Bistrot at Wild Honey

Went with high expectations. Sadly left rather unimpressed. The amuse bouche were pastry shells filled with insipid ratatouille and choux buns filled with liver pate. The Choux was a limp affair. These had obviously been prepped quite some time before. A lot of the food felt and tasted as though it had been prepped and left waiting but not in a fridge. These starter of melon and ham and oyster had chopped oyster (room temperature, never a great thing for an oyster) with a room temperature oyster mouse. With this came a room temperature very bland gazpacho. Yes, it was a warm evening, but these things should be served on ice, particularly at a Michelin star restaurant. These lamb was very good, but came with a bland green sauce (we never determined the taste) and aubergine which was slimy and topped with (slimy) mango. This was served with a small skewer of ‘merguez’ sausage, which sadly tasted of dry local kebab meat. This was bizarrely served with ricotta cheese. More blandness. Pudding was the famous custard tart. Any pastry chef should be ashamed to serve this. Note to the pastry chef: try the river cafe for how very short, crisp shortcrust should be made. The custard tart pastry was verging on soft and stale. The filling good, but nothing amazing. We were pretty disappointed and can’t recommend this restaurant on any front, There are plenty more Michelin star restaurants in the capital which deserve their star.