The Rusty Cutter is a Beefeater a chain about which it is easy but unfair to be snobbish. I think the substantial Wednesday lunchtime crowd spoke for itself. Admittedly Beefeater is, like the rest, being aggressively competitive, but any recession on this Bedhampton hill was well hidden.
Our waitress was lively and charming at a busy time. The menu was quite stimulating and featured more new items. Apologies were received for a couple of missing ingredients but the food we ordered was very good. Prices are keen.
8.5 out of 10
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Ockham Bites
There is a gem near the junction of the M25 and southbound A3. We used to go there very often and only do not do so now because we moved house.
It was a great pleasure to return today and find the service, it's great strength, to be as pleasant as ever.
The food is great and the sylvan setting incomparable. Go.
10 out of 10
It was a great pleasure to return today and find the service, it's great strength, to be as pleasant as ever.
The food is great and the sylvan setting incomparable. Go.
10 out of 10
Sunday, 23 August 2009
Lee Tandoori
Indian restaurants are I feel a matter of personal taste. Everyone has their favourites. People in Ayr and Glasgow prefer theirs to avoid flavouring the food at all. I like something a little more vigorous which does not actually set me on fire and several visits to Lee Tandoori have left me satisfied.
Tonight, Aloo Chat and Chicken Tikka Dhansak were aromatic and spicy with resoundingly satisfying flavour. My boyfriend was surprised that his Chicken Pasanda also contained Chicken Tikka but that little diminished his overall enjoyment of the meal.
For a virtual teetotaller a half of Kingfisher was a guilty pleasure and the nearby sea afterwards an equal pleasure. Fawley looked quite fetching with the sun behind it.
8.5 out of 10
Tonight, Aloo Chat and Chicken Tikka Dhansak were aromatic and spicy with resoundingly satisfying flavour. My boyfriend was surprised that his Chicken Pasanda also contained Chicken Tikka but that little diminished his overall enjoyment of the meal.
For a virtual teetotaller a half of Kingfisher was a guilty pleasure and the nearby sea afterwards an equal pleasure. Fawley looked quite fetching with the sun behind it.
8.5 out of 10
Thursday, 6 August 2009
Two Hits And A Miss
I can not be alone in noticing that my grocery bill seems to be getting smaller and that opportunities for great prices seem to be burgeoning. So ridiculously low are some of the prices that one can only infer a poorly concealed panic amongst even our leading retailers although under precisely what circumstances people would stop buying food I can not really imagine.
However, with some sincerely held reservations about the wellbeing of suppliers, I have been no less than delighted with some of our recent purchases both on price and quality. If you are prepared to manage your kitchen to accommodate some slightly short dates there are some stunning bargains on fruit and vegetables.
We bought two corn on the cob (ASDA £1) and they were delicious. We bought three small courgettes (ASDA £1 and reduced to 40p) and they became the centrepiece of an excellent vegetable medley. It is true that my boyfriend improves anything he lays his hands on in the kitchen but these were good quality products.
Much less successful were the Jan Jac dessert products bought in Tesco also for £1. Diifficult to complain about the price but the rice desserts are vanilla puddings which simply happen to have rice in them and are entirely unremarkable. My mother gave a similar verdict on their fruit jellies. Perhaps a less discerning audience of, say, partying five year olds would be perfectly happy.
However, with some sincerely held reservations about the wellbeing of suppliers, I have been no less than delighted with some of our recent purchases both on price and quality. If you are prepared to manage your kitchen to accommodate some slightly short dates there are some stunning bargains on fruit and vegetables.
We bought two corn on the cob (ASDA £1) and they were delicious. We bought three small courgettes (ASDA £1 and reduced to 40p) and they became the centrepiece of an excellent vegetable medley. It is true that my boyfriend improves anything he lays his hands on in the kitchen but these were good quality products.
Much less successful were the Jan Jac dessert products bought in Tesco also for £1. Diifficult to complain about the price but the rice desserts are vanilla puddings which simply happen to have rice in them and are entirely unremarkable. My mother gave a similar verdict on their fruit jellies. Perhaps a less discerning audience of, say, partying five year olds would be perfectly happy.
Elliotts - Hayling Island
On a sunny Sunday we went in spite of any misgivings to the SE end of Hayling Island. I was in fact far more motivated by railway remains than food but the time of day suggested lunch. Mercifully standing out from nearby grim diners, was Elliotts located according to its self penned history available at the tables, in adjacent converted cottages. There is a pleasant restaurant which does not look especially inviting from the outside but is clean and efficiently run inside. Food from an extensive menu is brought by polite, well presented and well spoken waitresses whose attentiveness does not waver during the meal even as the evidently popular venue fills up.
We both chose specials and left satisfied if slightly overwhelmed by the generous portions. Orders were delivered correctly and quickly. You might find this strange to remark upon but it simply does not happen everywhere these days.
The property includes a chip shop which was very busy. Although I did not sample its fare, the fish dishes which were brought to the restaurant looked impressive with crisp golden batter clearly cooked at the correct (high) temperature. Such was the turnover, no piece of fish ever stood long enough to wilt.
It was not haute cuisine nor did it pretend to be and it deserves at least 8.5 out of 10.
We both chose specials and left satisfied if slightly overwhelmed by the generous portions. Orders were delivered correctly and quickly. You might find this strange to remark upon but it simply does not happen everywhere these days.
The property includes a chip shop which was very busy. Although I did not sample its fare, the fish dishes which were brought to the restaurant looked impressive with crisp golden batter clearly cooked at the correct (high) temperature. Such was the turnover, no piece of fish ever stood long enough to wilt.
It was not haute cuisine nor did it pretend to be and it deserves at least 8.5 out of 10.
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