The Bite Magazine - Autumn/Winter 2019 - Issue 26

Jada Brookes dined at the recently opened The Hunter’s Moon in Chelsea, the first facility for new pub group Lunar Pub Company and is thoroughly impressed with the cuisine, atmosphere, and decor. bite cuisine The Hunter’s Moon T aking its name from the orange glowing full moon that appears in the night sky between October and November each year, Hunter’s Moon is Chelsea’s latest local and the only place to be seen in south-west London. This rustic yet chic, stylish and full-of-charm establishment on Fulham Road isn’t your typical “traditional country- side pub and dining room in south-west London” as The Hunter’s Moon describe themselves; it is so much more and oh so special! The Hunter’s Moon founded by Owner Chef Director Oliver Marlowe and Owner Director Hubert Beat- son-Hird offers a daily menu of modern European dishes alongside an extensive and comprehensive drinks list. It has all the makings of a Michelin-starred restaurant, using the best seasonal ingredients and creating exquisite dishes like Smoked Haddock Fish- cakes with warm tartare sauce, poached egg, samphire and chives and Beef Wellington with cocotte potatoes, crispy trompettes and Madeira sauce. When we entered the facility on a Tuesday evening, there were a few people in the front pub area. We were taken to our table toward the back of the bar-restau- rant by the lovely Shannon, the Assistant General Manager, who was on hand to attend to all our needs (and others’) during the evening. The restaurant area is spacious with a charming fusion of traditional and modern British style and has a homely, traditional kitchen feel that makes you feel immediately at home. There was an old-style looking heat storage stove and cooker by AGA on top of which the lovely bread rolls sat before being served to the diners, a copper kettle on a three-tier stand beside it, a fireplace with a man- tlepiece holding two sets of candles and an ornament in the middle, with a large mirror with a brown copper frame on the wall above. Another interesting feature was the panels on the sidewall that made up a picture of the globe on a flat surface above the long banquette seating.