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Have you tried Bankers in Western RD??
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Have you tried Bankers in Western RD??
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McTavish
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Crown and Anchor, Dell Quay. Best to book. https://www.crownandanchorchichester.com/
Yamu Yamu in Worthing
Run by a couple of fairly young girls, Japanese food but all cooked - gyozas, rice bowls, Katsu currys etc. Good range of canned craft beer too and excellent cocktails.
Went in at 2 and place was full, excellent food as always and good atmosphere. Worth checking out for a relaxed lunch / dinner. Fourth visit and always good
Run by a couple of fairly young girls, Japanese food but all cooked - gyozas, rice bowls, Katsu currys etc. Good range of canned craft beer too and excellent cocktails.
Went in at 2 and place was full, excellent food as always and good atmosphere. Worth checking out for a relaxed lunch / dinner. Fourth visit and always good
Machiavelli
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Not sure if anyone has featured this before, but it's very, very good at wine, whereas the food is somewhat disappointing. The name intimates its strength, and they really do have some interesting, good quality, relatively well priced wines. We spent far too much money, in drinking plenty: Equipos Navazos Fino; an Etna Bianco; a Mondeuse; a Xinomaravo, which was the wine of the night; a cheeky Baden Syrah (never knew it was planted there); and then some Jurancon and Tokaji to finish.
The food was well executed and was decent enough, but only one dish really shone (pollack with leeks), whereas others were disappointing. It's difficult to identify precisely what the problem is but it might be that the head chef's palate isn't up to much, or has a vastly different one to mine. Both my starter and main had too much vinegar/acidity, and I'm tolerant of -- and often welcome -- high acid foods. These were peppers, lardo and aioli on toast, and pork loin with squash and bergamot, with the bergamot too high and of the various types of squash on the plate, the pickled one was also dominant. As with their wine, their sourcing is very good: we had some great olives, and cheeses, and the only dessert we had was a triumph: cold rice pudding with cardamom and blackberry.
So, plenty to cheer about in so many areas with the exception of probably where things matter the most in a restaurant.
Not sure if anyone has featured this before, but it's very, very good at wine, whereas the food is somewhat disappointing. The name intimates its strength, and they really do have some interesting, good quality, relatively well priced wines. We spent far too much money, in drinking plenty: Equipos Navazos Fino; an Etna Bianco; a Mondeuse; a Xinomaravo, which was the wine of the night; a cheeky Baden Syrah (never knew it was planted there); and then some Jurancon and Tokaji to finish.
The food was well executed and was decent enough, but only one dish really shone (pollack with leeks), whereas others were disappointing. It's difficult to identify precisely what the problem is but it might be that the head chef's palate isn't up to much, or has a vastly different one to mine. Both my starter and main had too much vinegar/acidity, and I'm tolerant of -- and often welcome -- high acid foods. These were peppers, lardo and aioli on toast, and pork loin with squash and bergamot, with the bergamot too high and of the various types of squash on the plate, the pickled one was also dominant. As with their wine, their sourcing is very good: we had some great olives, and cheeses, and the only dessert we had was a triumph: cold rice pudding with cardamom and blackberry.
So, plenty to cheer about in so many areas with the exception of probably where things matter the most in a restaurant.
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Yep, Bankers is right up there too.
Should mention I went back to the Little Fish & Chip Shop and was underwhelmed for a second time.
Also made it to Five Star Kebabs who had a pop up at Platf9rm. Posh kebabs at high end prices. Basically all of the food was great, though I thought the duck kebab was a misstep. The gunpowder quail was superb. 60 quid for a couple of kebabs, two sides and three drinks if ****ing keen as you like though so left a bit bemused by it all. Oh yeah, the breads was incredible. Popping up at Trenchmore Farm next weekend I think. Worth a go but just get something simple and the chicken shish was really good. 6/10 (Too pricey otherwise 7/10)
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Fourth & Church is ****ing good. Can't be bothered to write a review but there was a steak tartare served with cured galician beef which was proper nice and some tomatoes with a ridiculously nice goats cheese too. Wine on point as usual.
9/10 second best restaurant in town (that I've been to).
Machiavelli
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Oh, agreed, my current top three are:
1 LFM
2 4&C
3 CinCin (although I haven't been to 64 Degrees for a while)
Can’t argue with that top 3. After umpteen visits to Vine Street I finally made my debut at Hove Cin Cin last weekend. Excellent as usual and the Frau and myself had a lovely evening.
McTavish
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Field & Fork in Chi have closed the restaurant since March but are doing a superior level of ready meal. They send you a menu on Saturday - choice of 5 from each course - you order and then collect (or they can deliver) dishes that you can heat up at home.
You have to give 48 hours notice so not really spur of the moment but the food is really good.
I had shrimp dahl and game lasagne. The dahl had an incredible depth and subtlety of flavour and four big juicy king prawns and the lasagne was a proper slab with big chunks of venison and a rich sauce Both worked very well for the heat-it-at-home model.
Mrs McT had parmesan arancini - crisp on the outside, moist in the middle and a seatrout and crab "Wellington" which was also top notch.
Total cost was £36.00 so not cheap for a takeaway but as a treat I thought it was VGFM and it was good to be able to support a local business who must be having a difficult time.
If you want the menu drop them a line here: reservations@fieldandfork.co.uk
You have to give 48 hours notice so not really spur of the moment but the food is really good.
I had shrimp dahl and game lasagne. The dahl had an incredible depth and subtlety of flavour and four big juicy king prawns and the lasagne was a proper slab with big chunks of venison and a rich sauce Both worked very well for the heat-it-at-home model.
Mrs McT had parmesan arancini - crisp on the outside, moist in the middle and a seatrout and crab "Wellington" which was also top notch.
Total cost was £36.00 so not cheap for a takeaway but as a treat I thought it was VGFM and it was good to be able to support a local business who must be having a difficult time.
If you want the menu drop them a line here: reservations@fieldandfork.co.uk
Booked Salt Room for Monday lunch - posh fish and chips with mushy peas
sick carafe of wine and desserts -£20 so it’d better be significantly better than Sky High’s cod and chips and a pineapple fritter.
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Pretty impressive as well, excellent setting, extremely good food and not as pricey as I was expecting.
Pretty impressive as well, excellent setting, extremely good food and not as pricey as I was expecting.
The ever excellent Fourth and Church last night. Good to see they were really busy. Menu has changed a bit with more eastern flavours appearing - chicken thighs with kimchi, aubergine/miso - these were great but I prefer the Spanish/ North African stuff. The duck beignets with piquillo ketchup were a highlight. The cauliflower dish seems to have gone as well. They also now have a charcoal grill so larger dishes featured steak, octopus, trout, duck hearts and aubergine available.
A well known restaurant critic was in there so maybe we’ll see a review in one of the papers in the near future.
A well known restaurant critic was in there so maybe we’ll see a review in one of the papers in the near future.