BAR BOULUD, LONDON CONTINUES TO DELIGHT GUESTS ONE YEAR ON

Celebrating their first anniversary this week, Chef Daniel Boulud’s first UK restaurant, Bar Boulud, London at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park has enjoyed an extraordinarily exciting and rewarding year. A recent addition to The S.Pellegrino Top 100 Best Restaurants in the World, the lively bistro has served up over a quarter of a million covers since opening last Spring, with a record number of over 900 sittings in one day, consolidating it’s reputation as one of London’s most popular dining hotspots. In addition to this great accolade, Bar Boulud, London was voted ‘Best Restaurant of the Year 2010’ by Time Out Magazine, ‘Best Burger in Town’ by The Observer and one of London’s 10 Buzziest Openings of 2010 by Zagat. Bar Boulud will be offering a special birthday burger consisting of Moroccan spiced lamb patty with sweet pepper ragout, cucumber yoghurt, chickpea fries, harissa ketchup. This costs £15 and is offered from 6th – 13th May 2011. A tempting new Spring menu includes Creamy Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Caramelized Cep Mushrooms and Thyme Pesto; Grilled Butterflied Tiger Prawns sautéed in Brown Butter, Fresh Lemon Juice, Garlic and Parsley and Roasted Lamb Rump Steak with Rosemary Potato Gratin, Spring Vegetables and Smoked Garlic Lamb Jus. Not to be outdone, a full afternoon menu available from 3pm provides ample sustenance after a day of shopping with Salads, Oysters and the ever popular Burgers, Sausages and Croque Monsieurs. A new Bar Snack Menu is now available as the perfect accompaniment to the varied cocktail list, the full range of rare draught and bottled beers and the assorted selection of wines. Nibble on Crispy Pork Ears, Potted Brown Shrimp or Confit Duck Leg amongst a range of other delights! For the wine connoisseurs, Bar Boulud will also be hosting monthly Wine Dinners along with acclaimed Sommelier, David Vareille and some of the world’s most renowned masters of wine. A happy symphony for concert lovers, Bar Boulud, London is proud to announce an exclusive partnership to become the preferred hotel partner to the world class Royal Albert Hall. The hotel is just a short walk away and offers the 1.5 million visitors who visit the Hall every year the perfect venue for pre and post-show dining. Guests can enjoy a special menu priced at a reasonable £20 per person for 3 courses and can choose to enjoy the 3 courses before the show or to sit down for 2 courses prior to the Royal Albert Hall, and return to Bar Boulud for dessert after the performance. Not forgetting the two private dining rooms and a popular Prix Fixe Menu, Bar Boulud continues to delight guests with its buzzing ambiance, comprehensive menu and reasonable prices. Here’s to another great year! Bar Boulud, London is open from 12pm to 1am every day excluding Sunday with last food orders at the bar at 11.45pm. Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London With bustling Knightsbridge on its doorstep and leafy Hyde Park at its rear, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park is London’s most prestigious address. Blending sumptuous guestrooms with a world-leading spa and a stylish bar, it is the definitive destination for a luxury escape. And now with two exciting new restaurants including Bar Boulud, London and the first London restaurant for one of the UK’s most renowned chefs, Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck Group, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park is set to become the culinary centre of the capital. About Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is the award-winning owner and operator of some of the world's most prestigious hotels and resorts. Mandarin Oriental now operates, or has under development, 42 hotels representing over 10,000 rooms in 27 countries, with 18 hotels in Asia, 12 in The Americas and 12 in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. In addition, the Group operates, or has under development, 13 Residences at Mandarin Oriental, connected to the Group’s properties. Photography of Mandarin Oriental is available to download, in high and low resolution, in the Photo Library of our Media section, at www.mandarinoriental.com. For further information, please contact: Agency Contacts Katerina Panayotopoulou (katerina@annscott.co.uk) Henrietta Carnegy (henrietta@annscott.co.uk) Ann Scott Associates Tel: 020 7823 9988 Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London Holly Johnstone (hjohnstone@mohg.com) Director of PR Tel: 020 7201 3616