点评:Wife’s birthday meal out in Cork. This was a brilliant way to spend the early evening.
We went upstairs to the restaurant and the service was from the off attentive but not overbearing, knowledgeable but discrete and best of all friendly.
We started with a couple of glasses of rose fizz before two bar snacks (little tasting plates) I had the wild garlic kimchi croquettes and my wife had the Thai fish nuggets although we shared. The moment we tasted them we knew it was going to be a good evening and we were not disappointed.
I had John Dory with courgette in a chicken and miso butter sauce. The fish was delicate but so very tasty and honestly I could have drunk the jus (probably not the right thing to do mind). My wife had the monkfish with beetroot and a Katkut sauce (a light curry sauce) it was also beautifully cooked. We had chips (excellent) and colcannon which was just amazing (particularly for the last bit of sauce that I was too embarrassed just to drink).
This was with a glass (pitcher 250mL) of white wine each (Fiano and Pecorino).
We decided to have dessert, which we rarely do, but we didn’t want it to end. I had caramelised white chocolate with milk sorbet (does anyone remember Dime bars? dime …bar) whilst my wife had brown bread ice cream and jelly (possibly not quite as good as the rest of the meal).
Overall a spectacular meal and well worth the €162 plus tip. Felt guilty leaving a 10% tip as the service was worth more. Sorry guys will make it up to you next time.
翻译:在科克为妻子庆祝生日。这真是度过傍晚的绝妙方式。
我们上楼去了餐厅,服务从一开始便周到却不傲慢,知识渊博却又不失谨慎,最重要的是,服务非常友好。
我们先喝了几杯玫瑰汽水,然后享用了两份酒吧小吃(小份试吃拼盘)。我点了野蒜泡菜炸丸子,妻子点了泰式鱼块,虽然我们分享了。品尝的那一刻,我们就知道这将是一个美好的夜晚,结果果然没有让我们失望。
我点了约翰多利鱼配西葫芦,佐以鸡肉味噌黄油酱。鱼肉鲜嫩多汁,但味道鲜美,说实话,我差点儿把肉汁都喝光了(不过,这可能不太合适)。妻子点了安康鱼配甜菜根和卡特库特酱(一种淡咖喱酱),烹饪得也非常美味。我们吃了薯条(味道很棒)和薯泥(Colcannon),味道棒极了(尤其是最后那一口酱汁,我都不好意思喝了)。
这顿饭还配了一杯(250毫升)白葡萄酒(菲亚诺和佩科里诺)。
我们决定吃甜点,虽然我们很少吃甜点,但我们不想就此结束。我吃了焦糖白巧克力牛奶雪芭(还有人记得 Dime 牌的巧克力棒吗?Dime……巧克力棒),我妻子吃了黑面包冰淇淋和果冻(可能不如这顿饭的其他部分好吃)。
总的来说,这顿饭非常美味,162欧元加上小费绝对物有所值。我给了10%的小费,但觉得有点内疚,因为服务更值。抱歉,下次一定会补偿你们的。