[Food] Restaurant thread 2023

[CHAPPERS]

I had breakfast at the Red Roaster in the Dome last week. Very impressed.

Chilli lamb fry up with a side of bacon was excellent and the wife said her crab and avacado benedict (also with a side of bacon) was good too. The sides of bacon were plentiful (was expecting a tiny amount) and the coffee was excellent. All in, including tip, was 43 which given the portion size and quality represents pretty good value in this town. Can heartily recommend it for something different from the usual.

Service excellent and toilets clean as a whistle.

8.2/10

 

[Machiavelli]

Check out the image of a certain mod, and you might find it aligns with a 'seminal' wine that's currently available to buy:

‘Every bottle has a story’: most valuable wine collection ever sold could fetch £41m

Billionaire Pierre Chen selling 25,000 bottles including burgundies valued at £156,000 and a very rare 1982 Pétrus

www.theguardian.com

 

[Goldstone1976]

Got to stick my hand up for Wabi Sabi, new Japanese place on Church Rd, Hove on (I think) the site of the old Hins.

A friend had recommended Issa Sushi on the other side of the road but as we arrived it was obviously shut down. Both Mrs GB and me were still in the mood for Japanese and noticed this place almost opposite.

I'm always wary of recommending Japanese on here given the rather precise requirements of one of my fellow contributors but I have to say the lunch we had was amazing and took us straight back to our days living in Tokyo.

We got a range of dishes and shared them. Gyoza - an entry level test these days - passed with flying colours. Thin casing, delicious filling, piping hot and clearly freshly made. Tempura prawns were as good as that can get, served in a basket with paper to catch any excess oil. A rainbow sushi plate of rolls topped with bass, tuna or salmon was perfectly made, beautifully presented and just the right thing for lunch. Best of all (for me) they have soft shell crab. The Spider Temaki made with that, rice and julienned veg was my favourite dish of the lot.

£50 for two greedy people for lunch but you could easily do it cheaper, we over ordered by adding additional garlic rice that was unnecessary.

And, since I mentioned my fellow mod @Goldstone1976 in passing, I shall now come to the bit where I say we can't wait to go back in the evening and have a go at the sake menu. It seemed hugely comprehensive with ginjo, daiginjo and sparkling sake all on the list.

All in all it's a little more refined than Bincho and just as good. A solid 9/10.

Sounds great. Added to the list; thanks!

 

[Goldstone1976]

Check out the image of a certain mod, and you might find it aligns with a 'seminal' wine that's currently available to buy:

‘Every bottle has a story’: most valuable wine collection ever sold could fetch £41m

Billionaire Pierre Chen selling 25,000 bottles including burgundies valued at £156,000 and a very rare 1982 Pétrus

www.theguardian.com

Having met Chen once, I’d hazard a guess that the provenance will be exceptional. That, and the fact that the auctioneer is Sotheby’s, means I’ll be a mere jealous onlooker.

I may have found a magnum from a private cellar that would sell for a far more reasonable price. I’m just checking the provenance as far as I can, since I fully intend to drink it if I get it.

 

[brianwade]

A friend said they very recently had a marvellous experience at Kindling, on East St. anyone know anything about the place?

Brilliant , I think lunch is small plates and the evening a tasting menu . Really top food and reasonable portions . Best place ive been to in Brighton and will get a michelin star soon

 

[BrightonCottager]

I had breakfast at the Red Roaster in the Dome last week. Very impressed.

Chilli lamb fry up with a side of bacon was excellent and the wife said her crab and avacado benedict (also with a side of bacon) was good too. The sides of bacon were plentiful (was expecting a tiny amount) and the coffee was excellent. All in, including tip, was 43 which given the portion size and quality represents pretty good value in this town. Can heartily recommend it for something different from the usual.

Service excellent and toilets clean as a whistle.

8.2/10

The former co-owner of Semolina works there which helps.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Oooooooh yes!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Glorious burger action

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

….and a few pickle backs. One way to beat the 6-1 blues

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

….and a few pickle backs. One way to beat the 6-1 blues

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Evening out at The Bird?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Evening out at The Bird?

Absolutely.

 

[bhafc99]

Guardian review of Palmito

Palmito, Hove, East Sussex: 'An intoxicating bombardment' | Grace Dent on restaurants

The menu ranges through all the owner’s favourite things from Latin American, southern Europe and south Asia, plus anywhere else that happens to float his boat

www.theguardian.com

 

[Machiavelli]

Has anyone on here been to Palmito (and does your experience chime with GD)?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

A further follow up to my recent surf-and-turf posts:

I went to my restaurant of the moment and had pork meat balls and smoked sprats last night. Doesn’t work as well as pork and sardines but still nice.

 

[HeaviestTed]

Glorious burger action
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Isn’t that mince raw?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Isn’t that mince raw?

It's a medium rare burger, so yes.

 

[HeaviestTed]

It's a medium rare burger, so yes.

I’ve been watching loads of programs about how americas food standards are so awful that this would be really dangerous there, we are pretty lucky tbh but it has put me off raw mince (I’m 100% for blue/rare steak)

 

[dwayne]

I rarely contribute to this but after a really really bad meal at Zuma in Ibiza (primarily woeful service) they've given me a free meal at Zuma London tonight to the tune of £250. Probably because I'm regular of 15 years. But would always recommend this place for consistency and amazing fresh sushi. Massively popular with the Japanese which says a lot.

 

[schmunk]

I rarely contribute to this but after a really really bad meal at Zuma in Ibiza (primarily woeful service) they've given me a free meal at Zuma London tonight to the tune of £250.

Did you send them a kurt email of complaint?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I’ve been watching loads of programs about how americas food standards are so awful that this would be really dangerous there, we are pretty lucky tbh but it has put me off raw mince (I’m 100% for blue/rare steak)

I am not exactly sure what the food standards are in Germany but I have faith in them; I have been eating at this restuarant for over ten years and am not aware of any issues. Same with France and steak tartar and raw fish and shellfish.

I understand you cannot serve a burger rare in the UK though.