Barda Restaurant & Bar

Bearing the hall mark of fine dining in Broomfield Road in the heart of Chelmsford, Barda Restaurant and Bar hits the fashionable note with its walnut floors and subdued lighting. An entry in the Michelin and Good Food Guide is quite a feather in its cap, a couple of feathers perhaps?

A set of talented hands in the kitchen are sure to delight you with their culinary skills and diversity, which is in evidence with the number of menus on offer - prix fixe, seasonal and à la carte. Fried baby squid and creamy spicy sauce and duck tataki with hoi sin ponzu and duck crackling assemble in the starters section, followed by a main course of 8 hour slow braised pork cheek. Roasted fillet of sea trout and steamed wild sea bass with Asian vegetables and clam chowder are winners in the seafood segment.

An assiette of chocolate with chocolate and mint sorbet, white chocolate and cardamom mousse and milk chocolate foam will signal the beginning of a diet's downfall, but where better than Barda?