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Wednesday 5th February, 2003
Malay-Asian
62 Weston Street,
Price per head: £38
Nearest tube: London Bridge (Jubilee Line or Northern Line)
A fantastic restaurant. The menu is diverse to say the least and the dishes served are marvellous to behold. Next comes the taste test where the food here passed with flying colours. Truly excellent. Highly recommended.
The staff were very friendly.
However, there is a down side. Firstly the wine. The Indian house white was not to my taste and so we swapped to the German. The German wine people have been running a major ad campaign advising that German wine is not as sweet as it used to be. It is here.
We had three different red wines. The first was served fresh from the oven. Or at least it could have been, it was very warm. They ran out as we decided that we couldn't cope with another. I think we had one bottle of the second house red before they ran out of that too. The third red we tried was Moroccan and it was served direct from the freezer, or again so it seemed.
There was a lengthy delay between starter and main course, and then again between main course and desert. As a result some of our group were unwilling to wait for coffee. The delays were all the more surprising as we had all advised the restaurant in advance of our selections from the menu.
The coffee itself was weak. A disappointment; a great pity at the end of a meal with such wonderful food.
Attendees
Adrian S., Brett M., Bruce M., David E., David L., Dominic J., Gilles C., Henry L., Ian S., John H., Keith ?., Richard G., Richard W., Robert P., Wayne S.
Champor-Champor Menu
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STARTERS
Keli fish in Balinese-Malay spinach urap **************** MAIN COURSES
Ostrich fillet in soy and cardamom oil; sweet basil mash; three-hour
cooked coconut granules **************** DESSERTS
Tropical fruit arrack trifle; roti chanai biscotti **************** |
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