Pennethorne's Cafe Bar, Experience the wonderful journey of taste

[abstract] if you go to Somerset House to see the exhibition in the future, after experiencing the visual or auditory sensory impact, you might as well go to Pennethorne's Cafe Bar for a different gourmet feast and travel with the chef with your sense of taste.

Somerset House, located near London's King's College, is one of my favorite places, which has been the main venue of London Fashion week from 2009 to February 2015 (since the spring / summer 2016 fashion launch in September this year, the main venue of London Fashion week is no longer here). In addition to always having exhibitions, the vast atrium has dancing fountains in summer for children to play in, and in winter, it is transformed into a beautiful open-air skating rink. Sometimes on weekdays in the afternoon, the square will appear much quieter, several groups of open-air tables and chairs, let the visitors chat leisurely, but also have a different flavor. In short, every time you step here, you always see a different scene. Somerset House has been one of the main arts and cultural venues in London since 2000, and recently there has been a highly discussed new restaurant, Pennethorne's Cafe Bar.

Pennethorne's Cafe Bar is on the west side of the building, looking at Lancaster Square and Waterloo Bridge. The restaurant is named after the famous 19th century architect Sir James Pennethorne, who was also one of the people who helped design Somerest House. Not only the name, the food in the restaurant is also based on his life experience as a reference, inspired by Sir James Pennethorne's trip to Europe European Grand Tour, with reference to the food culture of European countries, Pennethorne's Cafe Bar put the adventurous spirit of travel on the table, the integration of French, British, Spanish and Italian dishes, using creativity to run-in with each other, launched a series of delicious meals.

The design of the restaurant itself is also very interesting, and what is most difficult to ignore is the unique Victorian floor-to-ceiling window, which not only is a textured decoration, but also allows indoor guests to enjoy delicious food while leisurely looking out of the window at the streets of London changing with time. The interior decoration echoes with a steady dark blue and gold, simple but not boring; the deliberately high pattern design, as well as the paintings and decorations on the walls, with gold and copper round desktops, add a trace of luxury to the overall space.

The creation of the space atmosphere, in addition to the integrity of the overall pattern planning, small details of course can not be ignored. The map hanging over the fireplace reminds visitors of Sir James Pennethorne's story of traveling around the world; the simple white menu is also full of ingenuity, with bottle openers on unicycles or fruit with large umbrellas, the head portraits of illustrators are replaced with kitchen utensils and ingredients, and the cover depicts the imaginative adventures that the restaurant unfolds on the meal, vivid and interesting.

Pennethorne's Cafe Bar's food is very particular about ingredients, hoping to make simple but delicious dishes with the best quality, and let guests feel the chef's enthusiasm for food in the most direct way. A variety of salads, hot sandwiches and bread are served during the day, and at night they take a delicate route in small portions, so that customers can share and taste a few more things. At the same time, there will also be bars that offer a lot of flavors and delicacies. You can also have a drink to make your evening more exciting.

In the room opposite the main coffee bar of the restaurant, there is a Drawing Room for private parties. Completely different from the overall feeling of the restaurant, the all-white walls with black and shallow wooden tables and chairs, large mirrors create a room hierarchy, corners and desktops are dotted with green potted plants, leaving a bright and elegant atmosphere. The not-so-small space can accommodate up to 40 people for medium-sized parties, and meals will be tailor-made by the chef, providing a different dining experience from the Pennethorne's Cafe Bar main hall.

In the future, if you go to Somerset House to see the exhibition, after experiencing the visual or auditory sensory impact, you might as well go to Pennethorne's Cafe Bar for a different gourmet feast and use your sense of taste to travel with the chef.

Source: Tencent Fashion Integration