The Kitchen

fearanti

for cooking not coffee? 16th December 2008

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We're planning to do the Kitchen course to learn how to cook without self poisoning. However we dropped in for coffee the other morning, there were the usual Fulham crew of pregnant women (my wife included) and new mothers. But not so many (the place doesn't seat that many)....despite this the one lady was struggling to keep up.
However the croissant was really good and the coffee was good. And it definitely beats the place across the road, which I shall review separately...

sulin

An Evening at The Kitchen 13th November 2008

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A few weeks ago, a dozen or so food bloggers gathered at The Kitchen in Parsons Green, gathered together by Niamh for a TrustedPlaces event. The shop is co-owned by Natalie Richmond and Michelin-starred chef Thierry Laborde, who comes up with the various dishes on offer.

The idea is this: you order your meals online, go in store, and assemble the meals that you ordered. You take them home in sealed cardboard contained, similar to a ready meal, but a ready meal where the ingredients are top quality and you control the salt content. Most of the ingredients are already prepped (sauces, chopped vegetables, cuts of meat and fish, etc) and all that’s required of you is to put together your meal with a set of printed instructions as a guide. There are lots of people around to give you a hand should you get stuck and best of all, all the tidying and cleaning up is done for you.

I opted to make two dinners for two people and put together a fisherman’s pie and veal escalope saltimbocca with green beans. For the pie, pea puree, cooked fish and mussels, cooked leeks, bechamel, mashed potatoes, and gruyere cheese were layered in a container. The escalopes required assembling, folding each escalope with parma ham, sage, and mozzarella cheese. They were laid in the container alongside a bag of chopped shallots, fresh green beans, and lemon wedges.

These made for two very quick and easy weekday dinners. The fisherman’s pie needed nothing more than a 25 minute spell in the oven but the escalopes needed a little more work. The green beans needed parboiling and the escalopes required frying before plating and then the shallots needed a quick fry before being tossed with the green beans and lemon juice. It was a little more work but only about 15 minutes worth.

I can definitely see the appeal as the session was social and fun and the food itself is delicious. However, as I do enjoy cooking by myself, I don’t see myself preparing my meals for the week there but I totally understand those who do. Personally, I could see myself putting together meals for many people at The Kitchen, something my tiny kitchen couldn’t handle.

Photos at: http://tamarindandthyme.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/an-evening-at-the-kitchen/

Niamheen at 13/11/08

Your fishermans pie looked fab! I loved the veal too. Mmmmm.

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Niamheen

Great fun and wonderful food to take home 24th October 2008

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I'd heard about The Kitchen through the culinary grapevine. A new setup in London, they prepare your food before you arrive, you get to make it there with some help and tips from Michelin starred chef Thierry, and then you bring home your meals for the next few days, all ready to go with instructions on their website.

No preperation, no wash up? Sounds ideal doesn't it? And it really was. It was so much fun, think playing with your food as a kid, only this time, it's real and delicious and you actually want to eat it when you go home.

Natalie and Thierry were wonderful hosts and we were not left wanting for anything. It was a pleasure learning how to make samosas, with a wine glass in my hand. Other dishes I made were salmon teriyaki, veal saltimbocca and organic angus beef burgers. They were all so good, genuinely, that I am definitely going to go back and indulge some more. What's more it's extremely reasonably priced. They also do takeaway meals to bring home if you're not up to preparing them yourself.

So, good work guys! A great evening was had by all. I can't wait to visit again.

Cooksister at 24/10/08

Sounds wonderful - sorry I couldn't make it this time :(

FoodStories at 24/10/08

It was fabulous! I am still thinking about the teriyaki salmon I had for lunch - oh so good! we had such a good laugh as well, fantastic.

Niamheen at 24/10/08

Cooksister - next time! You would really enjoy it. You should check it out!

FoodStories - I can't stop thinking about the burgers. And the salmon. All of it in fact! Lots of fun too. Hehe.

shardman at 24/10/08

That's such a good idea! sounds great.

Niamheen at 30/10/08

shardman - it was great! I would recommend :-)

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leasimpson

A Michelin-starred commis chef - yeah baby 23rd October 2008

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I was delighted to be invited to experience The Kitchen with a bunch of Trusted Places peeps.

With help from The Kitchen superstars I managed to prepare Chicken Cordon Bleu, Veal Saltimbocca and Fishcakes. It all looked so delicious that I cooked the lot as soon as I got in.

Whoop, whoop The Kitchen!

Niamheen at 24/10/08

Yay for The Kitchen! It was so much fun. Great food too :-)

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