Right now London boasts over 40 Michelin starred restaurants. 34 have one star. It is my goal in life to really understand how and why these stars are given out. What comes first - the design or the cuisine. Some are classically dull while others blow your mind with their interior. One of the latter is Sketch in Mayfair. It is sufficient to visit their website to understand exactly how much they've made the effort to impress. Furthermore somewhere in the back of my mind I think they've even won some kind of best toilet award in the early 2000.
I must admit I've been to Sketch a while back. Things might have changed. But the set menu I got, consisting of cold pasta salad with salmon and steak and caramel for dessert that had upset me. It was the only occasion where I was actually glad that the portions were small. Never the less, the bar presented wonderful, chocolate, alcoholic cocktails and I drank myself merry.
The sketch website merits a special mention - they've made an effort. It's unusual and fun to use. A bit of a hassle if you want to check something quickly but then it's fair to assume that if you're planing an outing to such a high end eatery; you're probably going to take your time checking it out anyway.
Ambiguous Sketch. I believe it merits another visit to make a final yay or nay. Undoubtedly, at least visually Sketch gets an A star. To be continued...
