Le Deli Robuchon
LE DELI ROBUCHON knows its audience. Situated a few doors down from Green Park tube, it is to the office workers of Mayfair what Pret A Manger is to practically everybody else. Conceived and run in the tradition of the multi-Michelin-starred French chef Joël Robuchon, who died in 2018, it’s a popular lunch spot for those coining it in nearby hedge funds. Drop in around noon and you’ll intercept scraps of conversation likely to revolve around one of two main subjects: money (the making of) and physical fitness (the pursuit of). Logically, a corollary of the first is, again, money: the spending of.
With its bottles of Laurent-Perrier, lobster bisque, chichi ice cream cart and sumptuous patisserie, Le Deli Robuchon can help you out with that. Budget twice what you normally would for a filled baguette and you’re about there. Happily, I can report that, after one bite, you’re unlikely to regret the additional outlay. On the fitness front, one’s regime of the moment can be kept on track with a take-out lunch box filled with one protein (sliced chicken, salmon, beef) and two or three sides: tabbouleh, grilled vegetables, lentil salad. Personally, I find the pricing of this mix-and-match system a trifle confusing (substitutions and supplements have their own fee structures), but I suspect that doesn’t faze many of the other regulars.
See also: Emilia’s Delicatessen, Paul Rothe & Son
