{"id":190439,"date":"2010-01-17T08:33:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T13:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercity.com\/showthread.php?t=1047311"},"modified":"2010-01-17T08:33:17","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T13:33:17","slug":"food-and-drink-in-your-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/190439","title":{"rendered":"Food and drink in your city"},"content":{"rendered":"
Birmingham’s Michelin-starred restaurants keep status in new guide<\/p>\n

Jan 15 2010 by Richard McComb
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The Birmingham Post’s food critic Richard McComb reports on the winners and losers in the 2010 Michelin Guide.<\/p>\n

Birmingham\u0092s growing reputation as a culinary city has been cemented in the 2010 Michelin Guide with three restaurants retaining their coveted one-star status.<\/p>\n

Purnell\u0092s, Turners and Simpsons all maintain their position in the prestigious guide, which was leaked four days early \u0096 the second time in two years Michelin\u0092s publicity embargo has been breached.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the Midlands, La Becasse and Mr Underhill\u0092s in Ludlow both retain their stars, as does Mallory Court, near Leamington Spa, Lords of the Manor in the Cotswolds and The Stagg Inn at Titley, Herefordshire.<\/p>\n

Le Champignon Sauvage at Cheltenham keeps two stars \u0096 one of only 14 restaurants in Great Britain and Ireland in this category.<\/p>\n

In Birmingham, there was also good news for Pascal\u0092s, which keeps its Bib Gourmand listing for \u0093good food at moderate prices.\u0094<\/p>\n

Bibs also go to Malbec Petit Bistro in Stratford-upon-Avon and The Bell Inn at Yarpole, Herefordshire.<\/p>\n

However, there was disappointment for Edmunds in Birmingham, which had been widely tipped for a star \u0096 including by me. It would be interesting to find out why Andy Waters, one of the industry\u0092s nicest and most talented chefs, missed out this time and there was widespread surprise in Birmingham\u0092s restaurant circles at the snub from Michelin.<\/p>\n

Lasan in Birmingham carries the torch for Birmingham\u0092s terrific Indian restaurants and chef Aktar Islam and director Jabbar Khan will be pulling out the stops following their triumph as the F Word best restaurant in Britain.<\/p>\n

And although 2010\u0092s guide came a little too soon for Lasan, I wouldn\u0092t bet against Michelin elevation in the not too distance future.<\/p>\n

Nationally, the headlines go to Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, which is promoted to the giddy heights of three stars. I reviewed Ducasse for the Birmingham Post in October last year (here) and can attest to the brilliance of the place.<\/p>\n

My starter of \u0093roasted chicken and lobster, sweetbread, creamy jus\u0094 was unforgettable and as I usually get everything wrong I am delighted to have got this one right.<\/p>\n

Ducasse now sits alongside the Fat Duck and the Waterside Inn, at Bray-on-Thames, and Gordon Ramsay in London, which all have three stars.<\/p>\n

However, Gordon Ramsay at Claridge\u0092s suffered the ignominy of being stripped of its star, as did Richard Corrigan at Lindsay House.<\/p>\n

The guide features just one new two-star establishment, The Ledbury in London.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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