MENU Antipasti Fresh baby spinach leaves and marinated avocado Spinaci novella con avocado marinato Grilled squid with courgettes, rocket and sweet chilli Calamari grigliati con zucchini, rucola e peperoncino dolce A La Carte Pan fried sea bass with asparagus, samphire and almonds Branzino arrosto con asparagi di terra, di mare e mandorle Chef’s special Lobster linguini with cherry tomatoes Dessert Baglioni tiramisú Tiramisú Baglioni Wine – Azienda Agricola Solidea, Passito di Pantelleria D.O.C. 2006 Neapolitan sponge cake drenched with Italian liqueur filled with chantilly cream Zuppeta alla Napoletana Wine – Saracco, Moscato d’Asti D.O.C.G. NV
WINE Ceretto Blangé Arneis 2007 Arneis is a native varietal* which produces a very fruity wine with hints of pears and apples. Its fragrance and flavour are also enhanced by the small amount of CO² kept from the fermentation, which also helps to make up for the variety’s low acidity. This 100% Arneis blend is aged for six months and has a pale gold colour with a tropical fruit, pear and apple aroma. A crisp and slightly effervescent palate with good body and ripe tropical, apple and pear fruit concentration. wine during our meal and some mind blowing dessert wines to accompany our third course. We didn’t fall for the Limoncello on this occasion, although Paolo assured us it was the best we would have tasted - no doubt his grandma’s recipe, again! This is the perfect hotel to relax and unwind in when staying in London. Not necessarily the perfect place to explore London from – it really is too good to want to leave during a short stay – I would recommend arriving early on a Saturday, making sure the fairer side of the couple is set up in the Spa for a treatment, leaving you to relax in the room or bar, or even out on the pavement in front of the hotel overlooking Hyde Park, enjoying your espresso. It’s also a great base for shopping, www.b4-business.com
minutes from Harrods and Harvey Nichols, it couldn’t be better located for shopping in style. There is no smugness or arrogance which come as part of the package in many of the more swanky London hotels. The Baglioni is welcoming, inviting and leaves you wanting more. Baglioni Hotels have unquestionable class and charm, and if the London property can ooze Italian charisma from every single pore as it quite obviously does, then Milan, Rome, Bologna etc…. must be completely mind-blowing. www.baglionihotels.com
This wine is made solely from the Arneis grape, which is indigenous to Piedmont. The grape is notoriously difficult to grow, hence the name, which means ‘the difficult one’ in Peidmont’s dialect. It had fallen out of favour, and was nearly extinct when the Ceretto family began its renaissance in the mid eighties, with the development of the Blangé estate in the Langhe. This is composed of holdings near Vezza d’Alba and Castellinaldo facing south, southeast and southwest. * Varietal describes wines made primarily from a single named grape variety, and which typically displays the name of that variety on the wine label. 89