If you buy carefully from a local supplier you will
develop a much better product knowledge and a good
relationship with the people who source your menu
ingredients. This leads to a better understanding of
your produce and how to handle it for better flavour.
We use numerous specialist local suppliers whose knowledge
and experience far outweighs ours. It's good to be able to
pick up the phone and ask a question to a name and get the
instant answer.
Food tastes at it's best when it is in season. Once you
harvest your ingredients, they start to lose flavour and
texture, which is effectively the taste.
For us, this guarantees we can buy the best food for our menu.
In Season - November 2008:
Many of the hardier fruits and vegetables come into their own
as the weather gets colder. For the same reason, the abundance
of sea food such as musseles, oysters and lobster starts to show.
The game season is very much on and there are some brilliant
catches at market.
