Hors d'oeuvres: Fresh Bruni melons (no dressing); rather delicious. Served with a rather poor choice of apéritif wine from a previously unknown Austrian cellar.
Entrée: Fillet of Russo-Georgian contretemps with British medallion potatoes a l'Olympique and a zesty Obama jus; a controversial first taste, sitting lightly on the palate. A pleasantly warm summery aftertaste. Served with moose salad a la Palin; fundamentally rather hard to stomach.
Dessert: Crise d'économie pudding topped with a rich housing-market crumble, sprinkled with large hadrons; a tad crunchy for my liking. Very expensive - could potentially leave a small black hole in your wallet.
The verdict: Slightly disappointing overall, but with several moments of genuine pleasure for the connoisseur. This reviewer hopes that the new management (who are rumoured to be renaming the business "2009" imminently) will build upon the successes of their predecessors and make it the fine dining experience it is capable of becoming.
OMG, you are such a creative writer! Enjoyed the posts-and I guess the Greenpeace team had to come twice that day is it? :)
ReplyDeleteHmmm. A new start is a great time to get great deals, and decent seating.
ReplyDeleteSee you there!
Felda - thanks very much! Not sure I deserve the compliment, given the minuscule volume of creative writing I've produced recently... The Greenpeace operatives did a grand job once they'd removed the unexpected family of mudskippers in my left trouser leg (and the hermit crab which was trying to do something pornographic to my belt buckle).
ReplyDeleteSylvana - the deals are indeed great in this time of economic crapitude, although the supply chain is a bit unreliable - for example, we've just had to switch to a new butcher. We currently have a special on the gopher fricassee.