St Moritz fondue restaurant

[annwfyn]

Now, I'm sure many of you some of you someone out there has found themself thinking 'where could I possibly go in London to eat a great deal of very nice traditional Swiss fondue'?

And those of you who have never thought this, are only neglecting this very basic instinct out of ignorance.

I spent tonight discovering just why proper Swiss fondue is so damn good. A whole bunch of us went out to dinner at St Moritz in Soho. It wasn't cheap - £30 per head, including three bottles of wine shared between 10 - but it was amazing.

There were ten of us, and we got 5 different fondues between us, including one meat fondue where you got little bits of steak and got to flash fry them on skewers in boiling oil, heated in a small pot on the table. We also got lovely lovely plates of rosti, which is probably the tastiest way of serving potato known to man.

I think I was alone in adoring the Fondue Forestiere, which was a lovely mushrooms and white wine based fondue, but joined with everyone in really appreciating the Fondue Valaisanne, which was gruyere with tomato and white wine added in.

And did I mention that the rosti was heavenly.

The place itself was also amazingly cozy - it was warm, comfortable and the decor was straight out of the 1960s. There sadly was not a cuckoo clock on the walls, but there should have been.

We couldn't eat the chocolate fondue in the end - too fat after much cheese - but having seen it laid out, I wish I had! I shall return there. Oh yes! I shall return.

Comments

[flamma-lupus.livejournal.com]

oooh... fondu in london?? YAYAYAYAYAY!!

*fondue freak*

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

It's on Wardour Street, just past where the Intrepid Fox used to be.

It's definitely a bit too pricy to just go there randomly for a quick bite to eat, but if you want a special night out I would totally recommend it. The fondues are mostly about £15 per person, with a minimum of 2 per fondue.

Next time we all have some money we shall go again and bring a Si!

[satyrica.livejournal.com]

*happy St. Moritz memories* I've no idea what the lay-out is these days but when I first came to London there used to be rock/metal club nights in the tiny downstairs which I used to go out to the whole time with the Finnish girls I lived with

(and, mmmm, fondue!)

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Oh really? The downstairs bit was closed when we went there, although we were allowed to wait whilst they got our table ready.

Andy now says he's getting images of people moshing with cheese stuck in their beard tho.

[quisalan.livejournal.com]

I get Swiss fondue when I... er... go to Basel wih work. Does that count? :)

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

It does.

But now you know where you can get it in London. And lo! It is good!