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Originally published on Thursday, 22 May 2008

Gilgamesh

It may feel like something of a guilty pleasure, particularly since Paris Hilton was hanging out there on her last visit to London, but there's something that keeps me going back to Gilgamesh.

Maybe it's the Babylonian epic-ness of the place, or the extraordinary hydraulic sliding roof that gives you that inside-yet-outside feeling that's particularly appealing on a sunny weekend, or the proximity to the railway track, giving you an added thrill every time a train speeds past. Who am I kidding? It's Ian Pengelley's food.

I'm particularly excited to see he has recently launched a chef's table menu; eleven courses of pan-Asian loveliness, including salad of sweet shrimp with caviar and chu toro (medium fatty tuna), grilled wagyu beef with spicy ponzu and truffle and Malay noodles with lobster and watermelon jelly with sweet basil foam.

It may look like a WAG's boudoir but as long as Pengelley keeps cooking, I'll probably keep going.

Hours: Mon-Sun 12-3pm and 6pm-12am
Place: Camden Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH
Cost: £45 (Chef's Table menu £75)
Web: gilgameshbar.com
Book: 020 7482 5757

by SL

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