"The fabulously bizarre Lilibet's opened her doors with little or no fanfare in mid-September, beckoning us into her world of strange. Behold the antique fireplaces, the floral chairs and wallpaper, the multitude of gilt-framed, 18th-century French paintings, the pretty etched glassware, the monogrammed napkins, the tall dinner candles. Lilibet's has about it the air of how the palace of Versailles would look if its designers (in Lilibet's case Russell Sage Studio) had been allowed really to let their hair down."
"Well, this is when the diner selects a fish gurnard, sea bass or sea bream and it is then served in three ways: crudo, grilled and as a soup made a la minute from its bones. Is there anything more trapped at Balmoral for the summer when you'd rather be in the Bahamas than a fish triptych? Did a fish triptych finally send the Sussexes fleeing to LA?"
Lilibet's opened quietly in mid-September in a repurposed Mayfair building once a Mayfair townhouse where Queen Elizabeth II was born. The interior features antique fireplaces, floral chairs and wallpaper, gilt-framed 18th-century French paintings, etched glassware, monogrammed napkins and tall dinner candles, evoking an over-the-top Versailles aesthetic by Russell Sage Studio. The restaurant is by Ross Shonhan, ex-Nobu executive chef and founder of Bone Daddies, and serves dishes such as ricotta agnolotti, fire-roasted beef-fat oysters, anchovy eclairs, trou Normand and a fish triptych offering crudo, grilled and bone-made soup preparations that maximize sustainability.
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