Roganic review: London restaurant offers glimpses of fantasy

Capital’s newest gateway to the freshest produce available in the city

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Chef Simon Rogan has almost been here before. Roganic spent two years as a pop-up a little bit further along Blandford Street in Marylebone before re-emerging as Fera in a far grander location at Claridge’s. Despite being a critical success, it failed to win the hearts of the international clientele and so Rogan departed after three years and is nearly back where he started. It is the second time he has opened in a grand hotel and then closed – the first time was at The French in Manchester’s Midland Hotel.

The Rogan approach is in the same tradition as Michel Bras in central France or Magnus Nilsson in Faviken, northern Sweden – extraordinary seasonal produce, sometimes foraged and usually served with no more than three items on the plate. The ingredients are bold and heart-stoppingly pure and frequently come from Rogan’s farm near Cartmel in Cumbria, home of L’Enclume, his Michelin-starred flagship.

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