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Fine Dining at Cannizaro House, Wimbledon

September 22, 2014 by Fiona Maclean 6 Comments

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Last Updated on December 12, 2016 by Fiona Maclean

Dinner at Cannizaro House, Wimbledon.

Part of the rationale for visiting Cannizaro House was to review the two AA rosette fine dining restaurant.  An elegant room looking out over the sunken garden, this is a relaxing place to sit and enjoy a gourmet lunch or dinner.  The kitchen at Cannizaro House rises admirably to the challenge, offering a tasting menu for £50 (there’s a vegetarian option) as well as a three course menu for £45.  Being slightly awkward and in the company of the pescatarian Hedonist, we had our own mix and match version of the tasting menu, which may just have led to some challenges in the kitchen and had a few odd results.

Formal Dining - Cannizaro House

Bread and rather nice portions of wrapped butter started the meal.  Nothing particularly remarkable, but nothing that might offend either the bread was fresh and seemed to have either been made in house or from a local artisan supplier.

Cannizaro House Bread and Butter

The amuse bouche was a lovely morsel of cod with samphire and a mint crumble on a light potato puree.
Cannizaro House Amuse Bouche

Next up should have been the Creedy carver duck breast.  But, my pescatarian friend couldn’t have eaten that, so instead we had one of the dishes from the vegetarian tasting menu – ‘Truffle; which is a ‘truffle fermented’ arborio risotto with black truffle and marscapone.  I’m not entirely sure what ‘truffle fermented’ means – the result though was a lovely truffled risotto which tasted as good as it looks.

Cannizaro House Truffle

On a nearby table there was a small girl of about 8 years old enthusing about the tomato consomme.  And quite rightly so, it was I think one of the prettiest presentations of a soup I’ve ever seen and it tasted fabulous.  Light and fresh with just a hint of smokiness, the buttermilk ‘cheese’ making a pleasant contrast to the consomme.

Cannizaro House Tomato

The confit of Var salmon arrived with a tiny rissole.  Very delicate and light, I asked and was told it was a slow cooked salmon mousse.  Beetroot puree was just a little overpowering, though it did make the dish look really pretty.

Cannizaro House Salmon

I didn’t get to taste my companion’s courgette flower, which was served as an alternative to the chicken I enjoyed.  But I heard no complaints

Cannizaro House Courgette Flower

My photo of the chicken doesn’t really reflect how good this dish looked on the plate.  A tiny head of braised little gem surrounded by pea puree and girolles made an excellent light accompaniment to the tender chicken with miso dressing.

Cannizaro house Chicken

Next and rather unexpectedly came a pre-dessert of strawberry sorbet.  I have a bad allergy to strawberries and couldn’t touch it and while it looked very good, I can imagine it was a little tricky to navigate the sorbet from the edge of the bowl without a catastrophe.  Cannizaro House - Strawberry pre-dessert

I thought to start that we’d missed a course, but I’ve realised subsequently that the cheese course is actually an additional £8.  A shame, because it sounded rather good and if I’d spotted the need to ask on the menu, or been prompted I would have preferred that to a pre-dessert that I couldn’t eat.

The main thing though was fine – and really rather good.  Pina Colada parfait with mango, coconut rum jelly and matcha.   It was a lovely mixture of flavours and a nice finale to the meal without being in any way overpoweringly sweet.

Coconut - Cannizaro House

A pretty plate of petit fours rounded off the meal nicely.

Cannizaro house Petit fours

 

My feeling at the end was that while the food was for the most part superb the whole thing didn’t quite add up.

I suspect that might have been partly because the matched wines were confused by our mix and match version of the tasting menu.  I didn’t feel confident that the wine we were being served was the right pairing with each of the dishes, though each was extremely good in it’s own right.  For example, while I loved the 2012 Villa Wolf Pinot Blanc from German producer Ernst Loosen,  it seemed a strange accompaniment to the Truffle risotto.  And, nor did it make a good match for the gazpacho which we were told it was also meant to accompany.

Perhaps I’ve just been spoilt, but I’d hoped for some explanation of the thought process behind the pairings.  Or perhaps it was just that I felt the food was so good it deserved that extra special level of service.  It is that kind of level of detail that makes the difference.  I’d give the food a strong 9/10, while the service for me sat at around 7/10.  Nevertheless we had an excellent and very enjoyable meal and the price is very reasonable – even with matched wines, the meal would have cost £80.00

 

Cannizaro House
West Side Common,
Wimbledon, London,
SW19 4UE

 

 

Filed Under: Restaurant, South London Tagged With: Fine Dining, Wimbledon

About Fiona Maclean

London based freelance writer and marketing consultant. I edit London-Unattached.com and write for a number of other publications. With a music degree and a background in marketing across many sectors, my passions include all types of music, food, restaurants, wine and travel

Comments

  1. Stevie Wilson says

    September 27, 2014 at 12:52 am

    What a fabulous meal. I love the sound/look of ‘truffle fermented’ arborio risotto with black truffle and marscapone”.The photos are fabulous and show great food.. very colorful and appetizing!
    I think the Pina Colada parfait sounds lush!

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  2. Pamela Morse says

    September 24, 2014 at 6:01 pm

    I like the wallpaper…infact, the whole decor looks charming. The food seems like a good deal at that price..and I like the fact they also cater to vegetarians, incase i show up someday.

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  3. Choclette says

    September 24, 2014 at 1:45 pm

    With strawberries abounding this summer, it must have made things annoyingly awkward for you on a number of occasions. Everything looks most beautifully presented, even if the wines didn’t quite match up.

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  4. Glamorous Glutton says

    September 23, 2014 at 1:53 pm

    It looks like they made a pretty good efffort with the mix and matching. Great looking dishes. I must admit though the Strawberry sorbet perched on the edge of the dish was a little odd. I’m sure that would have landed on my lap. GG

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  5. Heidi Roberts says

    September 22, 2014 at 10:40 pm

    The food certainly looked beautiful and well presented. I bet you were quite full at the end!

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  6. Nayna Kanabar (@SIMPLYF00D) says

    September 22, 2014 at 10:14 pm

    I absolutely love the food styling and presentation. Looks like they really took care to make each serving a show piece.

    Reply

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