{"id":13919,"date":"2010-12-31T16:44:09","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T16:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noexpert.co.uk\/?p=13919"},"modified":"2021-10-31T16:18:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T16:18:57","slug":"chez-bruce-better-late-than-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=13919","title":{"rendered":"Chez Bruce &#8211; better late than never!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We finally got around to trying out <a title=\"Chez Bruce\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chezbruce.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chez Bruce<\/a> in Wandsworth.\u00a0 So many people had raved about it over the years. In fact it was first recommended to me about 15 years ago when I lived in the area.\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t it annoying when other people are right, I really wish I had listened and started eating there then.\u00a0 I might have better fitted into the age group of the clientele too, who are typically 30 somethings.<\/p>\n<p>The food which is often described as Modern British,\u00a0 actually has lots of different influences, French, Italian and Nordic.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13919 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030165.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030165-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure 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width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030173-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030174.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030174-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030175.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030175-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030176.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030176-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030178.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030178-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030179.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030179-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030181.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tn_P1030181-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>To start my companion had the Gravadlax and beetroot club sandwich with herring salade lyonaise and horseradish, which was sublime.\u00a0 It definitely gets his vote for best starter of the year.\u00a0 I\u00a0 had the middle white pork terrine with warm potato salad and sauce gribiche which was also excellent. We accompanied these dishes with a carafe of rather stunning Pouilly Fuisse wine.<\/p>\n<p>For main course my companion had the beautifully moist and tender venison loin with potato rosti and squash puree.\u00a0 A wonderful dish.<\/p>\n<p>My Shetland salmon and scallops with Jerusalem artichoke puree, gnocchi, prosciutto and chaterelles, worked well combining fish and meat flavours beautifully.<\/p>\n<p>As you can tell from all the superlatives I have used so far we really rated this place.\u00a0 It became our post Christmas treat, actually eclipsing <a title=\"Koffmanns\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=13818\" target=\"_self\">Koffmanns<\/a>, which is saying something.<\/p>\n<p>Chez Bruce is very relaxing and not somewhere you would want to rush, so we extended our meal by having a cheese course matched with a lovely glass of chilled Rasteau 2007, Domaine De Trapadis, before &#8220;resting&#8221; and continuing on to dessert.\u00a0 For dessert we focused on the lighter dishes.\u00a0 The\u00a0 beautiful poached pear with honey and stem ginger ice cream and the prune and armagnac ice cream, accompanied by a refreshing glass of Muscat d&#8217;Asti.<\/p>\n<p>We had no room for coffee and truffles, but did manage to squeeze in a small piece of shortbread, offered at the end of meal. Best shortbread I have ever had, with a hint of caramel, it was quite lovely.<\/p>\n<p>We then asked for the bill, expecting it to be excessive as we had rather indulged ourselves. We were pleasantly surprised at how reasonable it was.<\/p>\n<p>Chez Bruce is a part of <a title=\"Nigel Platts-Martin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caterersearch.com\/Articles\/2006\/09\/22\/308914\/Nigel-Platts-Martin.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigel Platts-Martins<\/a> stable of restaurants.\u00a0 Holding its own against it&#8217;s sibling restaurants which include <a title=\"The Square\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=4967\" target=\"_self\">The Square<\/a>, <a title=\"The Ledbury\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=13066\" target=\"_self\">The Ledbury<\/a>, La Trompette and The Glasshouse.\u00a0 Nothing jars here (not even the bread), the food, the service levels and the atmosphere seem just right.\u00a0 I certainly won&#8217;t be waiting another 15 years to return.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Top page - Noexpert.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\">Return to top page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We finally got around to trying out Chez Bruce in Wandsworth.\u00a0 So many people had raved about it over the years. In fact it was first recommended to me about 15 years ago when I lived in the area.\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t it annoying when other people are right, I really wish I had listened and started &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=13919\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chez Bruce &#8211; better late than never!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226,31,309,7,8],"tags":[577,462,484,483,485,432,231],"class_list":["post-13919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-michelin-star","category-best-of-the-best","category-favorite-posts","category-london","category-uk","tag-bruce-poole","tag-chez-bruce","tag-la-trompette","tag-nigel-platts-martin","tag-the-glasshouse","tag-the-ledbury","tag-the-square"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13919"}],"version-history":[{"count":84,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29645,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13919\/revisions\/29645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}