O perfil de Ferkelschen

Recently my wife and I had occasion to go to this restaurant and despite the warnings and bad reviews we decided that we should make up our own minds, an expensive mistake! I began with some oysters; they Looked quite interesting the way they were presented; unfortunately the shallot vinegar that arrived with them was so strong and aggressive that it totally spoilt the oysters, perhaps I should have tasted the vinegar beforehand, but as I like oysters and have eaten them in many good restaurants I presumed that they would know how to prepare such a simple thing, they didn’t even serve a spoon for the vinegar. For my next course I chose the pumpkin and goats cheese salad , they roasted the pumpkin with the skin on, skin which was virtually impossible to remove so I ate it, not at all enjoyable, if they had used something like an ishi kuri (not sure of spelling) it would have been far better as the flavour is fantastic and you can eat the skin. My wife chose the fish soup and enjoyed it. For main course I had scallops and they were cooked perfectly the garlic butter was also very good. My wife had the lobster and monkfish curry; you could not taste the lobster which by the way was like rubber, the monkfish went well with the sauce and was well cooked , they would have been better off making just a monkfish curry, the rice that came with it was undercooked to the point of being crunchy and inedible. We decided to take cheese next; for £7 we received a small piece of cheddar on a wooden board with a spoonful of the most disgusting not properly matured aggressive chutney that either of us had ever tasted. For dessert we had the chocolate mousse which we both enjoyed even though presentation left a lot to be desired. We had a lovely evening because we were having an evening out together ,something that doesn’t happen so much when you have young children (not a complaint by the way) but for over £100 with only had two glasses of wine and a glass of port ( wine and port were both very good) is a great deal of money defiantly unwarranted for the standard of food provided, I have eaten in Michelin stared restaurants and paid far more and felt that it was well worth it, Hix’s Oyster Bar is really not worth the money!