Vegetarians and those of a
Vegetarians and those of a non-foodie disposition might want to look away now.
I just got back from a delayed celebration of Alison's birthday. I took her for dinner at 1837, the restaurant of Brown's Hotel.
We had one of the Chef, Andrew Turner's 'Grazing' menus, which offers seven course with a selection of samplings of items from the A La Carte.
Skipping some of the detail, because I can't remember all the little flourishes, dinner consisted of:
Gazpacho with aubergine puree and red mullet on the side
Salad of asparagus and lobster
Seared foie gras with a coulis of green apple
Roast scallop with smoked garlic sauce
Fillet of beef with a rich red wine sauce
Selection of cheeses
Deep-fried chocolate with essence of mango.
And the chocolates that came with tea included fresh strawberries that had been dipped in both milk and white chocolate.
It was all quite wonderful, and the wine list is huge (300 wines by the glass), and one of the place's mottos (which is going straight into the random quotation generator on the left) is "Wine is the visible proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy".
I am *definitely* going back there.....