Tuesday 4 September 2018

Birthday treat?

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 😋

 

 

 

8 comments:

  1. Can I just have a cup of tea and a cheese sandwich, please...?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Eewww... 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.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Pigs trotters are their feet, RWP. I've had squid ink, and it was horrible!

      Delete
  3. The mackerel bit sounded OK until I got to the wasabi! No thanks.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Frances, I've no idea what wasabi is. It sounds...Japanese?

      Delete
  4. It 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.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It’s probably one of their famous practical jokes.

      Delete