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2014-06-05
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Visited Fish And Meat on a weeknight, the place was bustling and packed. Ordered a Garden Salad - gin with celery bitters, adorned with rocket leaves, a sprig of baby asparagus and a cherry tomato. Interesting. But I love my gin and wasn't going to be daunted by the greens in them. It was sweet and refreshing, with just a tinge of what it said on the tin - celery. Mercifully, not overpoweringly so. Against my better judgment I bit into that cherry tomato that I thought served the mere purpose of
Ordered a Garden Salad - gin with celery bitters, adorned with rocket leaves, a sprig of baby asparagus and a cherry tomato. Interesting. But I love my gin and wasn't going to be daunted by the greens in them. It was sweet and refreshing, with just a tinge of what it said on the tin - celery. Mercifully, not overpoweringly so. Against my better judgment I bit into that cherry tomato that I thought served the mere purpose of being decorative. It was delicious. Sweet, savory, alcoholic. I could have done with 1 more. Or 5. (Disappointingly the asparagus was just its plain old self.)
Friends arrived at 9, and we thought it was too late to eat a massive meal so ordered the Dutch veal and pork meatballs from the small plates section to share as a starter. The meatballs were firm and flavorful, the taste of their constituent meat evident but not gamey in the slightest. They were doused in a zesty, hot and creamy pepperoni sauce that was so addictive that I couldn't resist mopping it up with the bread from the bread basket.
Moved on to mains. I had the slow cooked Spanish Teruel pork belly porchetta with Italian fennel sausage, apple marmalade and gremolata from the "large" section of the menu. Now, caution is to be exercised here. When F&M says large, they mean business. It's not "HK large". The pork belly came in two great wheels - I was DELIGHTED. Good honest food.
Loved the meat, every tender forkful tore away with just the right amount of pork belly fatty goodness. The natural flavors of the pork shone through whether on its own or complemented by the sweet sour tang of the applesauce. But the skin was chewy rather than crunchy or crisp. That's a tad of a letdown.
Friends ordered sea bream and lamb shank but I didn't try enough to form an opinion - had enough to grapple with on my plate!
We ordered Caesar salad, curried cauliflower and French beans to share. The salad was crisp and a little overdressed, the cauliflower was reminiscent of tandoori. Its spiciness worked really well with the pork. Didn't like beans so didn't try them, but friend polished them off.
Skipped dessert. Would come again with a worked up appetite!
One gripe - the restaurant lighting is way too low. When you serve good, honest food, you want people to see it and appreciate it!
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