The Room in the Elephant

At long last Torquay, once a gastronomic wasteland, has a Michelin-starred restaurant. The location is on Torquay's seafront, with both a ground floor brasserie and a more substantial and formal room upstairs. Local suppliers furnish the chefs with the best of raw materials, from which are concocted imaginative dishes precisely cooked. There's no questioning the undeniable savoir-faire of the chef, Simon Hulstone. Scallops with peanut-dusted veal sweetbreads and almond milk foam might be your selection, or else pan-roasted John Dory on parsnip purée. Starters to tempt your palate include a risotto of squid ink and cuttlefish with crisp chicken wings and roast onion foam.

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