Skeggsy’s Blog

I had ballontine of free range chicken and serano ham, foiegras parfait and a veloute for starter. The ballontine was very nice.
For main course I had roast saddle of fallow venison, pithivier of haunch braised red cabbage & sloe gin sauce.
For dessert, hot chocolate fondant & pain d’epices ice cream.
Food was tasty and well presented.
Only down side was the wine we had with the meal which was an alsace riesling and was a bit dull.
Also decided to sample a cheap and expensive dessert wine side by side in the form of a glass of Tesh Riesling Ice Wine 2002 (�95 bottle or �11 per glass) and a glass of Saunternes, Madame de Rayne, 1998 (�20 bottle or �4 glass). The cheaper wine was simply very sweet whereas the expensive dessert wine had many layers and was not as sweet.
Cost was about �130 for two which is pretty good value considering the quality of food.

Took coach (National express from London Victoria for �14 each return) to Birmingham for the Grand Designs Live exhibition at NEC. Also spent a few hours in Selfridges.