Monday, 13 December 2010

Odette's


Odette's is an old establishment in Belsize park. The cuisine is what I call posh euro fusion; we had hand dived scallops, pork belly and apricot, Roasted wood pigeon, foie gras, pickled cherries, chocolate, vanilla salt for starters and Loin of welsh venison, beetroot, chestnut & venison pie and Roast saddle of rabbit, grain mustard gnocchi celery & carrot for mains. This all sounded very well but was served in rather small portions, slightly over salted. None the less the service was good and the ambience was perfect for those who are having an illicit affair and don't want to be spotted. To be fair I must say that the emptiness might have been due to our visit falling on a week day. I assume the Odette's gets busy on the weekend as it is a local establishment and locals like to eat out on weekends.