Dish · 11 kitchens in 6 cities
Croquettes
A thick filling — ham, shrimp, salt cod, veal or stew — rolled in crumbs and fried.
Nobody paid to be here. Each kitchen is described from its own menu where it publishes one, unranked, so each note says how that kitchen makes it.
In London
Ham Croquetas
Barrafina Dean Street · Soho · ~£45 pp
Croquetas of ham béchamel fried in crumb. One each, and the first plate.
Potted Shrimp Croquettes
Parsons · Covent Garden · ~£48 pp
Potted shrimps, brown shrimp in spiced butter, crumbed and fried as croquettes. Alongside the oysters.
Salt cod croquetas, piquillo sauce
Morito · Exmouth Market · ~£30 pp
Croquetas of salt cod, fried, with piquillo pepper sauce. They start the meal.
In Brussels
Garnaalkroketten
Noordzee · Sainte-Catherine · ~€7 pp
Fried croquettes of grey shrimp
Garnaalkroketten, shrimp croquettes, fried at the fish bar with tartare sauce. Alongside the soup.
Croquettes de crevettes grises
Les Brigittines · Marolles (Place de la Chapelle) · ~€50 pp
Fried croquettes of grey shrimp
Croquettes of grey shrimp from the North Sea, to share before the vol-au-vent.
Garnaalkroketten
Au Vieux Saint Martin · Sablon · ~€40 pp
Fried croquettes of grey shrimp
Garnaalkroketten, croquettes of Ostend grey shrimp, made in the house. To share before the raw beef.
Croquettes aux crevettes grises
Le Pré Salé · Sainte-Catherine (Rue de Flandre) · ~€35 pp
Fried croquettes of grey shrimp
Croquettes of grey North Sea shrimp, made in the house. Two to share before the mussels.
In Amsterdam
Kalfscroquetten
Patisserie Holtkamp · Vijzelgracht · ~€8 pp
Fried croquettes of veal ragout
Braised veal ragout, rolled in crumbs and fried. Amsterdam's kroket, the deep-fried croquette, on the house's 1969 base: the one we came for.
In Athens
Shrimp and Crayfish croquets with spicy sauce
Athinaikon · Exarchia · ~€28 pp
Croquettes of shrimp and crayfish with a spicy sauce, the house speciality. Our first plate, with ouzo.
In Madrid
Croqueta de cocido Lhardy
Lhardy · Sol · ~€12 pp
Croquette made from Madrid stew
A croqueta made from cocido, the chickpea stew. Alongside the consommé.
In Paris
Croq' de queue de bœuf
L'Avant Comptoir de la Terre · Odéon · ~€28 pp
An oxtail croquette, red-wine braise inside, horseradish on the side. One or two to share.