During a weekend in London, visiting a friend, we were invited to join a group of other friends who had booked The Dock Kitchen two weeks in advance. I had never heard of this venue before. The location is not really a place where you would look for a restaurant so far from the other nice places, but it’s only a 10-minute car drive from the heart of Notting Hill. When you arrive you see an amazing piece of architecture; refurbished dock warehouses with a modern pond in front of them. But despite the raw industrial exterior, the owners managed to give the restaurant a warm feel.
Stevie Parl is an award winning chef, known from the river café, Moro and Petersham Nurseries. He started at the Docks with a pop up restaurant that was so successful, that he now permanently cooks here. The menu constantly changes and, like at his former restaurants, Parl uses the only the best produce.
We started out with a mix of some great starters. The cauliflower and ricotta balls where definitely my favorite. I would come back for these anytime. So fresh and tasteful! As a main course I had the chicken in walnut sauce. So juicy and a perfect a sauce. We ordered many bottles of a Uvaggio, Nebbiolo Vespolino 2007. A delicious red wine. Damn it was good! Unfortunately, we had no time for dessert but I wouldn’t mind coming back for that. The Dock Kitchen. Portobello Docks, 344/342 Ladbroke Grove, Kensal Road W10 5BU
Reported by Michiel van Ogtrop
