Thanksgiving comes to London…. Lets Eat!
Thanksgiving meals in London
As its Thanksgiving on the 28th November I decided to write a piece to recommend a few places for you to go to in London to Eat and celebrate. I don’t think we need a bigger excuse to stuff our faces, US style!!
So here’s a few options lower priced options first:
Blues Kitchen
If Blues is your sweet, sweet thang, head to north London’s home of guitar-based American rock, you can check out The Untouchables, champions of raw Chicago blues. The Thanksgiving Day recipe for fun will also include an all-American Thanksgiving meal (pre-orders only) with dishes such as roast turkey with side dishes of roast potatoes, cranberry jelly, cornbread, steamed greens, Mac & Cheese and corn on the cob, with pumpkin pie for dessert, all for only £16 per person. Pumpkin ale will be flowing for the occasion and a DJ will be spinning vintage sounds until 1am.
Planet Hollywood
Planet Holywood will have a two-course Thanksgiving Day lunch and dinner menu for £14.95 or, for those with serious American appetites, three courses for £19.95.
Bodean’s
All four of London’s American Bodean’s BBQ smokehouse restaurants will be screening live NFL football games to complement their Thanksgiving turkey and ham sharing platter with cornbread stuffing, sandwiched between a clam chowder starter and a key lime pie dessert, all for only £22.95. Keep an eye out for the Brooklyn Brewery Pumpkin Ale too.
Now for those who don’t mind to dig a little deeper in there piggy bank…
Joe Allen
Covent Garden’s classic American restaurant is serving a traditional menu for £40 per person. The menu includes the Thanksgiving appetiser pulled pork and duck terrine with spiced plum and sour dough, followed by Sussex bronze slow-cooked Thanksgiving turkey and maple bacon bangers, pumpkin pie and marinated cherries, and coffee with petit fours.
Hix Mayfair
Mark Hix’s other London restaurants are resolutely British, but at Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair, Thanksgiving dinner is a fixture. Three courses will include pumpkin soup with cinnamon and pumpkin muffins, roast turkey with baked sweet potatoes, and a pecan and bourbon tart finished with very English clotted cream, plus coffee and truffles. £52.50 per person. Telephone booking essential.
The Lockhart
One of London’s most recent American home-from-home additions, The Lockhart, is going one better than simple US food from 28 November – 1 December, with a Thanksgiving dinner menu paired with Californian wines. The menu includes; two main courses – including the traditional smoked heritage turkey; plus desserts of pecan pie with maple bourbon ice cream, and the classic pumpkin pie served with vanilla whipped cream. £60 per person (includes wines and a small recipe book containing tips on how to replicate this Thanksgiving dinner at home).
So those are my recommendations, so please do indulge as its your chance to have a pre-Christmas turkey dinner with a reason to to maybe party too.
