Why not have a thread about the places anyone here has been to in Britain.
I'll start off with a place i went to just last week.
Gilpin Lodge Country House and Restaurant.
What a lunch this was, to be honest, my first high class meal, i'm only 16, and we havn't really gone out to places like this before (we've vowed to choose the best quality ahead of amount of times we eat out now).
For the starter, my dad and I both had a confit duck and foie gras thai salad, whilst my mum had a wild smoked salmon salad. I'm not a huge salmon fan, so i didn't try that. But the duck was beautiful. An intense citric flavour from the grated raw carrot base, and the duck was cooked beautifully. However, the foie gras went missing really, but the tastes were excellent nonetheless.
The main course was incredible. Fillet of dexter beef, with truffled mashed potatoes, and a red wine sauce. I had my beef medium rare, and it came out stunningly tender and juicy. Easily the best beef i've eaten, and the almost pureed potatoes were creamy and rich, with a lovely buttery flavour, no doubt assisted by the truffle. Under the potato was some wilted spinach, a nice colour contrast, and the sauce was rich and meaty with a very good stock im sure.
I'll post the dessert later, i need to go for a bit now, but i hope you enjoy reading, please do visit this place if youre around the north of England.
http://www.gilpinlodge.co.uk/winedine.html
Cheers.
I'll start off with a place i went to just last week.
Gilpin Lodge Country House and Restaurant.
What a lunch this was, to be honest, my first high class meal, i'm only 16, and we havn't really gone out to places like this before (we've vowed to choose the best quality ahead of amount of times we eat out now).
For the starter, my dad and I both had a confit duck and foie gras thai salad, whilst my mum had a wild smoked salmon salad. I'm not a huge salmon fan, so i didn't try that. But the duck was beautiful. An intense citric flavour from the grated raw carrot base, and the duck was cooked beautifully. However, the foie gras went missing really, but the tastes were excellent nonetheless.
The main course was incredible. Fillet of dexter beef, with truffled mashed potatoes, and a red wine sauce. I had my beef medium rare, and it came out stunningly tender and juicy. Easily the best beef i've eaten, and the almost pureed potatoes were creamy and rich, with a lovely buttery flavour, no doubt assisted by the truffle. Under the potato was some wilted spinach, a nice colour contrast, and the sauce was rich and meaty with a very good stock im sure.
I'll post the dessert later, i need to go for a bit now, but i hope you enjoy reading, please do visit this place if youre around the north of England.
http://www.gilpinlodge.co.uk/winedine.html
Cheers.