L'art of Awesome

After rigorous research (a big thank you to all the food bloggers linked to NY Times), I came upon L’art du Fromage. A charming, cozy restaurant tucked away on a picturesque street in Chelsea, this concept French restaurant is definitely one of my favourite places to eat, drink and make merry in London.

As the restaurant name suggests, cheese is at the centre of the menu in L’art du Fromage. And this includes desserts- but more on that later. My friends, Jillian, Joerose and I visited L’art one sunny Saturday a few weeks back. We were seated on the top floor of what looked like a adorable log cabin in the French Alps. We were recommended a fantastic Belgian beer, Duchesse de Bourgogne. This dark, fruity beer definitely had a nice buzz to it and its heaviness made it the perfect appetiser.




For the main course, Joerose and I ordered our very first beouf bourguignons. After hearing about this French preparation for ages, I was exited to finally have a taste of this delicacy. Beouf Bourguignon is a traditional French beef stew made with braised beef and red Burgundy wine.Served to me in a perfectly-sized clay pot, my bourguignon was exactly what I had dreamed it would be- a blood red, rich stew with pieces of melt-in-your-mouth beef and succulent bits of bacon for added flavour. Served with mashed celeriac, this bourguignon was a tremendous joy to eat. The bourguignon has definitely set high standards.





Jillian ordered a “French pizza” called La capricieuse. This creation was topped with sliced ham, sweet onion, big slobbery chunks of goat cheese, and acacia honey. Very tasty indeed!



The main reason I chose to try out L’art was because I’m a sucker for innovative cuisine. And the chefs at this restaurant allowed their cheese inspired menu to spill over to the desserts section. And no, I’m not talking about some boring cheese platter. Ready? OK, wrap your head around CHEESE ICE CREAM! We were served three scoops of some of the wackiest flavours of ice-cream I’ve ever tasted. But it worked, it really did (except the blue cheese ice-cream). From front to back (cue photo below) our spread included cream cheese ice cream, goats cheese (the best) ice cream and blue cheese not-ice-cream-but-something-cold. I know this might be tough for a lot of people to swallow, but the ice-creams were delicious. The goat’s cheese ice-cream definitely stole the show. The essence of the cheese was brilliantly combined with the texture and sweetness of ice-cream and woah, it was a trip.



And, as if one dessert wasn’t enough we also ordered a chocolate fondue (hey, we were 3 of us). Sweet, juicy chocolate dunked in quality chocolate- enough said.



For two courses and a couple of beers we each paid a little over £20. Quite a bargain for good you know won’t disappoint. Great restaurant for a romantic evening. Actually screw the romance, great place to sink your teeth in to some fabulous food.