Horsham isn’t somewhere I frequent regularly but there is a special restaurant in the area that’s been on my radar for a while, The Pass at the South Lodge Hotel.
At the bottom of St James’s St, there’s a treat for those that enjoy the finer things in life – a lavish restaurant that goes by the name of Pike & Pine… but only by night. By day it takes on another guise, Redroaster – a speciality coffee house and café.
It’s a year since Isaac At went from a popup to permanent restaurant and to celebrate the milestone I was invited to try the restaurant’s new South Coast Tasting Menu.
One month after opening I take a visit to Brighton’s newest fine dining restaurant – Pascere, to review whether it lives up to the hype.
It’s not often the whole city is buzzing with excitement and impatiently awaiting a new restaurant opening, but back at the start of the year etch, the first restaurant from Steven Edwards, had this effect.
The Salt Room has launched a new Afternoon Tea menu with a twist – it’s inspired by the seaside. Introducing locally sourced seafood and its signature candyfloss into the mix, it’s created something sure to turn foodies’ heads.
I can count on one hand the number of outstanding meals I’ve eaten and the first time I dined at Isaac At, in the North Laine, is one of them. 12 months after that visit the restaurant has had a refurb and gone from pop-up to permanent. On its re-opening night, I went along to see what had changed and whether the food still impressed.
If you’ve ever hosted a dinner party for more than two people, you’ll appreciate how much preparation and organisation goes into it. It’s not simply a case of deciding what to cook and getting on with it.
This was up there with one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten. Each course brought you something new and unexpected and I delighted in the fact that I was eating foods in unusual combinations.
The Salt Room does the classic dishes to perfection, I couldn’t falter the steak, lobster and mussels. However, some of the quirkier dishes (lardo and seaweed salad) didn’t hit the mark for me or Nan. Stick to the classics and you won’t be disappointed with your meal.