Restaurant Twenty Two — Restaurant in Cambridge

Solid 5-star. Totally enjoyed the lunch menu and looking forward to bringing my family and friends here! This is going to be no. 1 place for treating important guests (Might sneak back on my own for some a weekday treat too

I had a full course dinner menu at the Cambridge Michelin restaurant, which was quite impressive. I did not expect to be stuffed at a Michelin restaurant given my large appetite…

We started off the taste journey with a bite size warm cheese tart, topped with shredded Parmesan. Among the three snacks, my favorite was the rabbit course, which was exquisitely prepared with complex flavors. Featuring a thin, crispy coating with the wild taste of rabbit meat preserved just right.

The pre-meal bread was a pleasant surprise and one of the reasons my friend revisited. I'm not usually interested in flaky bread, but the bread itself was moist but not greasy, and I was surprised by its warm feel, easily crumbled crust, and perfectly structured air pockets. Among the three kinds of butter, my favorite was the fermented yeast, which had an unexpected taste of miso. Followed by a custard mushroom soup, the custard was different from the Asian style, resembling cream added, with a garnish of black truffle aroma, overall not bad.

The three main courses were pork belly, codfish, and beef. The pork belly was fatty but balanced well with an aggressive sauce similar to "scallion oil"; the final steak was thoughtful, with butter used in a layered potato, the beef tongue and steak were slow-fried, and the bone marrow was stewed into a sauce. However, the codfish was a bit disappointing, although the fish was tender from low-temperature slow cooking, the sauce lacked surprise. The transition before the dessert was clever, with a grapefruit sorbet parfait and lemon jelly making a refreshing, grease-cutting ice cream sandwich. However, the actual dessert was somewhat too heavy, with the caramel almost reaching the viscosity of toffee, overpowering the bitterness of the chocolate itself, which, as a chocolate lover, I only managed to finish with difficulty.

Overall, it was delicious, but I feel this menu was not well-balanced between dishes, starting from the very first appetizer, giving a strong sensory impact and easily...

This was our first tasting menu experience. The setting itself, the restaurant looks nicer from outside than inside, the tables for 2 are too small, once they put your drinks printed menus, food etc it's awfully crowded.

The food itself was good... I can't say I had one course that was mind blowing and there were a couple which were sub par.

Based on just this I probably would have given it a 4 out of 5 stars however the main reason we felt it was a bad experience is it is just far too overpriced. The experience doesn't match the price tag, what also was a big shock was we had one regular tasting menu (£75) and one vegetarian one which cost £95! £20 extra which substituted fish and muscles for half a carrot (not exaggerating) and lamb 3 ways for I think celeriac or fennel but again much smaller portions. Weirdly the dessert was a fairly big fish in comparison but we did leave hungry which surprised me.

It could be that tasting menus aren't for us but I don't think that's the issue, the dishes just weren't either enough, not the wow factor or the meat/main ingredient just wasn't that good.

Sadly for the price of a lunch tasting menu I'd probably recommend, paying for a train to London and finding a better experience for the same price travel included.

Apart from the lingering waiting staff everyone was very polite and service was delivered well. I just think the price of £75 is probably just a little high and £95 is just...