Flower power: modern British dishes will cooked over a wood grill
(Picture: Ed Schofield)Notting Hill’s recent run of restaurant openings — which has included Caia, the Pelican, Ben Tish’s excellent pub the Princess Royal, and the not-so-excellent Zephyr — is set to go on, as a new modern British bistro opens up in October a stone’s throw from the Ledbury. Its owner, though, says he hopes it will be “anti-Notting Hill”.
Dorian comes from Notting Hill Fish + Meat Shop man Chris D’Sylva, who made headlines during the first lockdown with the Supermarket of Dreams, which hand-picked its stock from the very best restaurants across town. D’Sylva seems to have taken a similar approach here, with a team that between them have worked at some of the capital’s top places. Dorian’s head chef is Max Coen, who has worked at Ikoyi and Kitchen Table (and, outside of London, at three Michelin-starred Frantzén in Sweden); he will lead a team that includes Kai Menneken, who worked as a sous chef under Phil Howard, and ex-River Café chef George Williams, who recently cooked alongside Rick Stein, Allegra McEvedy, Rowley Leigh and Henry Harris at Pino restaurant’s Ukraine fundraiser.
