There was quite the kerfuffle on Instagram when Jackson Boxer took to social to announce that his much-loved Notting Hill restaurant Orasay was going to close at the end of 2024. "There are a multitude of reasons for this," the chef and restaurateur said, "but the simplest one is that Orasay was never a very lucrative business. We specialised in working with a fragile and elusive product with a minuscule shelf life that needs a great deal of labour to prepare."
However, while so many other restaurants' closure announcements have been the end of the line, this closure is leading to a new beginning of sorts on the same site. Dove is taking over from Orasay, just a week after the latter's closure. We're told the menu at Dove is a list of things that Jackson wants to cook and eat right now. It is "not re-inventing the wheel, but re-inventing the restaurant for today’s economy," he says.
One quick look at the menu also reveals that it's a list of things we would also like to eat right now with dishes including:
- Deep-fried taleggio & Wiltshire truffle lasagne
- Iced red shrimp, smoked chilli relish
- Lemon & ricotta dumplings, lobster cream, lime leaf
- Roast chicken, fennel, blood orange
- Grilled flank steak, egg yolk & morels
Drinks are right up our street too with martinis, negronis and margaritas being served.
More about Dove
Where is it? 31 Kensington Park Road, London W11 2EU
When does it open? 7 January 2025
Find out more: On their website or follow Dove on Instagram for more info @i.feel.dove
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