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Malmaison - Grand Prix Lunch
Although it’s a shame to spend such a short amount of time on good food it seemed like a sensible idea, I’m not a business type but if you are I’m sure there’s never much time for anything never mind lunch. The restaurant itself is really nice, surprisingly cosy due to the muted colours (well, brown actually, but muted sounds good doesn’t it?), beautiful real fire and simple décor. I felt very comfortable despite arriving hot and sweaty from a morning’s teaching and being a bit scruffy, which was nice. There was lovely bread, good olive oil and olives to nibble on while we perused the menu, which although not necessarily matching the rest of the menu were a good way to start. Anyway, enough of this, how about the food? The menu was brief (three choices for each course) but interesting and varied, catering very well for vegetarians and allergy sufferers. My friend and I were supposed to try different things but were both too intrigued by the ‘cullen skink’ soup not to have that. A skink is a little lizard but luckily the soup was a delicious blend of fish and potatoes – a few too many of the latter but nevertheless a tasty, hearty soup. For main course I had the Piedmontese peppers with grilled aubergine and courgette, a combination of peppers, cous cous, aubergine, pesto and tomatoes which would have been very easy to do badly but was fresh and tasty. Side orders of spinach (an underrated vegetable!), roasties and salads made it a filling meal. My friend had fish and chips (from the palt du jour menu), nicely arranged with the chips in a paper but more importantly delicious, using tempura batter to emphasise the fish rather than the greasy outside you get in chip shops. This was washed down with a sauvignon blanc which was lovely too. We were a bit full and a bit late to try pudding, so I can only say they sounded good on paper. We were there much longer than 45 minutes due to much chatting, but the service was very good and I’m sure we could have been done in that time. To be honest I’m quite hard to please in restaurants, I’m a veggie who does not want the same old rubbish that meat eaters assume we want, and I don’t see much point paying for food unless I couldn’t make it myself, or at least not as well. Malmaison hit the spot with it’s tasty, fresh, healthy food sourced food from the UK, and locally where possible. Thank you to our host Grant (the hotel general manager) for a lovely meal and for being a business person with a clear passion for good food". - Catherine Tonge
grand prix lunch 2 courses
£12.50 to start.. to follow.. to end.. For more information about Malmaison, why not check out www.malmaison.com
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