Second helpings: Other restaurants with Michelin potential

Sunday 23 June 2002 00:00 BST
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Other restaurants with Michelin potential

La Trompette, 5 Devonshire Road, London W4, tel: 020 8747 1836

One of the impressive Platts-Martin/Poole clutch of restaurants, it seems only a matter of time before La Trompette emulates the Michelin success of its siblings, The Glasshouse and Chez Bruce. The feeling is smart, the staff are professional, the wine list is full of interest and the cooking – from halibut with shellfish ragout and horseradish mousseline, to roast cod with sage and onion crust – is genuinely good.

Thackerays, 85 London Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, tel: 01892 511 921

If Tunbridge Wells is to get a Michelin star, then this is where it will fall. Former executive chef at London's St Martin's Lane hotel, Richard Phillips and his partners have created a professional, supremely confident restaurant that would stand out as much in London as it does in London Road. Roasted sea bass with black squid noodles and sea scallops with black pudding are almost as glam as the romantic, candle-lit private rooms.

Sketch, 9 Conduit Street, London W1, tel: 08707 774 488

This joint project between Momo's Mourad Mazouz and three-star French chef Pierre Gagnaire hasn't even opened yet (any week now) but when it does, I imagine the Michelin people will burn rubber to get there. It sounds madly, joyfully, overly ambitious but fun, with a 150-seat brasserie, two bars, a grand tea room (love it) and video art gallery, as well as a 70-seat restaurant under the innovative Gagnaire.

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