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Restaurant Michael Nadra is tucked away a few metres from the High Road just past Jimmy's barber shop in Elliott Road. It really doesn't look much from the outside, but it's ranked in Chiswick's top 5 restaurants by Michelin, Zagat, Harden's and SquareMeal.
There used to be a South African fish restaurant on the site called Fish Hoek. In 2006 Michael Nadra took it over and took the radical step of changing the name to Fish Hook. Nadra had previously worked at Gordon Ramsay's Petrus, Chez Bruce and nearby Trompette. In 2010 he went all Ramsay-esque and put his own name above the door.
We went on Friday night and it was a warm and welcome respite from the cold outside. There is a tasting menu, but we chose from the Prix Fixe menu (£32 for 2 courses at dinner, £38 for 3). To start: ceviche of salmon with soft shell crab tempura, pickled cucumber & sweet potato and a salad of winter purslane with walnuts & garlic yoghurt, pomegranate & crispy quinoa. For main course: suckling pork belly with january (appropriately) king cabbage, heritage carrots, roscoff onion, alsace bacon, dulse seaweed & apple broth (that was just one dish) and grilled sea bass with prawn & chive dumplings, bok choy, carrot & ginger puree & lemongrass crab bisque (Michael loves his &s). To finish we shared a selection of cheeses from La Fromagerie.
We can't remember ever having visited the restaurant in its current incarnation but we'll definitely be back (though not this year, obviously).
Food (for 2): £80.00
Drink: £39.00
Total: £133.88
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