The beautiful thing about Plateau are the floor to ceiling windows with views over Canada Square Park. Two and a half years ago a visit to the Grill half of Plateau with Sandra got us views over the ice-rink, tonight with Jenny we had views over the British Heart Foundation Canary Wharf Jog – quite a site to watch the runners run their laps … as we sat in the comfort of the restaurant eating our fine, rich food!

Later on there was also a band … though it was a bit sad that only three people were watching / jiving!

Plateau is very trendy in that city way – it even has gambling chip type coat check tags just for fun. As I mentioned Jenny and I dined in the restaurant section of the venue where the a la carte menu was a lot more intriguing than the set menu. However, the manager was still happy to comp us our aperitif which was very nice of him! In fact service tonight was superb – the waitstaff were engaging (they actually seemed interested in making conversation with us – even to the extent of making teasing comments like saying the truffled mac was simply too good to share), impressively they brought over spare plates so that we could share starters and desserts even though we hadn’t asked for them and they didn’t try to push us out of the restaurant once we were done. Admittedly on this last point they weren’t hugely busy but it was still nice to be allowed to sit there and chat even with nothing on the table.

And the food! This was absolutely gorgeous. Fresh and warmed and served with yummy butter (I think that’s part of the reason why I was so full even after only two courses …) For a starter I was enticed by the English parsley risotto, sauté of snails with garlic butter. I’m not entirely sure what the dark sauce was on the plate but it was quite delicious and just on the right side of well-seasoned. Jenny passed on starters to finish with dessert.

For our mains it was Seared fillet of sea bream, aubergine caviar (interesting), slow cooked onions and peppers for Jenny and I simply could not go past the Poached and roast corn fed chicken, truffled macaroni, baby leeks, jus gras. Yes – it was definitely the truffled mac which made me choose this dish. Would have been a tough call had pork belly been on the a la carte menu! The corn fed chicken was perfectly tender and juicy and the truffled mac – do I need to say anymore!

To finish Jenny had a beautiful Warm bitter chocolate tart (more chocolate fondant than tart), kalamansi sorbet (yay for a Filipino fruit) and Oreo cookie crumb. Even I was intrigued by this dessert … shame I was too full to indulge!

If Plateau was more centrally located (I was over Canary Wharf side to visit Jenny at her new workplace) I would definitely eat there more often. Guess I’ll just have to satisfy myself to occasional treats!