What it's like to eat at L'Enclume - the best restaurant in the UK

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The mysterious dessert called "Anvil" at L'Enclume, which has been named the UK's best restaurant in the Good Food Guide four years in a row.

Plenty of London venues made it into the Waitrose Good Food Guide's UK's 50 best restaurants ranking, but they were all beaten by L'Enclume - a small, riverside eatery in Cumbria serving locally sourced ingredients.

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It is owned by award-winning chef Simon Rogan, who has a passion for organic produce.

L'Enclume has retained its title as the UK's best restaurant for four consecutive years.

In a statement on the guide's website, Good Food Guide editor Elizabeth Carter said she loved that its rustic exterior and discreet entrance "makes you feel you're in on a secret."

Despite L'Enclume's modest appearance, Rogan is "restlessly inventing and pushing his ingredients to extract maximum flavour and interest."

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Like a lot of organic food, the dishes here come with a big price tag. Both the lunch and dinner menu have a set price of £130 per head, and that's before you've ordered wine. A wine pairing with dinner costs £200.

Take a look at some of L'Enclumes most inventive dishes, the restaurant, and its farm.