[Food] Restaurant 2024 thread

[Machiavelli]

It's pretty hot. I'd recommend you go with the tamer butter masala, coupled with the tandoori marinade. The marinade ramps up the heat a bit.

By 'pretty hot' do you mean not quite as hot as a standard take-away vindaloo?

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

By 'pretty hot' do you mean not quite as hot as a standard take-away vindaloo?

No, it's on a par with what I expected.

 

[Bakero]

I was invited to a mates Birthday party at Cote in Brighton over the weekend. This place for me sums up everything that is wrong with some generic chain restaurants.

The service was terrible and the food extremely underwhelming, the french onion soup was tepid and flavourless, the corn fed roasted chicken that some of my friends had looked like it had been delivered by nando's and sat under a hot plate to dry out for an hour! My wife's £12 starter of seared scallops was basically some shrivelled up tiny scallops thrown on top of a pile of frozen peas!

The last time I visited a 'Cote' was in St Albans and must have been at least 15 years ago. It was pretty uninspiring back then and I can't work out for the life of me how these places stay afloat. The meal came to £120 for the two of us without deserts.

I went to one once on my dad's birthday as both my parents like it. The food was a bit meh. Not bad, just underwhelming.

On arrival, I ordered a Negroni, which arrived suspiciously quickly. Later on my mum wanted a Campari but the waiter said they didn't stock it. Then how did they make the Negroni, I asked. Pre-mixed, he explained. That just about sums up their model, I thought.

 

[Machiavelli]

I went to one once on my dad's birthday as both my parents like it. The food was a bit meh. Not bad, just underwhelming.

On arrival, I ordered a Negroni, which arrived suspiciously quickly. Later on my mum wanted a Campari but the waiter said they didn't stock it. Then how did they make the Negroni, I asked. Pre-mixed, he explained. That just about sums up their model, I thought.

Ha, you're the negroni-swilling wokerati that baulks at being the pre-mixed negroni-swilling wokerati

 

[Bakero]

Ha, you're the negroni-swilling wokerati that baulks at being the pre-mixed negroni-swilling wokerati

Guilty as charged.

 

[schmunk]

Btw, the raw pork was seasoned minced raw pork which is known as Mett or Hackepeter.

I’m still thinking about this dish 2 days later.

Do be careful with the raw pork...

Man, 18, dies from tapeworm larvae in his brain after eating pork

A MRI scan showed there were white cysts all over his brain caused by the larvae of Taenia solium, a tapeworm found in pigs.

news.sky.com

Tapeworms found in brain of US man who ate undercooked bacon

Parasitic larvae discovered after unexplained weekly migraines failed to respond to medication

www.theguardian.com

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/20/health/tapeworms-invade-brain/index.html

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Do be careful with the raw pork...

Man, 18, dies from tapeworm larvae in his brain after eating pork

A MRI scan showed there were white cysts all over his brain caused by the larvae of Taenia solium, a tapeworm found in pigs.

news.sky.com

Tapeworms found in brain of US man who ate undercooked bacon

Parasitic larvae discovered after unexplained weekly migraines failed to respond to medication

www.theguardian.com

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/20/health/tapeworms-invade-brain/index.html

Brain worms…..could explain a lot.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I went to one once on my dad's birthday as both my parents like it. The food was a bit meh. Not bad, just underwhelming.

On arrival, I ordered a Negroni, which arrived suspiciously quickly. Later on my mum wanted a Campari but the waiter said they didn't stock it. Then how did they make the Negroni, I asked. Pre-mixed, he explained. That just about sums up their model, I thought.

Pre-mixed Negroni, good lord.

 

[schmunk]

Pre-mixed Negroni, good lord.

What are your feelings on pre-mixed Mojito...?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

In order to offer an alternative opinion, I have been to Cote restaurants in a number of different towns over a number of years and have found them consistently good. Good food, good service, good value. Last one was Sloane Square last month. Very good.

I'll offer the alternative back. Myself and Mrs WS went just for a quick lunch a while back - Mrs WS's chicken was as good as raw - sent back twice and still not good. My fish was so over cooked it could have been an old bit of carpet. Despite what they claim, Cote are anything but French - just a Harvester with a different name. And that's before we even get on to their dodgy business practices such as witholding service charges from staff or their owning company The Partners Group being anything but ethical.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

What are your feelings on pre-mixed Mojito...?

I get the concept for trains and picnics as etc. But bars and restaurants I’d want it made for me. Negroni’s are pretty simple to make.

 

[Bakero]

I'm going to be back in Brighton for a couple of weeks in August. Where should I eat? Palmito is definitely on my list.

 

[Machiavelli]

I'm going to be back in Brighton for a couple of weeks in August. Where should I eat? Palmito is definitely on my list.

Bonsai Plant Kitchen, Squisito in Lewes. If you don't know Fourth & Church or Burger Brothers, give them a go.
I'm still yet to do Palmito.

 

[Bakero]

Bonsai Plant Kitchen, Squisito in Lewes. If you don't know Fourth & Church or Burger Brothers, give them a go.
I'm still yet to do Palmito.

I've been to Fourth & Church and BB. Bonsai PK looks interesting; in fact I just reread Grace Dent's review before posting my comment. Squisito sounds good too and I'll actually be staying in Lewes so that's a good shout.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I've been to Fourth & Church and BB. Bonsai PK looks interesting; in fact I just reread Grace Dent's review before posting my comment. Squisito sounds good too and I'll actually be staying in Lewes so that's a good shout.

Done LFM?

 

[Bakero]

Done LFM?

Yeah, went a few years back.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Worth having a poke in the Open Market at Kouzina for a cheap, nutritious lunch.

 

[Bakero]

Any decent Thai places?

 

[Machiavelli]

Any decent Thai places?

Not that I know of but, if there are, I'd like to know about it. I've a feeling this might be BYO:

Thai Pad Thai

www.thaipadthairestaurant.co.uk

 

[Bakero]

Not that I know of but, if there are, I'd like to know about it. I've a feeling this might be BYO:

Thai Pad Thai

www.thaipadthairestaurant.co.uk

I always used to like the place at the back of the Asian supermarket at the Hove end of Western Road. I forget the name. Is it still there?

Edit: Just checked. Unithai and it's actually Church Road.