How does this grab you for part of a menu?
STARTERS
DIVED SCALLOPS WITH BABY SQUID,
CROWN PRINCE PUMPKIN PURÉE, SQUID INK SAUCE
BUTTER POACHED LOBSTER, JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE,
PEAR AND SORREL (£7.50 supplement)
SEARED CURED MACKEREL, MACKEREL TARTARE, CUCUMBER, AVOCADO AND LEMON GRASS PURÉE, WASABI
RABBIT LOIN, RILLETTE AND PARFAIT, HERITAGE CARROTS,
CARROT AND MUSCAT JELLY
PIGS TROTTER STUFFED WITH SNAILS AND OX TONGUE,
ROASTED GARLIC CREAM
TERRINE OF GUINEA FOWL, HAM HOCK AND
SALT BAKED CELERIAC, QUINCE, HIBISCUS SYRUP
Not my bag, I’m afraid, but the menu chosen by John for his birthday treat. I like simple food; food I understand; food that doesn’t have to be translated or explained (by a waiter with one hand tied behind his back. Why do they do that?). And hibiscus syrup? Did someone once think to himself: hm. Pretty flowers. I bet they’d make a nice syrup to go with guinea foul. And pigs trotter stuffed with snails. Really? Who actually has these ideas in the first place?
I think I shall take a picnic 😋
I think I shall take a picnic 😋
Can I just have a cup of tea and a cheese sandwich, please...?
ReplyDeleteOf course, DT. You can share mine 🙂
DeleteEewww... and what exactly is (are?) Pigs Trotter? Same thing as pigs feet? Or something else? And I don't want squid ink sauce on ANYTHING.
ReplyDeletePigs trotters are their feet, RWP. I've had squid ink, and it was horrible!
DeleteThe mackerel bit sounded OK until I got to the wasabi! No thanks.
ReplyDeleteFrances, I've no idea what wasabi is. It sounds...Japanese?
DeleteIt is a bit like very , very, strong horseradish. I was offered a bite sized bit of something at a wedding some years ago, and on biting it, there was the most dreadful taste that went right through my nose and threatened to blow my head off. I had to dash outside to spit it out in the bushes...never again! Yes, Japanese.
ReplyDeleteIt’s probably one of their famous practical jokes.
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