langdon hall country house hotel & spa

i haven't been able to stop thinking about langdon hall since my last visit there almost a year ago (scroll to the bottom for last year's posts). the place is honestly too beautiful and gorgeous to forget and - dare i say - visit only once. maybe this is some sort of addiction on my part? if that's the case then i'm not ashamed to admit that i brought my parents to langdon hall for mother's day this year not for them but for me, to get my "langdon hall fix". the first step in curing an addiction is accepting that i have a problem, right?

okay, maybe a teeny tiny bit of me also wanted to show my 'rents this eleganthotel& spa in cambridge and dine at their 5-diamond award winning restaurant. we arrived at langdon halll (twitter: @langdon_hall, facebook: langdon hall country househotel& spa) about half an hour before our lunch reservation to walk the gardens. we certainly worked up an appetite!

i wasn't able to get a reservation for sunday (langdon hall had a special sunday brunch for mother's day) so we opted for lunch on saturday instead, which is the standard lunch served from monday to saturday 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm in the restaurant's main dining room.

pierre frick alsace gewurztraminer ($70)

house-made sour dough bread & butter 

appetizer 
wood roasted chassagne farm quail ($20)

lentils, green vegetables, hazelnut dressing

cured wild salmon ($18) 
cucumber, geranium, new potato and soft herbs

lamb tartare navarin ($19) 
spring vegetables, daisy leaves, garlic chips

carrot terrine (complimentary) 
heirloom carrots cooked in their own juice, coconut milk, wild ginger pickle, raw carrot, fresh carrot greens, nasturtium

chilled poached snow crab (complimentary) 
grape pickle, gel & sweet wine jelly, grated foie gras torchon, dried sumac (from the property)

main course 
halibut ($28)asparagus, hen of the woods, chicken skin, champagne cream

wagyu flank steak ($28) 
buttermilk fried endives, grain of paradise mascarpone, preserved lemon jus

dessert 
sticky toffee pudding ($14)dates, rum caramel, stout ice cream

butterscotch ($14) 
chocolate sorbet, fried churros

what a treat! yet another brilliant langdon hall meal in my book. much like my last two dining experiences at the restaurant, chef jason bangerter (@chefbangerter) effortlessly embodies all the fresh seasonal ingredients from the property's ever-evolving garden into his creations. the vivid reds, greens and yellows appropriately reflect the coming of spring with vibrant flavours that are clean, simple and crisp. under chef bangerter's leadership, the langdon hall menu continues to blossom and is now better than ever.

it is undeniable that langdon hall country househotel& spa is one of the most prestigious restaurant in this region. being voted as #1hotelin canada and having earned caa/aaa four diamond accommodation award for 18 consecutive years, those are testaments to the fine service you are guaranteed to receive at langdon hall.

this post contains images of our recent tasting menu dinner at langdon hall country househotel& spa cambridge on. we took my sisters for a special meal by chef jason bangerter. we drank two bottles of domaine zind humbrecht gewürztraminer 2012 alc. 14% by vol. alsace. we ate house made butter; house made sourdough bread; amuse bouche - chilled nova scotia lobster, peas and garden purée; ontario asparagus - early garden sprouts, sturgeon caviar, squid ink aioli; white asparagus - cured goose egg, chive flowers, hazelnut gribiche $22; chilled nova scotia snow crab salad - fragrant vegetable nage cured quebec foie gras, grapes, sumac; langdon hall terroir - foraged leaves/flowers/lettuce weeds/berries, buttermilk sorbet; ontario marinated lamb tartar - black radish crudité, mustard pickle, wild ramp pickle; b.c. halibut & spot prawn - morel mushroom, sweet peas, berkshire lardo, pea purée, prawns; coconut chocolate ganache with coconut ice cream (lactose free dessert); ontario monforte dairy true blue - duck fat fried sourdough, maple sugar, candied walnut; and ontario strawberry consommé - farmed and wild berries, rhubarb, lavender sugar.

this post contains images of our recent dinner at langdon hall country house & spa. it was supposed to be outside but was set up in the main house due to inclement weather. the dinner was put on by the cheese boutique in partnership with samuel adams (the boston beer company) and the league of extraordinary chefs presented the backyard bbq. we drank samuel adams summer ale and boston lager. we ate jason bangerter's garden hot sauce, citrus, cherries mascarpone, spicy mustard greens, wild mint, bronze fennel, new season langdon garlic vinaigrette, albacore tuna crustacean remoulade, garden garnishes, smoked nuts and maple sugar; jonathan goodyear's fish taco clay baked kolapore springs trout, summer slaw, black bean and blossoms peaches shaved fennel, blue benedictine, crisp apple wood bacon, radish and mache wild firer honey vinaigrette; oysters and oyster fixings; afrim pristine's heritage tomatoes with grilled guernsey girl marinated in summer ale from samuel adams and cheese and meats from the cheese cave; and langdon hall country househotel& spa's sweet table.

food lover. been there and done that in many places and yet langdon hall comes out on the top of the list for one of or perhaps the best dining experience in ontario if not canada. we stayed for a weekend and found the presentation and tastes beyond compare. wine selection is superb. wait staff andhotelstaff are very attentive to your every need. you simply must experience this hotel.