26-08-2018, 05:51 PM
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Talk about a captive audience!
I stayed in a luxury hotel for three nights this weekend.Don't often "do" top end as I much prefer the chains
..what you saw on the website is what you get. I like that
However luxury stsys have been worth the extra money once in a blue moon and it is usually for the food and facilities and sometimes location is the USP
Noo hotel has ever disappointed me more than this one we went to in Cheshire ,(although we did have a lovely time)
It wasn't the staff, although they seemed mostly young and inexperienced they were eager to please. It wasn't the room or public areas... though quite dated (not even deliberately retro)
It was definitely the fact that you were in the middle of nowhere and no menu choice other than a crap
one (,pardon my French!)
26-08-2018, 06:01 PM
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Re: Talk about a captive audience!
Originally Posted by Rhian
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À starter example:Serrano ham
No bread ..no salad ..nothing
Just five slithers of ham with had been previously dried and cured..
Have a guess as to the price....
26-08-2018, 06:26 PM
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Re: Talk about a captive audience!
I have eaten at the Ivy, when in London.Seasonal soup 6.50
Garden pea with ricotta, mint and lemon balm
Tuna carpaccio 9.95
Yellowfin tuna with tomato, watermelon,
ponzu dressing, miso mayo and sesame
Soft goat's cheese salad 7.50
Caramelised hazelnuts, Belgian endive,
mixed grapes and picked herbs
Burrata di bufala 9.95
Sliced peaches with Nocellara olives,
smoked almonds, pesto and picked mint
Smoked salmon and crab 11.75
Oak smoked salmon, crab and dill cream
with dark rye bread
Steak tartare 9.50
Hand chopped beef striploin with Tabasco
dressing, cornichons, shallot, parsley,
egg yolk and toasted granary
Atlantic sea scallops 13.75
Pea purée with broad beans, lemon zest,
sea cress and crispy shallots
Crispy duck salad 9.25
Warm crispy duck with five spice dressing,
toasted cashews, watermelon, beansprouts,
coriander and ginger
Raw market salad 7.75
Thinly shaved market vegetables with
avocado houmous, maple and wholegrain
mustard dressing
Duck liver parfait 7.95
Caramelised hazelnuts, truffle, tamarind glaze
with pear and ginger compote, toasted brioche
Oak smoked salmon 9.75
Smoked salmon, black pepper and lemon
with dark rye bread
Tempura prawns 10.95
Crunchy fried Nobashi prawns with pickled mouli,
cucumber, edamame and a matcha tea sauce
Lobster and prawn cocktail 14.95
Chilled lobster and prawn cocktail with baby gem,
cherry tomatoes and Marie Rose sauce
Asparagus with truffle hollandaise 9.25
26-08-2018, 06:30 PM
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Re: Talk about a captive audience!
Originally Posted by Sweetie pie
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I have eaten at the Ivy, when in London.Seasonal soup 6.50
Garden pea with ricotta, mint and lemon balm
Tuna carpaccio 9.95
Yellowfin tuna with tomato, watermelon,
ponzu dressing, miso mayo and sesame
Soft goat's cheese salad 7.50
Caramelised hazelnuts, Belgian endive,
mixed grapes and picked herbs
Burrata di bufala 9.95
Sliced peaches with Nocellara olives,
smoked almonds, pesto and picked mint
Smoked salmon and crab 11.75
Oak smoked salmon, crab and dill cream
with dark rye bread
Steak tartare 9.50
Hand chopped beef striploin with Tabasco
dressing, cornichons, shallot, parsley,
egg yolk and toasted granary
Atlantic sea scallops 13.75
Pea purée with broad beans, lemon zest,
sea cress and crispy shallots
Crispy duck salad 9.25
Warm crispy duck with five spice dressing,
toasted cashews, watermelon, beansprouts,
coriander and ginger
Raw market salad 7.75
Thinly shaved market vegetables with
avocado houmous, maple and wholegrain
mustard dressing
Duck liver parfait 7.95
Caramelised hazelnuts, truffle, tamarind glaze
with pear and ginger compote, toasted brioche
Oak smoked salmon 9.75
Smoked salmon, black pepper and lemon
with dark rye bread
Tempura prawns 10.95
Crunchy fried Nobashi prawns with pickled mouli,
cucumber, edamame and a matcha tea sauce
Lobster and prawn cocktail 14.95
Chilled lobster and prawn cocktail with baby gem,
cherry tomatoes and Marie Rose sauce
Asparagus with truffle hollandaise 9.25
26-08-2018, 06:33 PM
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Re: Talk about a captive audience!
Originally Posted by Rhian
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Those prices seem reasonable Sweetie
I bet it is at least double.
26-08-2018, 06:38 PM
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Re: Talk about a captive audience!
Originally Posted by Primus1
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£12.00 ?
But that's not cooking
It was described as plated with marmalade chutney, brioche toast and with homemde pesto
No chutney, we needed magnifying glasses for the brioche slices and pesto was a smear and distinctly jar-like
£13!
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