The opening of a brand new outpost of Gaia, the celebrated Greek-Mediterranean restaurant, in Mayfair, London, brings the texture of a seaside escape to the center of the town. Gaia, with areas in Dubai, Monte-Carlo, and Doha, has gained recognition because of its emphasis on craft and ease via beautiful dishes and serene interiors.
The restaurant’s kitchen gives a eating expertise characterised by means of recent substances and a love for shared meals, conceptualised by Evgeny Kuzin and chef Izu Ani, distinguished hospitality entrepreneurs within the UAE.
Gaia restaurant brings Greek aptitude to London
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‘We first opened 5 years in the past, and have constructed a powerful basis throughout three stunning [locations], Dubai, Doha and Monaco. In London, we purpose to make sure the essence of Gaia stays as genuine because it was when it first opened, because it turns into embedded inside the area people,’ says Ani.
Kuzin notes that the aim of debuting Gaia in London lies in ‘creating a house away from house for Londoners and introducing the town to the best way we like to create way of life ideas.’
He provides, ‘Our philosophy is considered one of tradition and delicacies. We concentrate on meals, on easy, trustworthy and humble substances that come collectively to create pleasure. Within the kitchen, we cook dinner to create happiness, to deliver a peaceful and pure second of enjoyment to everybody who enters.’
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Following the Mediterranean custom of gathering with family and friends to bask in a leisurely dinner, the restaurant options quite a lot of sharing plates, freshly ready. The mezze dishes, an assortment of typical Greek dips equivalent to taramosalata, smoked cod roe, and melitzanosalata, are served with freshly baked pita bread warmed within the restaurant’s wood oven.
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The menu additionally gives an array of bigger dishes which are finest shared. The highlights embrace kritharaki, a seafood orzo with a heady tomato sauce combined with freshly caught calamari, prawns, and clams. One other in style dish is the normal gemista, stuffed peppers with rice herbs and feta cheese. With the help of Gaia’s educated crew, visitors can even choose fish from the counter, the place quite a lot of freshly caught produce is displayed.
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For dessert, diners can select from quite a lot of choices, together with pagoto giourti, frozen Greek yogurt topped with chopped nuts and a drizzle of honey; ravani, coconut sponge cake served with cream; and loukoumades, fried Greek doughnuts with honey, cinnamon, and caramelised walnuts. Though the preparation time is quarter-hour, relaxation assured, it’s well worth the wait.
Pagoto giourti, frozen Greek yogurt topped with chopped nuts and a drizzle of honey
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Obtainable for a pre-drink or a post-dinner nightcap, the restaurant’s bar options cocktails impressed by the earth, solar, mountains, and sea, and contains Theo, a heat mix of olive oil-infused tequila, basil, bergamot, and mastika, and Talos, a herbaceous cocktail of orange gin, beetroot, and dry fig. For wine lovers, a specialised sommelier is out there at any time advise on the perfect pairing from Gaia’s classic wine cellar.
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Greek tradition is mirrored all through the interiors at Gaia, named after the Greek Goddess of Earth, courtesy of the award-winning studio First Inside. Particulars embrace a pale color palette, domed arches, Hellenistic statues framed by limestone partitions, and azure blue furnishings
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