AWARD-WINNING The Salt Room will celebrate its second anniversary with the launch of a new menu.

The restaurant, which is in the Hilton Metropole on Brighton seafront, opened in February 2015 and has built a reputation as producing some of the best seafood in the city.

To celebrate the anniversary there will be a new menu with fresh and locally sourced seafood and the finest cuts of meat paired with classic flavour combinations.

Owner Razak Helalat said the menu was divided into ten sections: snacks, oysters, raw, starters, crustaceans, whole fish to share, mains, lobster, meat and sides.

He said: “You can choose between seaweed sourdough with brown crab mayo and tarragon butter or salt cod fritters with shipped smoked cod’s roe to start.

“This is swiftly followed by your choice of oyster served with shallot vinegar, verjus or horseradish and lime.

“Star dishes to follow include raw beef with cured yolk, sesame and ponzu; scallops in the shell with rosemary, orange and smoked paprika; bouillabaisse with saffron and red pepper or truffle gnocchi with mushrooms and Berkswell cheese.”

The restaurant’s signature seafood platter, The Surf Board, is still on the menu. Razak said: “Think oysters, langoustines, crab claws, clams and prawns garnished with wedges of juicy lemon and unusual sea herbs, all piled high on to a board for the table to share.”

The Salt Room is the sister restaurant of The Coal Shed in Boyce’s Street, Brighton.