One O One

Seafood fine dining

Cod / Red Prawn / Paimpol Coco Beans Cassoulet /
Iberico Chorizo / Piquillo / Parsley

This is my second time dining at One O One restaurant, a fine dining seafood restaurant located in Knightsbridge, inside the Park Tower Hotel. The restaurant is highly regarded with its seafood offering. It has won countless awards including Sunday Time's best UK restaurant award at 13th and 3 AA Rosettes. The cooking style is French in essence with a few creative element in the mix. They use the top quality seafoods such as Cornish seabass and Norwegian king crab, to turn it into something refine and visually tempting. The restaurant has a best kept secret, 50% off for its tasting menu if you book online.

Fresh and deep fried oysters

Yellowfin Tuna Tartar / Soft Shell Crab Tempura /
Sushi Rice / Tobiko / Wasabi Sorbet

The tuna tartar has an interesting with a touch of Japanese influence, it came with soft shell crab tempura and rice, so it is like a very high end sushi roll in a way. It had a mixture of freshness and rich taste from the oily tuna, with the wasabi sorbet added a kick of sharpness which made it such an ideal summer dish. This was followed by scallops and foie gras, a dish blessed with powerful earthy and robust flavours, the two ingredients matched finely together and the herbal tone of the vermouth offset the richness. Last but not least was a fine dining version of surf and turf, beef fillet and king crab, it was well seasoned and the sweetness of the crab worked like a treat with the umami taste of the meat. 

Scallops / Duck Foie Gras / Pied Bleu Mushroom /
Sea-Spinach / Vermouth / Jus Gras

King Crab / Beef Fillet / Asparagus

Trifle, rhubarb, mango, lychee

Thanks to the offer, the food cost came just under £40 per person for a 5 course tasting menu, which considering the quality of the food, it was super value for money. The restaurant really knows how to cook up seafood and turn it into something special. My only issue with the restaurant was the lack of ambiance, the decor is fairly soulless and there were only a few tables on what suppose to be a busy Saturday night. Having say that, the food quality is not an issue and we are talking about some of the best seafood you can get from a fine dining perceptive, but without need to pay crazy money for it.  


Food 4/5

What I paid: 
£85 with wine

Average cost without drinks and services:
£39

101 Knightsbridge, Belgravia, London SW1X 7RN

http://www.oneoonerestaurant.com/