[Food] Dinner By Heston

I thought I write a review about Dinner By Heston. This is located inside Mandarin Oriental in Knightbridge, quite close to Harrods. Mandarin Oriental has one of the most expensive hotel room in the world and also is one of the top hotels. Dinner By Heston has been voted in the Top 50 restaurants in the world. Originally I heard it is quite hard to get a table there, so I tried my luck. It turns out that they make reservation 3 months in advance, so basically first in first booked. The opening area is for table of less than 6 people. If you have more than 6 people, then you will have to book a private room. This review is based on the private room, I had 8 people for the dinner. When you book the table, it will ask you what type of courses you want and whether you want a wine for the meal.

When we first went in the restaurant, the waiter asked whether we want to put our coats in the cloakroom. I paid a toilet a visit before heading to the table The toilet is quite nice, it does feel like you are in a 6 star hotel. The room itself is quite nice, all hand picked and made in UK. It is a oval shaped table with leather chair. Just having the room itself is already value for money. The waiter explains to us where the ornaments are from and the wall are made out of leather.

So when we have sit, we noticed that there is a box in front of us (at first I thought it was a chopstick holder). It turned out to be a menu for tonight. You can keep that as a souvenir. The waiter explains each dish in the menu, which they are from. There are 2 choices to choose from for our 4 courses meal. We each have to pick one for ourselves. We also order drinks, the waiter is so knowledgeable about the food and drink as well as the decoration of the room. He recommended our drink for dinner. He also told us that if there are dishes left after that day, the staff can enjoy the food as well. He mentioned that you will find Heston at Fat Duck, you do see Heston in this restaurant with friends and family. But you don’t get to see him in the kitchen. However he wasn’t there on the night when we went to.

Each time, the waiter brings out the dishes at once. They clear out at once (basically at the same time). The food is absolutely amazing, it is definitely worth the money. The meal starts off from light then to heavy to cleanse in my opinion. The way how Heston design the menu is for diner to experience the food and its ingredient through his cooking technique. We ordered his signature dish, the meat fruit. It sure does look like a fruit but inside it is pate. The presentation is so good that we didn’t want to eat it at first. The setting was really good. I quite like the beginning, as by the time it got to the main menu, I was starting to get full. I have to mention the bread and butter, it was so good (partly the reason why I was full, because I was eating the bread in between the courses). They also gave us a free cake dessert for the birthday boy and girl. That was a nice gesture from them. It did take about 3 hours to finish a 4 courses meal, but I think it is worth the time and money of the experience.

For more information, please visit the website http://www.dinnerbyheston.com