It's the dish that was created back in 1953 for the late Queen's coronation lunch. Now coronation chicken is a ubiquitous part of any summer buffet spread. For the upcoming Coronation festivities, we've done some digging to find out which restaurants are serving special twists on it this week.
Core's ‘Core-onation Chicken’
92 Kensington Park Rd, London W11 2PN
Clare Smyth's Notting Hill restaurant has a particularly pretty looking take on the dish. she describes it as "a cross between our favourite Sunday roast chicken and coronation chicken sandwiched between two delicate pieces of crispy chicken skin." Sounds heavenly.
Benares' roast coronation chicken
12a Berkeley Square, London, W1J 6BS
Chef Sameer Taneja’s version of the dish sees him roasting the chicken in spices before it's carved tableside and served with potato pickle, chard baby gem and gizzard salad, mango chutney, gravy, black dal and tandoori bread.
CORD Café's coronation chicken bun
85 Fleet St, London EC4Y 1AE
Le Cordon Bleu is the place where coronation chicken was actually invented, so of course you'd expect them to have a play around with the OG recipe. The institute's CORD Café in Holborn has come up with a curried chicken breast bun with a second layer of lettuce, cucumber and baby watercress sandwiched between thick slices of brioche.
The Audley's coronation crab on toast
41-43 Mount St, London W1K 2RX
It's already a royal favourite, being the first place the King and Queen Consort dined together. Now down in the pub, they've got a cracking pub snack of coronation crab on toast on offer.
Nessa's coronation roast chicken
86 Brewer St, London W1F 9UB
Chef Tom Cenci’s take on the classic dish is a half roast chicken in a sauce of apricots, golden raisins and toasted almonds, with curry scraps and vadouvan spice.
Heston's coronation chicken tart
66 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LA
On the royal dining menu at Dinner by Heston in Knightsbridge, you'll find a Coronation Chicken Tart complete with crispy chicken skin and coriander cress representing the reign of Elizabeth II, alongside other regal favourites like James II's veal sweetbread of George IV's Fillet of Beef Royale.
Le Bab's coronation chicken kebab
Across London
For the Coronation Weekend, Le Bab have put their own spin on coronation chicken with - of course - a kebab. Theirs uses British charcoal grilled, organic chicken and adds crisp iceberg lettuce, curry mayo and sultanas with pickled red chillies which is then served on a house-made pitta.
Mr Bao's coronation bao
Peckham, Tooting and Westfield
In celebration of the king’s coronation Mr Bao Peckham, Daddy Bao Tooting and Master Bao Westfield are putting on a £5 Coronation chicken bao made with Taiwanese-style fried chicken with curry seasoning and plum sauce along with plenty of curried mayonnaise.
The Lanesborough Grill’s coronation crab salad
Hyde Park Corner, London SW1X 7TA
This dish is actually on the menu all year round at the hotel which is just around the corner from the Coronation route. It's served up with a curry leaf and lime sabayon and is - we can attest - very, very good.
Kricket’s coronation poussin
Brixton, White City and Soho
Head to the Brixton, White City and Soho branches of Kricket in May for their regal dish of coronation poussin where the meat is marinated in ginger and garlic paste along with Madras curry powder before being oven roasted and served with Madras mayonnaise.
Costa's Coronation Toastie
All branches
You can't expect London's fast food spots not to get in on the coronation chicken action. Costa's got this toastie stuffed with roast chicken, coronation-spiced béchamel sauce, mango chutney, apricots and sultanas in coronation-spiced cheese-topped bread.
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