Bellinis and Blinis in Kensington

It was a long drive into Kensington with the usual Friday night hell-on-earth traffic thanks to the M3, M25 & M4. Tonight’s adventure was a corporate canapé party with plenty of self back-slapping city folk. With mango Bellinis and champagne for arrival drinks then superb canapés prepared by the legendary head chef and bottle washer Paul, he treated them to Welsh rarebit soufflés in crisp tartlets, red onion marmalade and crispy sage, wild mushroom tarts drizzled with truffle oil and sea salt, mini eggs Benedict Royale with smoked salmon, hollandaise and chives on a muffin, Roast Tamworth pork belly on a potato cake with apple sauce and Bangers & mash – Cumberland sausages with a creamed shallot scented potato Mousseline. After all the ‘chaps’ had descended into the cold we packed up and readied for the return journey, thankfully traffic-jam free.