Our dinner reservation tonight was at Raglan Road, where they had decorated for Halloween:
We never got to see more of it than this doorframe though, as a side door to the left was open and there was seating available on the patio. As I may have mentioned before once or twice or a dozen times, we love al fresco dining (as long as it isn't too hot or sunny out), so we opted for that instead of heading inside.
Once more, this meant that we were allowed to skip the line (which was quite short anyway though) as everybody else was waiting to be seated inside, and not a minute later we sat at our nice outdoor table.
First of all, we were brought some bread and an olive oil dip (I didnt have any of it so I cannot really comment on taste, but it certainly looked appealing):
For drinks, I decided on a beer flight some yummy beers and not all that expensive, either.
The Four Provinces of Ireland Guinness, Smithwicks, Harp and Kilkenny beers.
DH for some reason decided against the beer flight and had himself a couple of Coronas instead (not simultaneously though of course).
This was his appetizer:
The Whiskey-Glazed Chicken Kabob, which he really enjoyed.
Meanwhile, and in the DxDP-induced slightly overfed state I was by now pretty much currently in, I opted for something light:
Heritage Tomato Salad - Heirloom tomato and rocket salad, with shallots, parmesan crisps and balsamic reduction.
As his main course, DH chose the creatively named Pie in the Sky:
On the menu, this is advertised as "reach new heights with our chicken and wild mushroom pie served with a rocket lettuce salad", and it seems this didn't let him down.
My own entrée, however, sadly was a bit disappointing to me:
Goats Town - Goats cheese terrine made with sauteed garlic, shallots, shiitake mushrooms in an herb and breadcrumb crust served with a berry compote and mixed greens.
It sounds great as described in the menu, but I really did not care for it too much. The compote (and thus the salad) was far too sweet for my taste, while the goat's cheese was added in such measures that it was simply overpowering. Much too much, much too heavy. (And I usually love goats cheese!) I'm afraid I left most of it.
The fact that I thus pretty much "only" had two salads helped me a little while later, when our desserts arrived.
Just like last year, I was wanting to combine and then share two desserts that go just perfectly together but DH claimed he could not eat another bite so I had to brave them alone
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So here they are our (read, mine
) wonderfully combined desserts:
Dunbrody Kiss ("Chef Dundon's gift to America. Chocolate. Add chocolate. Then add some more.")
Market Street - fresh fruit basket with natural yogurt and a honey drizzle.
A perfect combination of flavours!
By now, it was pretty dark and it was getting hard to see what we had on our plates anyway, so the timing was perfect to head home.
All in all, this was a very nice meal even though nothing apart from the dessert combo was really truly memorable, and I could well imagine that we will return again some other time.
Coming up next: Breakfast at Kouzzina, take one.
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OK, so maybe it hasn't put me off eating there but I may reconsider since, as a party of 8, we are likely to have the automatic 18% gratuity added to our bill and I wuld be reluctant to pay that if the service was as poor. I agree with you, too, there are much nicer places to eat in the locality.
Your strawberry smoothies looked pretty good though.
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