Cabotte

1 Reviews on “Cabotte”

• Selina

  We had a very enjoyable meal here. The setting was lovely, relaxed and smart at the same time. We had a starter and a main each and shared a dessert to finish. The staff were friendly, accommodating and helpful with choosing food and wine. The set menu had only meat options on it and did not have a vegetarian or a fish option at all. I raised this our waitress who initially told me that was just the way it was. She did then check with her manager and he was happy to substitute the printed options for a veggie starter and a fish main. He served us for the rest of the evening and chose some beautiful wine to go with both our meals for us. The goat’s cheese and celeriac starter was enjoyable. It could have done with a touch more savoury / umami and green herby leaf and a touch less sweetness (far too many soaked yellow raisins thrown on to the plate for decor). The poached egg starter with lardons was spot on. Perfectly cooked and perfectly flavoured. The fish dish was skate wing in bouillabaisse. Unfortunately the sauce was a little too fishy and a little off balance (I can’t quite think what was missing but definitely needed something). The chicken was perfect. The chicken itself had a beautiful natural flavour and the garnish and sauce just completed the dish so well.For dessert we had a dark, milk and white chocolate mousse which came in an unusual stemless martini glass sat on top of a bowl of glass beads and decorated with a fancy chocolate tweel. It was a bit too heavy on the cream side for me and not quite light enough for a mousse. Very rich and dense and could have done with a bit of air running through it. It was a generous portion – more than enough for two to share. In fact, we tried our best but had to leave some of it. We don’t tend to have dessert often when we are out nor do we bother a lot with dessert wine that often. However the suggested pairing with our dessert was a Chinese ice wine. I haven’t seen an ice wine on a menu for some time and have never tried a Chinese one so we were both curious. It was very enjoyable and paired perfectly with the chocolate, as ice wine usually is. It was in fact so nice that we took a picture of the bottle and looked it up on uvinum to see if we could buy some for Christmas. All in all, we had a lovely, relaxed evening. The food wasn’t anything to rave about but it was enjoyable enough for a nice meal out. I would say it was good classical French style, made better than average with a good wine list, white cloths and friendly, knowledgeable staff.

  December 24, 2017, 8:09 pm

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