Comments on: Gourmet Club outing #2 http://www.dublinblog.ie/2007/04/09/gourmet-club-outing-2/ An award winning group blog, written by some of Dublin's best, most prolific, witty and engaging bloggers about the life and goings on in and around Dublin City Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:56:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Dervla http://www.dublinblog.ie/2007/04/09/gourmet-club-outing-2/comment-page-1/#comment-52443 Dervla Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:38:56 +0000 http://www.dublinblog.ie/2007/04/09/gourmet-club-outing-2/#comment-52443 Great post Marieke. Pretty much exactly my experience. For starters I had the Steamed Mussels - Tomato broth, crispy bacon & spring onion for starters. Nothing very exciting about them - I think they sounded better on the menu! For mains, I had the same as Orla - Pan Fried Fillet of Plaice - Sweet potoa, butterbean & vegetable cassoulet with coconut milk & coriander. It was a very nice combination which I enjoyed. I was one of the lucky few who went for the yummy dessert - Warm Danish Apple Cake - Vanilla custard, creme diplomat & filo crisps. Absolutely the nicest cake I've had in a long time. Very yummy indeed. I had the house red wine which was very good. It took me a while to figure out the whole toilet door imagery and it wasn't the volume of wine!! A little confusing I think! A very nice restaurant and I look forward to a return visit. My ratings - 4/5 for food, 3/5 for service, 4/5 for ambiance and 4/5 for value which totals 15 out of a possible 20. Great post Marieke. Pretty much exactly my experience. For starters I had the Steamed Mussels – Tomato broth, crispy bacon & spring onion for starters. Nothing very exciting about them – I think they sounded better on the menu! For mains, I had the same as Orla – Pan Fried Fillet of Plaice – Sweet potoa, butterbean & vegetable cassoulet with coconut milk & coriander. It was a very nice combination which I enjoyed. I was one of the lucky few who went for the yummy dessert – Warm Danish Apple Cake – Vanilla custard, creme diplomat & filo crisps. Absolutely the nicest cake I’ve had in a long time. Very yummy indeed. I had the house red wine which was very good.

It took me a while to figure out the whole toilet door imagery and it wasn’t the volume of wine!! A little confusing I think!

A very nice restaurant and I look forward to a return visit.

My ratings – 4/5 for food, 3/5 for service, 4/5 for ambiance and 4/5 for value which totals 15 out of a possible 20.

]]> By: Orla http://www.dublinblog.ie/2007/04/09/gourmet-club-outing-2/comment-page-1/#comment-52434 Orla Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:38:07 +0000 http://www.dublinblog.ie/2007/04/09/gourmet-club-outing-2/#comment-52434 I think Marieke hit the nail on the head with the review. I have to say, I just realised that there were no quails eggs in my tuna starter! For my mains, I had pan fried plaice with a 'thai-flavoured' cassoulet. Which, I am surprised to say, worked really well. Dishes are not that big, which is nice at the end of a three course meal. The house wine was delicious, but the service was on the snooty side - but it was prompt and efficient. To add to the 'torte' dessert - they looked & tasted like MrKipling chocolate fingers! The meal would have been near perfect if I had ordered the apple cake for dessert. My rating! food: 4/5, ambiance 4/5, service 3/5 and value 4/5. Result: 15 out of 20. I think Marieke hit the nail on the head with the review. I have to say, I just realised that there were no quails eggs in my tuna starter! For my mains, I had pan fried plaice with a ‘thai-flavoured’ cassoulet. Which, I am surprised to say, worked really well.
Dishes are not that big, which is nice at the end of a three course meal. The house wine was delicious, but the service was on the snooty side – but it was prompt and efficient.
To add to the ‘torte’ dessert – they looked & tasted like MrKipling chocolate fingers!
The meal would have been near perfect if I had ordered the apple cake for dessert.
My rating! food: 4/5, ambiance 4/5, service 3/5 and value 4/5. Result: 15 out of 20.

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