The **Now Eating** Thread
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Had lunch today at Six by Nico. It was a 6 course tasting menu for £25, with an optional extra "snack" course for £5. They also had a wine pairing for £25, but I decided not to go for this. The theme for the meal was "route 66", so all kinda American themed dishes.
The snack course. Peanut butter milkshake, nachos, corndogs and sourdough bread with whipped butter. Nice little combination
Chicargo - Crispy tart with trapanese pesto, goats cheese, chorizo & olive tapenade. Though I would hate this, cause it had caramalised onions in it, but the other flavours cancelled out the onion taste, which for me is great.
Great Plains - Buffalo Mozzarella, tomato essence and basil oil. A tasty little dish. the broth/oil it was floating in was actually kinda fruity.
American Diner - Chickpea pancake with maple syrup, mayonnaise and gaunciale (pork cheek). This was a good dish. The flavours all worked really well together, especially the pork and the pancake.
Texas - 24 hour barbeque brisket, chilli bon bon, sweetcorn puree. This was the best dish hands down for me. Loved the brisket. Loved the bon bon. Loved everything else. Honestly my only gripe about this dish is that I wish it had been a bigger portion. They could at least have given 2 bon bon's...
New Mexico - sea bream taco, guacamole, pickled chilli and lime. Considering I'm not a big fan of seafood dishes, this one was pretty nice. The sea bream was well cooked. Had a nice crispy skin and tender flesh.
California - The final dessert course was lemon tart with orange espuma and red wine sorbet. This was really refreshing for the palate and I really liked the red wine sorbet with it.
All in all a very nice meal. Service was a bit slow perhaps. The whole meal took close to 2 hours to get through. But for £25 a head I think that's seriously good value for money. The theme they do changes every 6 weeks, so I'm looking forward to seeing what the next theme will be
The snack course. Peanut butter milkshake, nachos, corndogs and sourdough bread with whipped butter. Nice little combination
Chicargo - Crispy tart with trapanese pesto, goats cheese, chorizo & olive tapenade. Though I would hate this, cause it had caramalised onions in it, but the other flavours cancelled out the onion taste, which for me is great.
Great Plains - Buffalo Mozzarella, tomato essence and basil oil. A tasty little dish. the broth/oil it was floating in was actually kinda fruity.
American Diner - Chickpea pancake with maple syrup, mayonnaise and gaunciale (pork cheek). This was a good dish. The flavours all worked really well together, especially the pork and the pancake.
Texas - 24 hour barbeque brisket, chilli bon bon, sweetcorn puree. This was the best dish hands down for me. Loved the brisket. Loved the bon bon. Loved everything else. Honestly my only gripe about this dish is that I wish it had been a bigger portion. They could at least have given 2 bon bon's...
New Mexico - sea bream taco, guacamole, pickled chilli and lime. Considering I'm not a big fan of seafood dishes, this one was pretty nice. The sea bream was well cooked. Had a nice crispy skin and tender flesh.
California - The final dessert course was lemon tart with orange espuma and red wine sorbet. This was really refreshing for the palate and I really liked the red wine sorbet with it.
All in all a very nice meal. Service was a bit slow perhaps. The whole meal took close to 2 hours to get through. But for £25 a head I think that's seriously good value for money. The theme they do changes every 6 weeks, so I'm looking forward to seeing what the next theme will be
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Caporegime
Those are some generous portions for a tasting menu and cheap for £6.
And why does the pictures look more potato as each course goes by?
And why does the pictures look more potato as each course goes by?
£6? It was £30 
(actually £38.50, £5 for the aperitif and £3.50 for a bottle of mineral water)
My table was next to a window. Some of the time it was cloudy, but after the first couple of courses the sun came out and light was shining right on my table. The extra light didn't help. Seems to make it harder for the phone to focus properly.
(actually £38.50, £5 for the aperitif and £3.50 for a bottle of mineral water)My table was next to a window. Some of the time it was cloudy, but after the first couple of courses the sun came out and light was shining right on my table. The extra light didn't help. Seems to make it harder for the phone to focus properly.
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Caporegime
I mean 6 courses….not sure how ended up as £6.
Ah. Yes, extremely cheap. In York I paid £60 for 6 courses and £40 for the wine pairing. Arguably the York one was better quality, but I'd still say it was a good meal for that price.
Soldato
Red wine sorbet... you intrigue me.
Spent most of the day out in Glasgow today with a friend. Lovely day. We were at the Botanics gardens, Kelvingrove art gallery and the transport museum, plus spending some time going round the West side. We were out for nearly 12 hours! We had dinner at a Vietnamese place called Hanoi Bike Shop.
We split a side order of prawn crackers and some peanut & chilli dip. The dip was soooooo good!
We both got a couple of dishes each. I went with the crispy pork spring rolls and chilli glazed pork and crispy rice cakes. Both really nice. Spicy, but not too spicy.
We both had the panna cotta for dessert, flavoured with orange blossom and... I think cinnamon? Can't remember 100%. Was very good anyway.
We split a side order of prawn crackers and some peanut & chilli dip. The dip was soooooo good!
We both got a couple of dishes each. I went with the crispy pork spring rolls and chilli glazed pork and crispy rice cakes. Both really nice. Spicy, but not too spicy.
We both had the panna cotta for dessert, flavoured with orange blossom and... I think cinnamon? Can't remember 100%. Was very good anyway.
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Not entirely relevant, but my parents went to Girona and ended up in 'El Celler de Can Roca' which is meant to be one of the best restaurants in the world.
They showed me the menu on there return, looked very nice indeed. Though when they told me how much they paid (close to £400 each which includes the wine flight) I nearly passed out. I could never justify that in my head. Different strokes though, I guess.
They showed me the menu on there return, looked very nice indeed. Though when they told me how much they paid (close to £400 each which includes the wine flight) I nearly passed out. I could never justify that in my head. Different strokes though, I guess.
Bloody hell! Was it a tasting menu or set courses? Did they take any pics?
Tasting menu as far as I could tell. All looked exceptionally well put together from what I could see.
I'll wrestle my dads camera off him and post the pics here when I can
Though, if I'm being honest, the layout and general look of the restaurant seemed massively tacky to me. One part of the menu was served on a giant globe with food skewered into the appropriate continents... maybe I'm just a philistine xD
Caporegime
£400 per head?!
Yep. Even though three people at the table didn't have the wine flight, it still totalled just short of £1900 for the 5 of them...
Caporegime
The most I have ever spent on 1 meal was 130 euros, not sure I can stomach a £400 meal…
Although I just booked 1 night hotel for £500. It does come with Dinner and Breakfast….
Soldato
The best curry I have ever made! Better than any restaurant curry I have had. I think its down to the base sauce, I tried a new recipe using celery and without adding tomato and its much better than my usual 'the curry secret' one i use imo. I also left it overnighjt in the fridge before blending and freezing, so maybe that helped.
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