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Went to Galvin @Windows last night, taking advantage of the £39 menu option at Toptable.
Started with a couple of nibbles as amuse including a wonderful truffle/cheese filled profiterole. My starter was a pigs head beignet - basically a nice slab of crisp, breaded pigs head meat with apple and frisee salad. Very piggy as you might imagine and not a dish for people watching their waistline.
Next was a freebie scallop with marsh samphire. The scallop was enormous and cooked to perfection with a beautiful buttery texture and a huge amount of flavour. It was probably the best scallop i've ever had.
Next I had pigs cheek for main with vanilla spiced lentils. This was probably the weakest dish of the night for me - it was good, but not quite as good as the rest. The vanilla certainly worked well with the pork cheeks and it was interesting to have it in a savoury dish.
Another freebie next - a pre-dessert of banana milkshake and a hazelnut flavoured chocolate. This was great - the hazelnut flavoured chocolate was like an amazing ferrero rocher!
Finally a dessert of chocolate cake/fondant with tonka bean ice cream and coffee cream. Beautiful. The chocolate cake oozed molten chocolate as soon as you dipped your spoon in and everything came together as well as you might expect.
Overall - There was nothing groundbreaking here, but for a £39 set menu the value was fantastic and the cooking flawless. I'd go back just for that scallop. Including a nice bottle of Argentinian Malbec we ended up paying £60/head inc. service (although we ended up leaving extra for tip given how good it had been). Given the setting (get a window seat if possible!) it's a bargain and would certainly be a good place to take your other half![Smile :) :)](/styles/default/xenforo/vbSmilies/Normal/smile.gif)
Started with a couple of nibbles as amuse including a wonderful truffle/cheese filled profiterole. My starter was a pigs head beignet - basically a nice slab of crisp, breaded pigs head meat with apple and frisee salad. Very piggy as you might imagine and not a dish for people watching their waistline.
Next was a freebie scallop with marsh samphire. The scallop was enormous and cooked to perfection with a beautiful buttery texture and a huge amount of flavour. It was probably the best scallop i've ever had.
Next I had pigs cheek for main with vanilla spiced lentils. This was probably the weakest dish of the night for me - it was good, but not quite as good as the rest. The vanilla certainly worked well with the pork cheeks and it was interesting to have it in a savoury dish.
Another freebie next - a pre-dessert of banana milkshake and a hazelnut flavoured chocolate. This was great - the hazelnut flavoured chocolate was like an amazing ferrero rocher!
Finally a dessert of chocolate cake/fondant with tonka bean ice cream and coffee cream. Beautiful. The chocolate cake oozed molten chocolate as soon as you dipped your spoon in and everything came together as well as you might expect.
Overall - There was nothing groundbreaking here, but for a £39 set menu the value was fantastic and the cooking flawless. I'd go back just for that scallop. Including a nice bottle of Argentinian Malbec we ended up paying £60/head inc. service (although we ended up leaving extra for tip given how good it had been). Given the setting (get a window seat if possible!) it's a bargain and would certainly be a good place to take your other half
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