Please allow me to introduce you to a delightful small plates place called The Providores on Marylebone High Street. Specializing in innovative fusion food, The Providores also apparently serves London’s largest range of New Zealand premium wines – aka a homerun in my book.
The Providores has two levels, with the upstairs a more formal dining room and the downstairs a casual walk-in spot that doesn’t take reservations. As a result, you’ll often see people lingering around outside, especially on the weekends for their legendary brunch.
On this visit, we opted for a few of my favorites to share. The first was Laksa, a smoked coconut, a prawn and lemongrass dumpling soup with green tea noodles, crispy shallots and coriander. The restaurant was nice enough to split the portion for us to share.
Next up was a smoked octopus salad with cucumber, mango, almonds and other greens.
And, for the main, a delightful seared Duck with more greens and citrus.
To finish, we split the coconut yuzu tapioca with strawberry basil sorbet, lime, peppered almond praline and green mango. Delightful!
The Providores and Tapa Room is located at 109 Marylebone High Street, London, W1U 4RX. For more information, visit their website.