Michelin Star Tableside Pigeon a la Presse at 5 Star The Ritz London by Luigi Cagnin

[@alexandrehenri-bhargava2741]

Now I finally know what to do with my silver pigeon press!

[@keybuckley]

Are those the exceptional Trafalgar Square Pigeons, or the more exclusive Victoria Train Station Pigeons?

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Neither they’re St James Park pigeons 😂

[@dr.mungusphd.3162]

He really tried to say, "squashing out all the juices of the bird," in the most polite way possible lmao.

[@stefanodigarbo4735]

20 years in London and not a bit of Italian accent lost - you're a pro my friend 😂

[@ryangosling9275]

same to be honest. I can speak properly, but it costs too much brainpower 😂

[@DerHerrMitR]

My man Giuseppe hoping he too will ascend to chief pidgeon squasher one day.

[@Nuttyirishman85]

He’s got to stop being late.

[@miketsykin5644]

I’ve had pigeon a la presse before, but presentation and spectacle in this case are the best I’ve ever seen. Bravo!

[@matte.marongiu]

La Scuola Suvretta non sbaglia mai! Complimenti

[@Tennisisreallyfun]

Amazing!!! The service looks so polished and coordinated, like something you might find at Georges Blanc or Paul Bocuse🤩

[@Thestaffcanteen]

I totally agree!

[@schmarrenheimer80]

Here in Germany the only pressed pigeon you can find is on the Autobahn... Just kidding, very impressive performance.

[@Thestaffcanteen]

😂😂😂

[@joshmore7175]

Looks beautiful, but wastes a tonne of pigeon meat

[@markchristopher4165]

Perhaps, but this is an old technique, and still gets value out of that meat. So I wouldn't say it's totally wasteful.

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Actually not the whole bird gets used 😉

[@tomdowney37215]

At least harvest the thighs!

[@Keller5327LV]

​@Thestaffcanteen does it? Ppl pick the rest of the meat out through the smashed bones, cartilage, marrow, etc..?

[@JohnSmith-cx8co]

There’s plenty in green park next door

[@AlModoTuo88]

If Ritz hase a Butler academy I be glad to register and learn the art of Royalty…!!! Amazing how a service can become masterful in hands of the trained personal

[@giorgosarifoglu953]

It's an Escoffier dish... brilliant

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Glad you enjoyed. Amazing to film 🎥

[@giorgosarifoglu953]

​@@ThestaffcanteenAs a cook I really enjoyed watching it. It's part of the gastronomy foundation upon which we must never forget.

[@tonycarpaccio9550]

It is actually not, the dish is from a chef called Mechenet about 100 years before Escoffier popularized it at the Savoy. Of course the original and Escoffier's use duck not pigeon.

[@giorgosarifoglu953]

@@tonycarpaccio9550 unfortunately the press that is used is Escoffier's contraption...100 years before Escoffier??? I doubt it ...

[@AnyoneThere-mt1uw]

"Are you being served" was a good tv show back in the day

[@edzehoo]

That hydraulic samovar for sauces thing is cool!

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Agree

[@markchristopher4165]

Incredible dish

[@djordjo6296]

The one in the middle is key

[@christopherbrett]

Spectacular! My mouth is drooling…

[@colbydavey4489]

They brought back the old music 😂😂😂

[@Thestaffcanteen]

We missed it 🎵

[@justindunlap1235]

That looks amazing, I may have to try an imitation. Time to build a bird smasher.

[@DavidGallego-m1u]

Pretentious dish for pretentious people. Hard pass.

[@P2501-y6u]

Definitely too posh for the hardscrabble real world folk at the Ritz London lol

[@darthmalum6024]

You are just poor😂😂😂 loser

[@gredangeo]

Pigeons are what rednecks eat after cleaning out the buckshot. I'm curious if this dish is that good. That being said. This dish did look really good though. As for pretentious. Well yeah, that's kinda the point. Lol. If I'm ever at this restaurant, wearing a nice dinner suit, I want my ass basically kissed, and feel smug for a few hours, as they give me the 12 course special.

[@owenk9304]

A similar effect can be achieved just by adding pig’s blood to the sauce. It thickens it in a special way different from adding flour to a gravy or eggs yolks to a sauce. The ducks from Rouen were most famous for being served like this and the original preparation is if not a peasant dish then certainly a dish of taverns and communities. The silver pressoir is just a luxury version of the wine and cider presses they used at harvest and they would use that to press the carcass. Every bit of the technique from undercooking to not bleeding the duck goes into making this dish special. It requires the cooperation of farmer butcher cook and waiter. Luxurious and decadent when done like this? Sure. Pretentious? Maybe but it has provenance and merit which can’t be ignored.

[@pectenmaximus231]

Youre right should all eat fish sticks and shout at the tv

[@hebediahgoldbach3031]

I only drink water out of red wine glasses,I can totally agree.But I lack everything else.

[@lostmoose9994]

I stay with a box of nuggets and drink the alcohol instead of burning that good stuff

[@Enkarashaddam]

Yeah but can they make a Waldorf Salad?

[@Thestaffcanteen]

We would say yes!

[@frankh.2669]

And it only costs the price of a mid-size house!

[@Thestaffcanteen]

A big one! 😂

[@MDeckers1212]

Don't let Mike Tyson see this

[@pureh2oh92]

Served stones cold steve austin temperature

[@bananainacup]

It’s like, idk how I could ever give that much of a fuck

[@jeseAudio]

Can you do lasagna?

[@Kate_Kestrel]

Imagine employing 3 geezers to stand there in suits doing you a pigeon. WILD!!

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Amazing experience at the highest level

[@hoobaguy]

Imagine being so poor that you can't even imagine a luxurious gourmet experience.

[@Kate_Kestrel]

@@hoobaguy Terrible isn’t it. What is the world coming to! 😭

[@davidalexander-watts6630]

I hope they don't have that background muzak in the restaurant.

[@rockinghorses]

It’s good they use pigeons because there are shit loads of them 👍

[@dadofmma]

Pigeon looked great however i have never heard of people dining on Pigeons lol

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Do you live in a cave?

[@dadofmma]

@@Thestaffcanteen i live in michigan where pigeons are flying rats

[@deemo5245]

@@dadofmma MI does have sophistication too. Not near you of course

[@Bumbaclot213]

@@ThestaffcanteenIn a cave of pigeons

[@Anthony-n9q]

Pigeon nuggets

[@KingOhmni]

Sorry to be that guy but can I just have some fish and chips? With tomato sauce, salt and vinegar on the side. I would be that guy at a 5 star place. I know what I like and it's not fine dinning.

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Possibly the wrong channel 🙄😂

[@samapple490]

You go to football games and expect them to play rugby?

[@markmower6507]

Well, that looks delicious 😋. But afterwards I would probably be like is there a Wendy's nearby, I want a Double Baconator?!

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Would suggest you’ve never eaten 7-course tasting menu? Suggestion you stick to Wendy’s 🤔😂😂😂

[@ryana7313]

​@@Thestaffcanteen idk have you ever had a baconator though??

[@yesman121]

​@@Thestaffcanteen 7 courses? Ain't nobody got time for that.

[@union310]

Buggers have only gone and stolen my recipe

[@spongebob423]

The decor doesn’t look opulent sorry. It’s kitsch. Looks like what they did in the Moscow subway tbh.

[@ianjd5193]

It’s beautifully classic. I know what you mean though, it looks like your Grandmas house. But it so isn’t. Enjoyed my stay there very much. Looking forward to my next stay.

[@augustwest8559]

He says uh uh uh too much.

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Uh?

[@augustwest8559]

@@Thestaffcanteen uh um but not duh.

[@carlschram2957]

This idiots "egh" count is off the charts!

[@faizansarvar9752]

People goes to 5 star not to eat but to watch drama

[@Danimal1177]

I hope that is an appetizer and not an entre.

[@fgfgf396]

à* 😢😅

[@danielborowski3208]

The amount of juices from squized bird is pathetic. Waste of food and theatrical bullshit

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Have you ever tasted it??

[@jcf2322]

@@Thestaffcanteen I think the point is even if it tasted amazing, the value added compared to the cost of production doesn't come close to justifying the expense, both financial and in terms of labor. But I guess that's opulence for you. Besides getting some of the marrow from the bones in the press, nothing here was that extravagant.

[@cavaliers4ever]

I imagine they use the rest of the bird to make stock or something. I don't think they'll throw it away

[@hebediahgoldbach3031]

This,so much waste for 2 pieces of meat.Can be the in the world,but its a fricking shame.

[@udasai]

Talking about waste when it takes three dudes to squeeze a bird. Also, unadorned green asparagus is cheaper, and you don't need a gold plated Poseidon in the back when you can get a velvet Elvis for probably half the price.

[@aggravatedassociate8237]

Pigeon? Rich people eat weird ish!

[@rictusmetallicus]

Not-eh my eh world eh. That- eh guy-eh sounds eh like-eh Sacha-eh Baron-eh Cohen-eh in his-eh role-eh as-eh italian-eh barbier-eh. This is some kind of comedy eh? Well it's cringy but not really funny. "Enough with the quail sauce! Give me the meat and give it to me raw!" - Durin

[@rymdalkis]

Uh

[@mandiola2010]

Ridiculous!!!!

[@Thestaffcanteen]

No, crepes

[@HieuNguyen-iq7mq]

That portion is joke.

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Who is laughing 😆

[@ChrisB-vb9hh]

🤢🤢

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Possibly the wrong channel for you 🙄

[@ChrisB-vb9hh]

@ if you’re into eating garbage a dog would turn away from then yes I’m probably on the wrong channel? 😂

[@andrewsaxton2421]

Can’t think anything worse than going to a restaurant and they cook in the dinning room at the table…. Use the kitchen that’s what’s in there for

[@johnathanlarry2832]

Dont care how its presented it a NO from me. No one needs to eat flying rats

[@afc358]

If I could evade paying tax I could probably eat there myself.

[@GarfunkelsMisery]

All this for a pigeon?? You actually eat pigeons? They're not very clean birds. No thanks. It's an easy pass for me

[@Truelies360]

Not good👎👎👎

[@Thestaffcanteen]

Why?

[@Ho-jo3fo]

Why so wasteful?

[@christianf7740]

Back to the stock pot. Waste

[@Thestaffcanteen]

I’m sure they do

[@tanindunn8379]

Sorry, dude, but serving me something that we refer to as "the rats of the sky" isn't what I'd consider luxury....... at all.

[@PkTwothousand]

Pigeon is a winged rat, hardly luxury

[@Thestaffcanteen]

The ones in Trafalgar Square perhaps 🤔

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

what a waste of meat.....

[@kevinslominack97]

No

[@BL4CK4556]

Creep suset best