Top Organic Dining in Kensington

Jun 26
08:56

2015

Lisa Jeeves

Lisa Jeeves

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You can find plentiful opportunities for organic dining around your Kensington hotel. Here are some top tips to give you a head start.

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Any article that mentions ‘organic dining’ and a typical Kensington hotel in the same context can run the risk of generating controversy. Let’s say immediately that in what follows,Top Organic Dining in Kensington Articles there is no attempt to define exactly what ‘organic food’ actually means or any endeavour to debate the pros and cons of this sub-section of the food industry. They’re subjects open for debate and one where people can get, understandably, very passionate about things one way or another.

What this article is concerned with is how the typical guest staying in a Kensington hotel who might have organic dining preferences, can satisfy those. So if you're looking for some tips, read on.

A prestigious hotel approach to organic food

The typical more prestigious Kensington hotel will usually bend over backwards to try and satisfy even the most demanding requirements of their clientele with respect to dining. So while not all may offer immediately visible organic options or a 100% organic policy, most may well be able to offer you some perfectly acceptable dining options along those lines if you discuss the matter with them in advance. If you can’t see a statement guaranteeing that the restaurant uses only organic food, there’s no need to just assume that they never do so and that you will have to compromise on your convictions. Talk to the management and you may find yourself pleasantly surprised.

Doing your own thing

Some visitors to London have extremely specific dietary requirements with respect to the origin and preparation of their food. Sometimes that is to do with health concerns or in other instances it may be political, in the sense of concerns over animal welfare etc.

If you do have extremely strong views on what you eat and you believe that you will be unlikely to be able to obtain peace of mind when dining while visiting the UK capital, be that externally or in the dining facilities of your own hotel, you do have a very viable alternative.

Within walking distance of any Kensington hotel, the vast Whole Foods Market covers some 80,000 square feet of space. There you will typically be able to find foodstuffs and produce that will meet almost any of the most rigorous demands that come with the various definitions of things such as ‘Bio’, ‘Wholefood’ or ‘Organic’. This affords you the option of sourcing your own foodstuff and preparing it, or some hotels may be perfectly willing to use your raw materials to prepare you a meal to your own specifications. It’s an ideal approach for those who really do like to have 100% control over what they are eating.

London and organic food

It probably has to be admitted that British culture hasn't always exactly been at the forefront of concerns relating to just how the basic ingredients of a typical meal are actually produced. Most experts agree that the honours for raising public consciousness in those areas probably have to go to the United States.

However over recent decades, the position in London (and particularly those more up-market restaurants and hotel restaurants) has changed out of all recognition. Today, the typical chef in a leading London establishment will have unbelievably demanding criteria for the ingredients he or she is sourcing.

What that means in terms of your stay in a prestigious Kensington hotel is that your chef will be well used to coping with a wide variety of very diverse guest preferences, in terms of ingredients and dining in general. So, if you have very strong views on organic food, you should not feel inhibited about discussing these in advance with the management of the hotel or perhaps directly with the chef concerned. You can be sure they won’t resent your enquiry any may even welcome it.

There's no need to compromise your principles just because you're on holiday or business in London.