The Bruschetta bread was soaked and soggy under a huge mound of tomato. Better presentation would be to have just 1 piece of Garlic Bread with a reasonable amount of tomato which needs to be seasoned much better and maybe put this into a dish beside so that we can choose how much we want to eat and the bread will not be a soggy mess. The feta could be just sprinkled on the top.
The Mushrooms which are on the menu as being topped with bacon were also a soggy mess. They had so much sauce and crap on the top the mushrooms were completely flat and soggy. It was tasteless and then they topped it off with all sorts of rocket, sprouts and shallots. Too too much sauce, Too too much going on. Better presentation would be to have the mushrooms with absolutely nothing else on top of them but the bacon and have it them only just going from crisp to slightly softer. Present on a flat white plate with the 6 mushrooms lined up and only have a light sprinkling of rocket/shallots etc on top. To be able to taste it with just the 2 flavours would be nice instead of the soggy mess it came out as.
My friends had the Calamari. Ok tasting but nothing any different to anywhere else. Why not do Salt and Pepper for change and instead of having on top of piles of boring salad, presentation would be much better on rectangular plate such as this one or even better yet serve it with a homemade alioli or tartare. There is potention here but the whole presentation of the meals needs to be revamped. There is absolutely no thought or care put into the meals. We werent even offered any bread. The white wine I ordered wasnt chilled. it was only just cool. Everywhere in Europe has their white wine chilled to 9deg and their red chilled to 15.
They need to get a different chef and some independent help. The restaurant itself is still fine its just the portion control and presentation lets it down in 2010.
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