Week 2: London House

Gordon Ramsay is most popularly known here in America as the chef that screams at his cooks on the Fox television show Hell's Kitchen and in the United Kingdom on The F Word.  In London though, he owns thirteen high class restaurants featuring cocktails, afternoon tea times and a variety of European food.  Scottish by birth, Ramsay studied hotel management in college and his talent allowed him to work with some of the worlds most famous cooks including Albert Roux and Guy Savoy.  Today he owns restaurants in England, the United States, France and Qatar.  The London House, one of the most popular, is located in southwest London and overlooks the River Thames.  There, guests can choose from a large menu of items including braised pig's head, crab tortellini or roasted chicken wings.  For dessert there is passion fruit posset or Yorkshire rhubarb.  A variety of wines and cocktails are also available at this restaurant.  On a cold London day (which is most days in this huge city) patrons can sit in the lounge, a large open blue tinted room flanked on all ends by fireplaces.  Though the food is quite expensive, tables are reserved early every week and are almost always taken by mid-week.  This is the second destination in our tour of England and for good reason.  If you would like to know more about any of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants, visit his website: www.gordonramsay.com.