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Lettonie (restaurant)

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was considered to be at odds with the location – the restaurant was located in a shopping parade. After nine years, the restaurant was relocated under the same name some 11 miles (18 km) to his hometown of
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purée; at the time, pork belly was an unusual dish to be served in a fine-dining restaurant. Blunos explained that he had originally had a
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Blunos closed the restaurant after 13 years, with a drop in advanced bookings from the United States blamed due to both the
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as well as chilled vodka. A second dish which Blunos became well known for at Lettonie was one which appeared to be
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and toast soldiers. It was, however, a hollowed out egg filled with vanilla cream and mango
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in 1992, and a second in 1994; these were held until the restaurant was closed in 2001.
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as well, but since diners preferred the belly dish, the fillet was dropped.
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Lettonie was first awarded a Michelin star in 1992 while located in
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restaurant guide listed Lettonie as among the best in the country.
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Defunct Michelin-starred restaurants in the United Kingdom
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in 1998 until it was permanently closed in 2001. In 1999,
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that had been sprinkled with sugar and grated chocolate.
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Index

Martin Blunos
French cuisine
2 Michelin stars
Martin Blunos
Bristol
Bath, Somerset
Michelin star
Martin Blunos
Stoke Bishop
French cuisine
Bath, Somerset
Grade II listed building
foot-and-mouth outbreak
September 11 attacks
Blinis
Michelin stars
French
Latvian
pork belly
morels
celeriac
pork tenderloin
scrambled
flambéed
vodka
Sevruga
blinis
boiled egg
coulis
shortbread

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