Vanilla Black (Holborn)

• The less privileged there is Vanilla Black
• This restaurant is recommended is primarily because of the audacity of the proposal
• That the food lives up to the expectation is enough for it be considered a must visit
• Menu keeps changing and there is always enough variety
• Impressive presentation all the basics of French food are there but not overdone
• Comparisons with the 'who's who' of French dining in London are unfair
• Restaurant is comfortable not posh
• Service is excellent and wine list is very extensive
• At an Average spend is 60 per person including a bottle of wine it is not one of the pocket friendly places
• Service is very good and as a vegetarian you are spoilt for choices
• The only downside to this restaurant is the location
• Some restaurants are more about the experience than the food
• Fancy it definitely is I have to admit I was a little amused when the first thing I was asked was what name the booking I didn't make was under
• Particularly since the place was empty when we got there
• My other eyebrow was raised when presented with the menu
• Perhaps my understanding of a la carte is wrong (very possible) but a fixed price for 2 3 courses is anything but
• What was weird was how there was no other choice of how to order
• What was even cheekier was how they gave the dessert menu as a possible course after we had picked our starters and mains
• Issues I thought Vanilla Black was pretty good
• The food was decent enough although I do think I may have picked the wrong things for myself on the whole there were some weird and wonderful tastes and textures hitting our taste buds
• I thought it was way too expensive for what it was
• Their flaws are the prices
• Considered as one of the best Vegetarian restaurants in London
• First thing I realise when reading the menu is how creative the dishes are
• I went just because I was curious about it
• The Mille Feuille was seriously impressive
• That Andrew and his partner Donna Conroy are both vegetarian and moved their restaurant from York to the capital seven years ago and there&rsquo
• I was keen to visit Vanilla Black because I was sent the cookbook
• Fresh Flavours for your Vegetarian Kitchen is their first and I got a little hooked on the Marmite Jersey Royals recipe
• T have been popular with regular home cooks but it&rsquo
• Whipped and creamed with a hint of lemon
• Along with basket of bread with warm poppy seed and sourdough and fennel and raisin
• I love a toastie but as I expected my Yorkshire Blue Cheese toastie with crisp wheat
• This generous log of baked cheese came with sweet black grapes which were soaked in Sauternes wine
• My main course it was the cornmeal
• Beetroot and horseradish with aged garlic oil
• The garlic oil was dehydrated and was pungent but not overpowering
• Italian) was so light it was pudding like
• Cubed and dotted with an earthy beetroot lid and grated horseradish
• The hay baked artichokes were simply delicious with deep nutty and toffee notes and the chicory added a sweet and bitter bite
• The hazelnut milk dominated the plate but was merely a gravy to bring the plate together
• No dessert for me as I was stuffed to the gills
• Yogurt crisps with a blueberry and sheep&rsquo
• Vanilla Black has to be one of the best vegetarian restaurant&rsquo
• S birthday (and subsequent birthday gift voucher) was finally excuse enough to visit the high end restaurant that boasts prices a little heftier than those of my usual hang outs
• Coconut icecream desert was good but felt that NOTHING can still beat our own 'Natural icecreams'
• Every Vanilla Black dish is exceptional
• Even their desserts were healthy yet yummy

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