Claire Smith was in the past chef at Gorden Ramsey at Hospital Road were she was awarded with 3 Michelin stars. I visited in 2012 and really enjoyed my meal. So I was really excited to try her own restaurant Core which received 2 Michelin stars.
The restaurant is located at Notting Hill. We entered the restaurant and were first seated at the bar till our table was ready. As the restaurant was mostly empty this time not really logical. This bar seating seems to be a new trend which I don´t like.
The first restaurant room is split in 2 parts. One is a big table which acts as chefs table. Behind a glass wall is the open kitchen.

The second room is the main dining room which is furnished mainly in white colors. The table were very nicely decorated.

Our meal started with beautiful looking small bites which also tasted very good.





Butter

We decided to take the Core Classic menu (125 GBP) and contained no meat this evening.
Isle of Mull scallop tartare
sea vegetable Consommé

'Cheese and onion'
alliums, aged cheddar and onion broth

‘Potato and roe’
dulse beurre blanc, herring and trout roe

Roasted monkfish
Morecambe bay shrimps, Swiss chard, brown butter

I can´t remember what the following 2 courses were excactly.


‘Core apple’

Pear and verbena
poire Williams sorbet

Petit fours

The meal was really really god, in my eyes the best I had in London this time. Without saying too much About my upcoming meals at Gordon Ramsey and Alain Ducasse I can´t understand the 2 star rating here while the 2 formentioned hold 3 stars. The food at Core was in my eyes simply better. I can absolutely recommend Core, it´s a very good restaurant.