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The Providores & Tapa Room 109 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4RX Marylebone 020 7935 6175 www.theprovidores.co.uk Category: International Travel: Baker Street or Bond Street tube The Providores Lunch served noon-2.45pm daily. Dinner served 6-10.30pm Mon-Sat; 6-10pm Sun. Tapa Room Breakfast served 9-10.30am Mon-Fri; 10am-3pm Sat, Sun. Meals served noon-10.30pm Mon-Fri; 4-10.30pm Sat; 4-10pm Sun The Providores Main courses £18-£24.50. Cover (lunch Sat, Sun) £1.50. Tapa Room Tapas £2-£14.40 Credit cards: AmEx, MC, V |
The Providores & Tapa Room Over the past year the star of executive chef and co-owner Peter Gordon has risen, so the TV appearances multiply and his latest book Vegetables: the New Food Heroes is bang on trend (signed copies sold here). Face status aside, Gordon, the man behind the Sugar Club, has what it takes in the kitchen. His fusion cooking (South-east Asia meets New Zealand) remains inspirational. At ground level the up-tempo Tapa Room is a buzzy drop-in for the pretty and privileged, by day and night. Here, youll find everything from breakfasts to sparky cocktails, as well as refined tapas containing more ingredients than appear in many haute cuisine main courses. Upstairs at the grown-up Providores, the food is even more fiendishly complicated, with (sharp intake of breath) smoked aubergine, pine nut, coriander and spiced currant raviolo on roast butternut and barba di frate with fried manouri ewes milk cheese, pickled beetroot and soy-truffled mushrooms comprising a single main. Yet each dish uses first-rate produce so delicately balanced you taste only harmony, not over-complexity. Service is friendly and well judged, the New Zealand wine list an education. Its virtually impossible to eat badly here, but elbow room is a scant commodity. Source: Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2008
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Child facilities: Babies and children welcome: high chairs http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/4672.html Available in print from Time Out and in shops
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