Interesting experience, let down by (especially) the food and extraordinarily slow service…read more
I feel like if your literature is going to make references to taking you on a "journey of taste," then the food should at least be competent, right?
This wasn't the case last night, where the main dish -- some sort of plate with lamb, pork, a whole fennel bulb, and "risotto" which tasted just like dry, undercooked rice -- arrived at my place lukewarm. Awesome. I love food that's cold.
There was an amuse bouche that felt like maybe it came out of an Albert Heijn container (cream cheese with chicken and cucumbers?), then a salad, which had a big ol' supermarket slice of ham on top, a fishy smell, and a raspberry vinaigrette that was much too sweet.
The last course, a dessert, felt really quite gimmicky. Tiramisu, some sort of fruit sorbet, coconut cream, a small chunk of pineapple, and "exploding sugar" (Pop Rocks, really) -- this was the largest plate of the meal.
Add to that a slightly uncomfortable interior temperature and an awkward upselling of beers before we were served a 3-course beer tasting menu means I don't think I'll be back, not even if the company's paying for it, like last night.