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Odette’s Restaurant Primrose Hill

February 26, 2012 by Fiona Maclean Leave a Comment

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Last Updated on February 19, 2020

Lunch at Odette’s Primrose Hill

I was lucky enough to win the competition to create a menu that Bryn Williams from Odette’s could serve to the Queen.  My prize, lunch for two, was much anticipated because I’d already been to Odette’s a month or so earlier with a group of food bloggers, so I knew I was in for a treat.  All I can say is that I wish I lived a little closer to Primrose Hill – the food was fabulous and the set lunch menu at £20 for three courses incredibly good value, although the wine prices are pretty standard for that part of London, with wine by the glass starting at £6.50 and bottles from £24.

I started with salmon rillettes with cornichons.  This pretty dish came garnished with just enough cornichons to balance the fish with a little acidity.

oxtail with poached egg bernaise odettes

My companion chose the poached egg sauce bearnaise on oxtail, which he enjoyed thoroughly.  There’s a real skill in making something like oxtail look appetising, but you can see from the photo that Bryn Williams is someone who can do just that!

Now, I know I should probably have chosen a meat dish as my main course, but…I had the salt cod brandade last time I was at Odette’s, and this was a slightly different rendition.  So, for me, salt cod brandade with green beans and red wine jus – just as good as I remembered.

brandade of salt cod, Odettes

My carnivorous companion chose the belly of pork with chorizo, chickpea & piquillo pepper and pronounced it perfectly balanced.

Pork Belly Odettes

I’m afraid there is no picture of my treacle tart with marmalade ice-cream.  It arrived and looked so good I ate it before I remembered I was supposed to be taking a picture!  The marmalade ice-cream served on a crunchy ginger biscuit base was a real triumph of flavours for me.

The Welsh cheese and bread chosen by my companion was the only menu item we found fault with and that was simply my companion’s preference in bread.  We’d started the meal at Odette’s with a lovely basket of home-made soda and normal breads.  And, what was served with the cheese was bara brith, a fruit loaf and a sort of crispy flatbread.  Anyway, on request, he was quickly served with a slice of the fabulous soda bread we’d enjoyed earlier.

bread and cheese odettes

The overall impression of lunching at Odette’s is that you are sitting in a rather cosy dining room being served food that is several steps ahead of anything you could make at home.  It’s a strange mixture of unfussy, made on the premises real food with uber-chef touches that just make everything that little bit special.  I’d love to come back and have the paired tasting menu which we watched the table next door enjoy.  Apart from the bread, we did have to ask them to slow down service.  Dishes arrived very quickly…and clearly for some lunch visitors that might be exactly what they want.  But, for us at least it was worth taking time over.

And, it was lovely to meet the charming Bryn Williams again.  When I popped to the ladies, he was downstairs in the kitchen…and put his head round the door to give me directions!  But, after the meal, he came upstairs and said hello.  At Odette’s you really do get treated like the Queen!

Recommended:)

Odette’s Primrose Hill
30 Regent’s Park Rd,
Primrose Hill,
London NW1 8XL

Filed Under: North London, Restaurant Tagged With: primrose hill, Restaurant

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

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