Loch Fyne Restaurant, King St, Nottingham May 25, 2008
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Reviews , trackbackSo, here I am in Nottingham, ready to hear His Holiness the Dalai Lama speak on the nature of reality. In the meantime, I’m hungry and looking for dinner. The Loch Fyne in King St is a likely proposition. I’ve never heard of it, unlike the Pizza Express and Zizzi’s nearby, and the menu looks good.
But what, I ask, is an Ashet of Fruit. I’ve never heard that word in my life. It looks like one of those combinations you try in Scrabulous, and are bemused to find it accepted. Apparently it means ‘plate’ (ok, I could have figured that from context) and is Gaelic, and cognate with Assiette. Whatever. You learn something new most days.
This is a seafood place, with scallops, which I love. I’m not a very good Buddhist, so the half-bottles of wine on the menu are a very good idea. I select a Domaine de Dorices Muscadet, which is dry, white and crisp, and apparently without chemicals. It lives up to the publicity, and fortunately my favourite chemical, ethanol, doesn’t count.
I start with scallops grilled in chilli butter, which are very good indeed. The battered haddock with chips is more ordinary, as is the apple pie. The muscat by the glass goes down well with the apple pie.
As I eat, the chef is wrapping polenta portions into clingfilm sausages at the open kitchen. I’m never sure about open kitchens. There are some things you just don’t need to see.
Loch Fyne is a chain, with about 40 restaurants around the UK. There are none in London so it’s new to me. I’m not going to rave about it, but its perfectly fine, though a seafood restaurant, could do better haddock and chips, and should have a fish soup of some sort. Perhaps I’m prejudiced. A full three course meal ended up being just on £40, which is not bad considering the wine bill.
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