{"id":7136,"date":"2010-01-18T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T19:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noexpert.co.uk\/?p=7136"},"modified":"2021-10-31T20:55:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T20:55:58","slug":"4030-at-the-gherkin-hi-def-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=7136","title":{"rendered":"40|30 at the Gherkin &#8211; hi def cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Another visit to <a title=\"40|30 The Gherkin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.searcys.co.uk\/4030thegherkin\/\" target=\"_self\">40|30 Restaurant in the Gherkin<\/a>, <a title=\"Norman Foster\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norman_Foster,_Baron_Foster_of_Thames_Bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norman Fosters<\/a> landmark building. An amazing venue for a restaurant with unrivaled panoramic views of London. The food is also of a very high standard. Indeed this restaurant has everything going for it. The only thing that I felt spoilt the experience was the acoustics. The\u00a0music from the bar upstairs and the general background noise made it virtually impossible to follow conversations\u00a0at our table.\u00a0Perhaps I&#8217;m just going deaf or am too old to appreciate the buzz!\u00a0 Give me a quiet peaceful restaurant every time.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7136 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/tn_317.JPG'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/tn_317-150x150.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\/01\/tn_319.JPG'><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Generally we have found that the better the view, the worse the food.\u00a0 This venue is the exception to the rule. The Cod with Feta and Chorizo\u00a0Tortellini for example was a standout.<\/p>\n<p>There was also good selection of reasonably priced wines, including a rather good Pinor Noir from California (pictured).<\/p>\n<p>For more on the Gherkin, see post titled:-<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"40|30 at the Gerkin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=54\" target=\"_self\">40|30 at the Gherkin &#8211; the high life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Another visit to 40|30 Restaurant in the Gherkin, Norman Fosters landmark building. An amazing venue for a restaurant with unrivaled panoramic views of London. The food is also of a very high standard. Indeed this restaurant has everything going for it. The only thing that I felt spoilt the experience was the acoustics. The\u00a0music from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=7136\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;40|30 at the Gherkin &#8211; hi def cuisine&#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":[25,7,494,8],"tags":[210],"class_list":["post-7136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expensive","category-london","category-private-members-club","category-uk","tag-gherkin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136","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=7136"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29798,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions\/29798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}