Thanksgiving at Smith and Wollensky in London

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers. This year, I celebrated Thanksgiving by going to Smith and Wollensky restaurant in London to have their Thanksgiving Day menu. The offer included a starter, main, and dessert, and a selection of sides came with the main meal. Due to a large party going on, the ground floor was occupied with that, so I went into the basement area to have the meal.

I had previously been to this American steak house with my parents a several years ago; I don't eat steak but I am okay with vegetarian options and chicken. To see my previous visit, see my post about Smith and Wollensky. The restaurant has branches in America, and I'd been to the one in Ohio in Easton but found it a lot different. 

I had the kiwi cocktail, which was delicious, and the person I went with had the strawberry mocktail, which was fruity.

We got a roll to start.

My friend had the pea soup, which was served with croutons and bacon bits.

I had the leek and potato coquettes, which were served with roasted pepper sauce.

I also ordered a glass of wine from the Smith and Wollensky estate. Both of us had the turkey. The red wine gravy contained beef stock, so I did not have that. The turkey was a little dry for my taste. It was served with stuffing and cranberry sauce. The sides included creamed corn with bacon bits (which I also had to pick off), green beans, and mashed potatoes. However, I felt we were missing corn bread and macaroni cheese.

For the desserts, my friend had the Oreo cheesecake.

I had the pumpkin pie. Of course, it always has to be pumpkin pie.

I enjoyed the bread, starter, mashed potatoes, creamed corn, and pumpkin pie. The cocktails were also good. The turkey was a little dry and over-cooked and I wished that they had vegetarian gravy.