03-07-2014
One of the latest creatures of British chef and entrepreneur Jason Atherton is called City Social: it is a restaurant and a bar, tel. +44.20.78777703, offering beautiful views of the city of London, great cocktails and an elegant cuisine. This, however, is not the only news: Atherton’s empire is expanding extremely fast, from Europe to Asia, and soon maybe in Dubai too
One of the cocktails that the mixologist at Pollen Street Social’s bar has in his list is called Empire of the Sun. Is it by chance? Or a not so veiled hint at the empire that chef and business man Jason Atherton continues to expand from England to the Far East? Indeed, Jason is very busy at opening new restaurants and it appears he doesn’t mean to stop. And why should he, after all? Like King Midas, all he touches becomes gold, from a gastronomic point of view, that is. Ever since he left the Ramsay group in 2011 in order to open a place of his own, he’s never stopped. The first Michelin star arrived only six months later, followed by a series of prizes and acknowledgments from the industry and a great success among the public. Therefore, little by little, this empire began to expand. First in Singapore, with restaurants and bars in strategic locations in town, from Gardens by the Bay (a brand new and futuristic botanic garden) to the historic and super cool Chinatown (on Keong Saik Road). Hong Kong and Shanghai followed right away.
The kitchen at Pollen Street Social at work
Smoked black angus tartare with radishes, horseradish and mustard leaves: one of the dishes at the Social Eating House
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