iluvpluto27
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Today we decided to share a CS meal from Mara for breakfast. We split the Adult breakfast platter which neither of us enjoyed much. The eggs tasted way too buttery for me, the potatoes were ok (a little too salty) and the biscuit was ok. I remembered to take the camera to the Mara, then forgot to take a picture of the food!!
For lunch we had an 11:30 reservation at Liberty Tree Tavern. We were seated pretty much as soon as they began seating parties by our waitress, who was very friendly and chatty.
We'd eaten here before a few years ago, and I remembered the portions being quite big so we decided just to share an appetiser of Tavern Fried Cheese. This was nice, and actually wasn't as big a portion as we received in 2005. It was mozerella sticks and the little pieces are some other type of cheese (I can't remember what exactly). It was served with marinara sauce to dip the cheese in, which was also nice. You can't really go wrong with breaded, deep fried cheese!
For an entree our waitress reccommended a new dish that would be going on the menu from the following week: Steamed fish with pilaf rice and lemon sauce. I decided to give it a try, and although it was alright, I kinda wished I'd stuck with my original choice of the chicken salad. It was served in the bag it was steamed in, the fish was well cooked but it was quite bland. The lemon sauce was too thin and and didn't have enough flavour to bring the fish to life really. There were vegetables underneath the fish which were nicely cooked, but again didn't have a lot of flavour. I did however really like the rice, this was slightly sticky and had a good, strong, slightly spicy flavour.
DH was going to go with the vegetarian noodle bowl but our waitress said she really didn't recommend it, and it was actually being replaced on the menu with another vegetarian dish the following week. Therefore he chose the Colony salad minus the chicken. He's not normally a huge fan of salads but said this was really good. The dressing was tasty, there was plenty of cheese and the apple pieces and pecans added sweetness. It was a big portion though and he struggled to finish it.
For dessert I chose the Ooey Gooey toffee cake I'd seen pictures of on here before I left. This didn't disappoint and was definitely my favourite part of the meal. The cake was very rich, dense and very sweet. It was drizzled with caramel sauce and pieces of toffee, and I think chopped nuts. It needed the vanilla icecream to cut through the richness, as without it I think it would have been too sweet, even for me. I really liked this dessert and would definitely recommend.
DH went for the caramel apple pie. He really loved this pudding and actually liked this better than my dessert. The pastry was thick and soft, and the apple filling consisted of whole apple slices, rather than apple mush, like you sometimes get in pies. It was served with caramel sauce, which sweetened the dish and cinnamon icecream which just had a nice hint of cinnamon flavour.
To sum up we had a really enjoyable lunch here, the service was very good, the food was good and the desserts were fantastic.
Coming up next, our dinner at Spoodles.
For lunch we had an 11:30 reservation at Liberty Tree Tavern. We were seated pretty much as soon as they began seating parties by our waitress, who was very friendly and chatty.
We'd eaten here before a few years ago, and I remembered the portions being quite big so we decided just to share an appetiser of Tavern Fried Cheese. This was nice, and actually wasn't as big a portion as we received in 2005. It was mozerella sticks and the little pieces are some other type of cheese (I can't remember what exactly). It was served with marinara sauce to dip the cheese in, which was also nice. You can't really go wrong with breaded, deep fried cheese!
For an entree our waitress reccommended a new dish that would be going on the menu from the following week: Steamed fish with pilaf rice and lemon sauce. I decided to give it a try, and although it was alright, I kinda wished I'd stuck with my original choice of the chicken salad. It was served in the bag it was steamed in, the fish was well cooked but it was quite bland. The lemon sauce was too thin and and didn't have enough flavour to bring the fish to life really. There were vegetables underneath the fish which were nicely cooked, but again didn't have a lot of flavour. I did however really like the rice, this was slightly sticky and had a good, strong, slightly spicy flavour.
DH was going to go with the vegetarian noodle bowl but our waitress said she really didn't recommend it, and it was actually being replaced on the menu with another vegetarian dish the following week. Therefore he chose the Colony salad minus the chicken. He's not normally a huge fan of salads but said this was really good. The dressing was tasty, there was plenty of cheese and the apple pieces and pecans added sweetness. It was a big portion though and he struggled to finish it.
For dessert I chose the Ooey Gooey toffee cake I'd seen pictures of on here before I left. This didn't disappoint and was definitely my favourite part of the meal. The cake was very rich, dense and very sweet. It was drizzled with caramel sauce and pieces of toffee, and I think chopped nuts. It needed the vanilla icecream to cut through the richness, as without it I think it would have been too sweet, even for me. I really liked this dessert and would definitely recommend.
DH went for the caramel apple pie. He really loved this pudding and actually liked this better than my dessert. The pastry was thick and soft, and the apple filling consisted of whole apple slices, rather than apple mush, like you sometimes get in pies. It was served with caramel sauce, which sweetened the dish and cinnamon icecream which just had a nice hint of cinnamon flavour.
To sum up we had a really enjoyable lunch here, the service was very good, the food was good and the desserts were fantastic.
Coming up next, our dinner at Spoodles.
I cant wait to go in December and have the sangria and the mediterranean dips.
