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| - Being a big fan of the hoof, i was excited to try Hopgood's restauraunt.
All in all, i found the food rich in flavour, well put together, interesting dishes, great drinks, excellent service with a smile...
The cons for me however were that the portions were small, some dishes the flavours were overpowering and focused on the wrong element, and some dishes were just not inventive enough.
For example, the spot prawn cocktail was a british style thousand isalnd style cocktail sauce....same old same old just with radishes. The lamb heart tartare is the best dish, but it's overpowered by olives. let the protein shine (though i must say that the dehydrated milk was genius - he brought that with him from the hoof).
The entrees are great like the scallops, the chicken, the corned beef, but they're all too small.
After the experience and spending some good coin, i went for my second dinner to another restaurant. I like restaurant hopping, but i expected a little more from the foodliner. That being said, it's definately not a place i won't recommend. Just with a caveat that it needs some polishing still and is meant for ppl with smaller appetities.
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