Ramsons, wild garlic - call it what you will this forager's favourite is all across London menus at the moment. We've picked a selection of restaurants serving it up right now.
Clipstone
Fitzrovia - 5 Clipstone St, London W1W 6BB
They're (whisper it, so as not to jinx things) celebrating spring over at Clipstone where their heated terrace is just the place to enjoy this new main of rump of lamb with a parsley crumb and served with blanched English asparagus and wild garlic mayonnaise.
Crispin
Spitalfields - Pavilion on The Corner, White's Row, London E1 7NF
Crispin chef Lewis de Has has gone totally all out for wild garlic season. New dishes on the menu include grilled Jersey Royals with yoghurt, wild garlic & anchovies along with a ham hock and wild garlic terrine and, most recently, malfatti with wild garlic and lardo.
Murano
Mayfair - 20 Queen St, London W1J 5PP
A gold standard seasonal classic at Angela Hartnett's flagship restaurant in Mayfair, this dish of Wye valley asparagus with a wild garlic gribiche is going to be on their Mother's Day menu this month.
Hometipple
Walthamstow - 34 Orford Rd, London E17 9NJ
Ex-Leroy and Royale chef Lucy Timm is finishing her residency at this Walthamstow wine bar with a menu that includes a luridly green petit pois risotto topped with spoonfuls of a punchy wild garlic, sunflower and pumpkin seed gremolata. It's finished with blanched freshly podded peas, a squeeze of lemon juice and a drizzle of peppery olive oil. It's being served up till 29 March.
Medlar
Chelsea - 438 King's Rd, London SW10 0LH
There's been a lot of press for the Medlar team's new opening, Cornus. But back at the original restaurant there's a very enticing spring dish on the menu right now in the form of this roast coquelet with stuffed leg, white asparagus, morels, wild garlic and ricotta gnocchi.
Clarence Tavern
Stoke Newington - 102 Stoke Newington Church St, London N16 0LA
Up at this popular gastropub in Stokie they're keeping things simple and natural by serving up a wild garlic soup that's topped with some creme fraiche.
Garden Museum Cafe
Lambeth - 5 Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 7LB
You'd expect a restaurant in a museum celebrating all things horticultural would have a super seasonal menu and you'd be right. In the last few weeks along the cafe here has had a number of pasta and wild garlic combos including Wild Garlic Cavatelli and Ricotta Gnocchi & Wild Garlic.
Trullo
Islington - 300-302 St Paul's Rd, London N1 2LH
If you've got a bunch of friends who share your love for wild garlic then you need to head on over to everyone's favourite Italian restaurant in Islington, Trullo. They've got a sharing dish of slow-cooked Swaledale lamb shoulder with morels, wild garlic and milk that's perfect for at least two or three people.
See also: We've also seen it on the set lunch menu at Quality Chop along with dishes at Cafe Deco, Westerns Laundry and Trullo.
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