a number of men were wearing jackets, many of us were more casually dressed, including even a couple in jeans. It is, however, still a formal restaurant – the staff are the most formally dressed in the room – with exemplary service, entirely “proper” but full of hospitality. The sort of service where everything happens just as it should…

[BoneAppetite]

The time we stayed at 47 Park, we enjoyed both La Gavroche and room service meals.