Monday 6 February 2012

Pollen Street Social

We loved Maze so was quite looking forward to try out Pollen street social

We went there for Monday lunch.  It has a very casual vibe but quite noisy actually.  
We were going to go for a la carte but none of the dishes look particularly appealing so we just went for the set menu which was quite good value - 22 for 2 course, 25.5 for 3 course
The service was so-so.  quite slow until we get to the dessert bar. 

Starter 
Normally starter is one of the more exciting course but neither of them was memorable in this case. 
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying they weren't nice but they were just  not very interesting.  



Veal cheeks braised in onion juices, onion squash cream with leek oil,
artichokes braised in olive oil
very small portion.  nice flavour but not memorable.  


Loch Duart London cured salmon, beer pickled onions, oyster mayonnaise, miso aubergine

Main

Roasted Creedy Carver duck, mandarin & clementine conserve, purple sprouting broccoli, braised duck leg, Jerusalem artichoke


 Slow-cooked Dingley Dell pork belly, honey & soy braised pig cheek, Brussel sprout tops, spiced tamarind
- very flavoursome.  it would have been better if it had crispy skin
we were wondering if the two sauces that went with the duck and pork were the same :p 
we couldn't really tell the difference

Dessert
here comes the highlight of meal :)
we were offered a seat at the dessert bar facing the kitchen where you can see all the action going from both the main kitchen and the dessert bar.
the "bartender" offered us pre-dessert as soon as we sat down
and they were sooooo niceeeee
Sangria mousse, blood orange granita, curd milk jam 
loved it :) 
we also had two little scoops of icecream - lime and passionfruit!
very smooth and refreshing.  
they were gone before I could take a photo of it ! 

we went for a dessert from the a la carte menu - the deconstructed tiramisu
a creamy mousse base with broken chocolate sponge, chocolate oil, cubes of jelly
it comes with a shot of hot coffee chocolate- SO NICEEEEE 
we drank it instead of pouring it over as a sauce.  
It was also nice too see her putting each component all together. 

I wonder if we could just book a seat at the dessert bar and skip all the mediocre starter/main course :p 


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