Cuttlefish ink laksa, grilled cuttlefish, harusame noodles, monksbeard, salted liquorice macadamia, natural wine dinner at The Modern Pantry

The Modern Pantry natural wine tasting dinner

Menu from a natural wine dinner at The Modern Pantry to sample dishes created by Anna Hansen specially for Real Wine month, available for the entire month of May ending in a special tasting menu on the 30th May, with natural wines selected to match:

Rendang mince, deep fried quail eggs, coconut & turmeric tortilla, crispy shallots, chilli & curry leaves, chilli lime dressing

Wild garlic, black garlic & manouri briq tart, roast tomato & miso dressing

Domaine  Belluard Gringet Les Alpes 2010, Haute Savoie, France

Cuttlefish ink laksa, grilled cuttlefish, harusame noodles, monksbeard, salted liquorice macadamia

Antoine Arena Grotta di Sole Blanc 2010, Patrimonio, Corsica, France

Pink peppercorn dusted beef fillet, tamarind & shallot purée, vanilla verjus dressing

Louis-Antoine Luyt Carignan Trequilemu 2010, Maule Valley, Chile

Masala roast lamb rump, panko crusted smoked cassava & fenugreek croquette, wild garlic, coconut labneh, pomegranate molasses roast grapes

Dard et Ribo Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2010, Rhone, France

Mahlab madeira cake & vanilla cream, poached rhubarb, sloe gin sorbet

Jurancon La Magendia de Lapeyre 2008, Pyrenées, France

The Modern Pantry chocolate truffles

Newby Tea or Caravan Coffee

The review is available here.

Qin Xie

Qin Xie is a London based food, wine and travel journalist and trained chef.

When not infiltrating Michelin restaurants as a kitchen tourist, she writes about food, drink and travel. Her work has appeared on Yahoo, FT, The Times and CNN.

Her first cookbook, co-authored with YS Peng at Hunan Restaurant, is out March 2014.

According to friends, her watch is always set to UTC -- ready for the next big adventure. In reality, she is happiest at the dinner table or by the sea.

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