Restaurant Arras

Spike and I enjoyed the degustation menu of fish and vegetables at Restaurant Arras in Hickson Road as much as any meal we’ve dined on this year and more than most. I particularly enjoyed the scallop with pea number; the mulloway (? Jewfish apparently ?) and the tomato soup plus friend (which was astonishing, original and completely unexpected). I enjoyed the snapper too (although it was a touch drier than I thought it needed to be). The final selection (an alternative version of the rocky road) didn’t quite add to the totality of the experience; it didn’t complement the preceding dishes, maybe seemed a little overwhelming. It might get the response it deserves as a stand-alone sweet rather than the final component of the degustation list. Spike enjoyed your wine selection, particularly the port aperitif, the first French white and the Oregon red.

The meal took over three hours from start to finish. As a result we missed Waiting For Guinness at The Wharf, the reason we were out and about. Sorry Spike ... Big Mac next time.

We read about Arras in the blog, the unbearable lightness of being hungry. Glad we found it.
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