There is a place.
Through a derelict door located on Covent Garden’s Endell
St, enter a relm of abstract wonderment. A world where delicious food is combined
with off the cuff theatrics and an ambience to resemble the finest performance
art establishments across London City.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the one and only Circus Restaurant. An evening that
promises to deliver a phenomenal entertainment score while being accompanied by
delicious pan-asian rounds of food.
After hearing a plethora of mixed reviews bout the Circus London,
I decided it was time to throw caution to the wind and go and try it out for
myself. I’d walked past this unassuming door a billion times, but had never really
taken note of the extremely worn doorway. Upon knocking vigorously at the
unassuming door, we were finally welcomed in to the restaurant to commence a
night of theatrics.
Admittedly¸I was initially slightly disappointed at the size
of the establishment. The name Circus plays
on an individuals senses, and unravels a string of expectations of an opulently
large size. However, the circus
restaurant seemed to fall short of
these dreams- however contributing to the slightly more inimate atmosphere that
was apparent. We were handed our menus by our enthusiastic maitre d' over a cheeky
glass of Laurent Perrier, and were left to scout the menu when the air changed.
All of a sudden, the lights dimmed, the
music began and the shutters were drawn on the exposed kitchen and the circus
act 1 began.
A lady clad in head to southern regions in lycra, tested the flexibility
of her body in front of an audience! This ladies flexibility was definintely commendable-
she kept me on edge through the performance and left me wanting more when she
left!
For course 1; Beef & Foie Gras
Gyoza
Seared peppered Tuna & Pancetta sashimi
The Vegetable sushi selection
and Wild Mushroom Spring Rolls for my excellent company for the evening.
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The food arrived thick and fast and
was followed by a fantastic performance by a lady with an enviable head of hair-
along with a cheeky additional glass of LP.
The
4 starter dishes between 2 of us, definitely did fill us up and I was genuinely
surprised by the quality of the food. The dishes were flavoursome and really
adaptable to new age flavour combinations, which was extremely exciting to me!
Do definitely visit the Circus Restaurant on Endell
Street- a night at the circus is definitely one to look out for in London when
residing in west London.
