Roux at The Landau serves gourmet French cuisine in a grand, Victorian hotel’s elegant, circular dining room. I was kindly invited by The Langham hotel to experience their brunch menu so I couldn’t wait to come down and try it all! The dining room oozed British elegance; it was inviting and relaxing to dine with my best buddy over a glass of N.V Lenoble Brut, Cuvée Roux champagne. We had a booth like table which I loved – gave me a little privacy yet I caught myself a few times staring at myself through those mirrored panels whilst chatting with my friend (he knew I was distracted when my eyes kept shifting every 5 minutes). Brunch is served between 12.30pm to 3pm and it was nice to sit in during the quieter period at 12.20pm over the weekend. For starters we ordered the Forman’s smoked salmon, buttermilk crackers with crème fraîche for my friend and crisp blue prawns, Hass avocado with spiced Bloody Mary dressing for myself. As my friend is allergic to prawns, I was able to enjoy my 3 large prawns all to myself – it was light and crunchy from the crisp blue prawns and the portion size was perfect. I am usually not a big fan of smoked salmon and when I decided to take a small slice with a spread of crème fraîche and a squeeze of lemon juice, I WANTED MORE! It was so delicious the waiter saw how much I was salivating and served me a sample portion to satisfy my jealousy over my friend’s starter!
Before my arrival, I already set my mind to order their Beef Wellington and what better way to get the first, fresh off the oven slice of Beef Wellington served with creamed spinach and mousseline potatoes. There are no words to explain how delicious and succulent the beef was but I did surprise myself as to how filling the portion was and I started to struggle towards the end (again, it was my friend’s turn to dive into my plate to finish it off despite ordering the same dish as me). The Beef Wellington was a hit for all the diners as I watched it disappear slice by slice within 45 minutes of service (not to worry, they had more!)
After a few coffee top-ups we had a nosey around the desserts displayed as centre pieces in the room. I did my usual Instagram stalking to see what people ordered and their thoughts on the desserts and the most popular one seemed to be the toffee popcorn eclair – not only was it an Instagrammable dessert; but that it was also sweet, creamy and guilty to finish off the afternoon. I also chose the bitter chocolate mousse with cocoa nib tuile and salted caramel – it was pure chocolate heaven and the guilty pleasures ended in just 10 minutes!
Roux at The Landau’s menus reflect the Roux trademark style of classically-constructed French dishes, blended with a modern approach. Sunday Brunch by Roux is from 12.30pm – 3pm at £45pp including a glass of N.V Lenoble Brut, Cuvée Roux champagne. Guests will enjoy a 3 course menu with a choice of breakfast specialities and lunch classics with dishes from Aged Beauford omelette, cepe persillade to Beef Wellington carved on the trolley. Thank you Langham Hotel for the complimentary brunch; it’s actually my favourite brunch to date. *All opinions are my own. You can see their full Brunch menu here.
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