Green's in Champagne

"Laurent-Perrier UK offered Green’s staff an exclusive trip to Champagne on the 9th and 10th of June 2010. Laurent, GM of Duke Street branch, took his 2 barman, Alberto and Daniel with him and Irek, bar manager at Cornhill, took Martin and Paul.

We were escorted by Alan from L-P UK and also joined by our wine supplier Steven Evan from Bibendum.

We arrived in Reims just after lunchtime on the 9th, and drove to Epernay to visit De Castellane wine cellars. Epernay is a beautiful little town where sadly that day the weather was miserable, but at least we could drown our sorrows in Champagne....!

De Castellane belongs to Laurent-Perrier and we visited their cellars, the museum of bottling Champagne (where we saw how they used to print labels, make corks, etc....).
We went up the Tower of the building to oversee the view of Epernay and the river La Marne.

We were then offered a degustation of De Castellane Brut, De Castellane rose and De Castellane Vintage.

We stayed in a Hotel in the center of Reims and were treated to dinner by L-P hosted by Nicole from Laurent-Perrier France.

On the morning of the 10th we drove to Tours-Sur-Marne and to the Laurent-Perrier domaine. We were pleasantly surprised to be welcomed by Polish, Italian and British flags on our arrival, what a nice gesture from them. We spent the morning visiting their cellars, learning about the history of the brand, the region's grapes and the regulations to make Champagne, and of course finished by a nice tasting of L-P brut, L-P rose, L-P vintage 2000 and L-P Ultra Brut.

The domaine is welcoming, Frederique is a charming and knowledgeable lady who has worked for L-P for years. She hosted lunch at Bistro 7 in Epernay before we headed back to Reims to catch our train.

All the staff were extremely pleased and impressed by the quality of L-P Champagne and the dedication around it.

A big thank you to Nicole, Frederique and Alan for those 2 days."

Laurent Lucas-Dufour

Fantastic event at Green's on 1st June

On the 1st June we have a stunning dinner as part of our series of dinners in association with some of our finest wine producers. This promises to be one of the best evenings in the series. Click here for details of the menu and tickets..
http://www.greens.org.uk/Petaluma.htm

New Spring Menu (click on this link to go to menu)

We have a most delicious new menu at Cornhill for the Spring. As always, we are using the freshest produce and sourcing it from as close to home as is possible. Indeed, with the volcanic ashcloud preventing food from being flown in from abroad, it's just as well we like using homegrown produce!

Designer kitchen

Our website designer, Clifford Rosen, recently spent a day in our kitchen at Green's, Cornhill experiencing a lunch service - this is what he had to say..

''Being interested in cooking I jumped at the opportunity of spending some time in the kitchen at Green's. I arrived at about 9am and was given my whites and trousers - crikey, I thought - is Head Chef Michael actually going to let me loose on something!? Well nearly. First off, I prepared some langoustine ravioli. This involved taking small pieces of the deliciously prepared shellfish and adding a little leek and carrot and making the little parcels, before cutting them out. It was slow going - for every one that I made, the chef next to me made about a half a dozen.. still, I think he's done it before.

Next was dipping strawberries into melted chocolate. Chef made it look so simple, I on the hand made a right horlicks of it dropping dripping chocolate everwhere. Still, I managed to get it in the end they didn't look too bad at all.

Finally I was set to work on making some individual bread and butter puddings made using brioche. 500 were needed (yes, that's correct), for a party - I think I made about 30 so sadly the patissier couldn't exactly take the rest of the day off.

By far the best bit was really watching the kitchen in full swing at lunchtime. Plate after plate of lovely looking dishes were put together in front of me, each more tempting than the last. Listening to the orders being called out and the team responding was exciting and time flew by. Finally I helped cooked my own lunch - a delicious dish of venison in a lamb jus.

It was thoroughly enjoyable day and hugely interesting and I was most impressed by the skill of all the chefs - what a nice bunch they are! I hope Michael has me back again soon.''

Designer kitchen

A Capital Breakfast

You don’t have venture far into the Square Mile to appease your appetite first thing in the morning. If you are looking to kick start the day with the highest quality Full English in the City, the newly opened ‘The Runner’ at Green’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar, 14 Cornhill fits the bill - and is situated just 30 seconds’ walk from Bank tube station.

Serving an enticing array of English breakfast classics from 7.30am, early risers can enjoy everything from a warming bowl of traditional porridge with Devon pouring cream to a relaxed coffee before facing the office and the day ahead.

Fresh eggs are delivered daily with gloriously gooey yolks cooked to your preference that perfectly complement the Slomer black pudding and superb pork sausages of the infamous Green’s full English. All Green’s produce is sourced with the greatest of care and can be traced back to its origin. Dukeshill Farm supplies the bacon, unrivalled in quality and consistency of flavour, which also forms the essential element of our renowned Green’s bacon sandwich - the only cure for those City boys needing a quick recovery from the night before!

Available for private hire for 20, The Laurent-Perrier Champagne Room, overlooking The Runner’s impressive Grade II listed former Lloyds banking hall, offers an alluring venue for relaxed breakfast and business meetings with a menu to suit all tastes.

Breakfast is served from 7.30am – 11.30am, Monday to Friday in The Runner at Green’s.
The RunnerGreen's Restaurant and Oyster Bar, 14 Cornhill, London, EC3V 3ND020 7220 6300cornhill@greens.org.uk.
Tube station: Bank (30 second walk)

An Evening of Single Malt Whisky at Green’s Cornhill.

In conjunction with Mark Harris of The Harris Whisky Company, a limited availability of 9 places are open to whisky lovers who would like to learn more about the art of bottling single cask single malt whisky.

To view the Harris Whisky website, please follow http://www.harriswhisky.com/
The evening will consist of a tasting of 4 whiskies from the Harris Whisky range followed by tiffin.

Places are available at £35.00 per head and include whisky and tiffin.Please contact Clare Hooper for more information. 020 7220 6300 cornhill@greens.org.uk