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We were there on a saturday night for a friends birthday and we were not disappointed! Nice ambiance, good music, busy, but attentive staff. I believe the cook used to be at the Liverpool House (sic Joe Beef). It is in an odd location, which makes parking easy to find, and after dinner we walked up to Crescent Street, so not too far from the action. Impressive wine list.
My husband had the pumpkin ravioli (1/2 size is 3 largish ravioli) as a starter. It was like eating little pumpkin pies, so delicious but with a little kick. A friend had the winter vegetable salad and swears he could eat one everyday for lunch! I had the rabbit pate but I thought it was a little bland.
My husband had fish with a light tomato sauce and crispy onions, so yummy, a friend had the suckling pig with chestnuts and raved, his wife had the sweet and sour rabbit - yum yum, and I had the pistachio stuffed lamb. Oh the lamb! The lamb and stuffing were delicious, perfectly cooked, but the star of the show were these unbelievable gnocchi like morsels made with ricotta cheese, mint and peas - I think? I can't remember what they were called but what a delicious combination of chewy, salty, fresh herbiness! How delicious? Everyone at the table ordered dessert, but I ordered a side of the gnocchi for dessert. Soooo good! My mouth is watering just thinking about them!
I tasted the chocolate semifreddo, yum, the goat milk cheese cannoli, super yum, and a lovely selection of cheeses after.
The portion sizes were just right, and all and all , a delicious meal. 1/2 star off for the bland rabbit pate, and 1/2 star off because we never seemed to have water on our table, in as much as there was no carafe, and the staff was too busy to come by and fill our glasses very often. Still, I would not hesitate to recommend this place, and I will definitely go back, hopefully soon :). A keeper!
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