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Plate Deconstruction: Tom Aikens Restaurant's Candied Beetroot Dessert

Tom Aikens Restaurant in London's extremely charming Chelsea neighborhood just went through a big redesign, reopening in January with a new look after nine years in the biz (the restaurant's website got a nice overhaul as well). Besides the interior re-do, the menu evolved to spotlight the Michelin-starred chef's creative impulses. Take, for instance, the candied beetroot dessert, which recasts the love-it-or-hate-it beet (a.k.a. beetroot) as some sort of super ingredient.