Harrowing times @ Little Bedwyn

The Harrow @Little Bedwyn

On most occasions it is sad to say Goodbye and this is certainly the case with the closure on Saturday 28th March of the Michelin starred The Harrow restaurant in Little Bedwyn. The Harrow has been one of the UK's most exciting restaurants – great food and service and a remarkable wine list. After 21 great years Roger and Sue Jones will be moving on to new projects. Understandable that after 21 years it makes sense to turn the page, while you are still on top of your game but it is still of course a big loss.

With so many good memories we naturally had to go one last time and managed to secure a table for three last Friday (28th February) for lunch. An occasion to go the whole hog, so we went for the top menu @£85 for eight courses and selected two fine wines to form a partnership.

2018 The F*****g Marvellous Chenin, Ken Forrester
Ripe and finely concentrated
a top South African Chenin

 

  

Fine bread with delicate tasty hummus

Foie Gras and Salted Caramel Macaron

Cured Kinglas Salmon, Wasabi Pearls, Crème Fraiche

Welsh Beef Tartare, Indian Spices

Shrimp Burger, Foie Gras, Black Pudding, 1927 PX Caramel– an amazing dish(not yet available thru Burger King.....)

2015 Kupe Single Vineyard Pinot Noir, Martinborough
by Escarpment. Larry McKenna 

Having finished Ken's FMC it was time to move onto Larry McKenna's lovely, complex and delicious NZ Pinot Noir from the southernmost part of North Island New Zealand. As Sue Jones said 'a classic NZ Pinot Noir'. 

Wild Orkney Skrei Cod, Champagne Beurre Blanc, Spinach

Guineafowl Ravioli, White and Black Truffles, Artichoke

Optional dish: Five British cheeses

Harrow's signature dessert dish:
soft meringue with mango sauce

Raspberry soufflé

All in all worth every penny!!

Still European and hoping for
EU Associate Citizenship – svp M. Michel Barnier !! 

2016 Chenin Blanc, The Jones Family Collection

 2016 Chenin Blanc, The Jones Family Collection 

During our excellent dinner in November at The Harrow, Little Bedwyn, Sue Jones very kindly gave us a bottle of their Jones Family Collection 2016 Chenin Blanc to try. It comes from the Stellenrust winery in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The 2016 is very typical good South African Chenin Blanc with rich tropical fruit and attractive texture.      

The Harrow: "A foodie paradise in the middle of nowhere with an amazing wine list" The Sunday Times Top 100

 The Harrow

Press release: 

'The Harrow at Little Bedwyn climbed up to number 48 in the Sunday Times top UK Restaurants and was placed in the top 5 for the South West and for their Wine List.

Sue Jones; “ Today’s accolade in The Sunday Times together with retaining our Michelin Star for the 10th year in a row and recently winning The Harpers Best Wine List makes all the hard work that the team put in worth it. Our dedicated team of John, Marcin, Emily, Lee and Chris are passionate about their work and its great to share these accolades with them. Roger & I are also very aware that its the quality of our suppliers that get us to the top, and are of course so pleased to have such a great group of artisan suppliers behind us. We look forward to sharing our success with our great customers”. 

Note that The Harrow will be spreading its wings this January with a range of Pop Up Restaurants in South Africa, promoting The Tri Nations Wine Challenge, which will also go to New Zealand in February 2017.'

See meals here and here.