I visited Vintage Salt during my birthday weekend in mid-June, and the bloke and I ate here before watching the Saturday performance of 'War Horse', which I've wanted to see for a little while now. Vintage Salt is a restaurant on the rooftop of Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in London, and it takes its inspiration from the Cornish coast. Over the winter, the restaurant (Le Chalet) took inspiration from a ski lodge, and I had the chance to visit.
The restaurant takes its inspiration from a Cornish coastal town with wooden floors and blue and white. The tiles near the bar featured drawn ship illustrations.
Other seaside items were featured inside the entrance to the restaurant, including ropes, benches, lifesavers, and buoys.
In addition, we received some facts about Cornwall.
When we arrived, we were seated near the entrance/exit, but I had a wander. Part of the decking area had beach huts in the colourful style that can be seen on the coast. Unfortunately, the weather was not perfect for the day; we did not have rain, but the roof was only partially opened in case we did get a shower.
The menu came with some British weather warnings.
We promptly ordered our cocktails. I had the 'Selfridges Sparkler' cocktail, and I believe that the bloke had the 'Tropical Punch'.
I also ordered a non-alcoholic raspberry lemonade.
We shared the 'crusty ancient loaf' of bread with butter. This tasted similar to the bread that we shared when the restaurant was Le Chalet in winter.
The meals do not come with sides (unless stated), so these were ordered separately. I ordered the truffled chips and wilted summer greens, which consisted of buttered kale and spinach. The chips had parmassan cheese and mushroom (truffle) on them.
The bloke ordered the fish and chips dish, which contained a pot of mushy peas. He assured me that the fish and chips was very tasty.
I ordered the chicken, which was marinated in a barbeque spicey sace, and this tasted lovely. The chicken could have had a little more meat on it, but the glaze was delicious. The image below shows my chicken with the truffled chips and the greens (sides).
For dessert, I opted for the 'chocolate burger'. This consisted of white and dark chocolate, jello (tomato) and cream (mayonaisse) as well as a sugary pastry. The 'fries' were sugared doughnut sticks that could be dunked into a melted chocolate pot. Genious, but it looked much better than it tasted. There's also a 'deconstructed sundae', which I would love to go back and try.
After our meal, we headed over to see the play 'War Horse', which I have wanted to watch for a little while. The puppetry work with the horses was absolutely amazing.
Overall, we had a good evening out, and that concluded my birthday weekend.
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