| Dinner |
[Feb. 25th, 2009|01:25 pm] |
Went to Lieve on Herengracht for dinner last night. Food was amazing and each of the (4) courses was accompanied by a specially selected beer(e47pp inc drinks). After that we did some more drinking, my head hates me. |
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| Patatas Bravas |
[May. 30th, 2006|02:45 pm] |
Made this last night, (recipe mostly stolen from waitrose) was very good.
Serves about 2 .
* Take ~300g waxy potatoes and chop into 1-2cm cubes
* Par boil in a little salted water for ~10 minutes, and drain and leave to dry.
* Chop up 3-4 ripe tomoatoes and fry with a clove garlic until they start to loose their consistency, season & add about 1tblspoon Pimeton Picante (Hot smoked paprika
* while the tomatoes are cooking add a couple of of tablespoons of oil to a frying pan and heat it up
* Fry the potatoes for 10-15 mins until golden brown and then add a little salt
* Serve potatoes with sauce. |
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| REVIEW: Up the Creek, Penryn |
[May. 2nd, 2006|01:11 am] |
Up the Creek
Islington Wharf, Penryn
The Restaurant is very well hidden in the depths of a boat-yard just off Penryn high-street. You go in through what looks like somebody's porch and then go up the stairs into what appears to be somebody's lounge (only with a bar). Overall the atmosphere was relaxed and the dining room was bright and cosy at the same time. Friendly service and no problems with a table of seven.
The food was very good, mostly local fish, nothing too fancy but some nice mediteranean touches.
I had crab cakes, then hake on a bed of baby octopus and chorizo stew, and roasted banana and most of a bottle of chablis.
It cost £190 for seven people for three courses including aperitifs and two bottles of wine. |
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| Dinner |
[Apr. 6th, 2006|12:25 am] |
Just went out for dinner with my dad and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) 561 at Fishworks in town.
Summary: Loch Fyne for those people for who can afford more and for whom Loch Fyne is "So last year darling"...
I had: Mackrel and Scallops both of which were excellent.
The environment: is standard less is more type approach and not particularly inspired or intimate where we were seated. Despite having booked early and despite the restaurant being only about 1/2 full we got a fairly crap table in the middle room upstairs (no windows to speak of) and far too bright.
The service: was mediocre, the Maître D' was pretty helpful but very pushy with the more expensive stuff and 1/2 of the specials were off by the time we ordered. Overall the service was a bit slow, 20 minutes between sitting and ordering drinks, and another 25 minutes for starters (mains came pretty soon after that though) which given their insistance on an eariler booking time was a bit disapointing. Three different waiters despite only having two courses. We didn't leave a tip.
It cost: £97 for two courses for three people, with 1/2 a bottle of wine between us and nothing fancy.
Overall: Really nice fish, and a damn site better than the last couple of times I've been to Loch Fyne in Bath. In terms of value, for this class of restaurant (and for this class of service) its a total rip-off. Sorry but if you want to sell me the "Simple Plain Good Food" you have to sell it to me at a reasonable price. If we'd had 3 courses and more wine (the cheapest bottle was £22.50) we would easily have been looking at upwards of £150. Want to spend this much and get really really good food? - head out of town to the Moody Goose in Midsomer Norton. |
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