Blean Tavern
4 Blean Hill
Blean
Canterbury
CT2 9EF
01227 504887
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After having successfully opened the Oyster Pearl restaurant in Seasalter,
which won the Kent Life & Kent on Sunday Food & Drink Best Newcomer
award in 2013, Susan Lovett has now bravely taken over the Hare & Hounds
pub in Blean. She has lovingly refurbished the premises and is now relaunching the pub under the new name, Blean Tavern.
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There is something quite unique in the area about the food they are now
offering. She has employed an old friend, Randy Miravalles, who hails from the
Philippines, as head chef. They met when they worked together at London’s’
Saint Ermins Hotel.
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The restaurant is serving authentic Pan Asian food, and the inspiring menu
includes dishes such as chicken yakitori (Japanese), beef bulgogi (Philippines)
and chicken katsu curry. There is a lunch menu, Sunday set menu and tempting
evening and dessert menus, including platters for sharing. This is great if you
want to try various options and avoid food envy!
Randy has an interesting and enviable history; he has worked at some of the
most impressive restaurants in London, including The Langham and Italian
restaurant Princi. He ran the opening of Cocomaya near Downing Street, and
was the head chef at Rhubarb Design, an events’ catering company. Here he had
clients such as Formula 1, the Baftas and our royal family! And whilst he worked
as executive chef at Kimchee, a Korean restaurant, he won the number one
recipe at the 2014 Restaurant Festival.
He then worked as chef consultant with Banana Tree, creating standards of
hygiene and the general running of the kitchen. It was here that he helped with
the launch of the artisan Manor Coffee Shop.
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