A Visit to The Lake District

Saturday, June 28th , 2025

Gilpin Lodge is a luxury hotel near Lake Windermere. It has two restaurants, one serving pan-Asian food and the other serving British cuisine. Spice is the casual pan-Asian restaurant, the cooking stretching from sushi through to Indian dishes, and even vaguely Indonesian. It was harmless enough, though was a touch expensive for the level of food that appeared.

Source is the smartest of the two hotel restaurants and has a Michelin star.  This was a much more accomplished affair, the savoury dishes in particular being very well designed and executed. This was a restaurant that was worth its star.

L’Enclume is the flagship of the Simon Rogan empire, nestled in the village of Cartmel in the Lake District. I haven’t been for some time but the restaurant has stayed true to its ethos, with most vegetables used being grown nearby, and the quite technical dishes having particularly good presentation, such as the canape pictured. Service was excellent throughout the meal.