So Aiden Byrne's leaving the Grill Room at the Dorchester. And they're interviewing possible replacements. And they're shooting for stars.
Well let's hope that whoever takes on the job likes shortbread tins, and has the unique dream of working inside one. Because seldom has there been a more divisive restaurant decor in recent memory than the Grill Room. Whether or not Byrne liked the strapping Scottish jocks smeared on the walls and the bright red, Beckingham Palace-style head-boards is by-the-by, he's off to Liverpool and someone of an equal or greater reputation (it can be assumed) is going to have to grapple with their taste as to whether they'd be happy serving food to a room more stomach-turningly faux-Scottish than Super Gran.
Anyway, this is basically an excuse to re-blog Jay Rayner review of the restaurant, most notably it's walls and upholstery. Click here to read
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I think it is a real shame: Byrne is a talented, young, English chef and worst of all, I only discovered his cooking a couple of weeks ago.
London's loss is Liverpool (or Cheshire's gain).
http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london