Wild Honey

Really looking forward to this since it has been recommended to me so many times, and the food certainly didn’t disappoint.

Food

Started with some excellent Raisin Bread, which certainly set my expectations high for the rest of the meal. There was only one a la carte menu, so chose

• Exmouth Crab with Poached Pear and Young Shoots (£12.50) - fresh crab, as expected, with a subtle salad that didn’t cover the delicate crab flavour
• Slow cooked pork belly with Herefordshire snails, carrot puree (£9.95) - more inventive and a little strange actually, with the snails not tasting like snails except in texture. The pork belly was textbook perfect though
• Bouillabaisse Traditional Marseille Style (£19.50) - came with so many side dishes and dipping sauce, the whole table was filled with it. The soup/sauce was amazing, with deep reduced seafood flavour, the dish and other seafood accompaniment was terrific, perfectly cooked. Add to that some killer sauce, and I was licking my hands.
• Grilled Rib of Beef (28 day aged) Anna Potatoes, Bearnaise Sauce (£23.50) - perfectly cooked. The beef was so tender and so full of flavour, I didn’t really need the Bearnaise Sauce (which was also excellent). It’s just a shame that I can’t eat the pink bits.
• Warm Chocolate Soup, Almond Milk Sorbet (£6.95) - a bit disappointed with this really. Sounds more interesting than it is. Kinda like a liquid pudding.
• Tarte Tatin, Creme Fraiche (£6.95) - friends ordered this, even though it’s meant to be shared between 2, there was still plenty to go around. The apples were beautifully caramelised, the pastry puffy, and the sauce glorious. A simple thing done well can be the best thing in the world
• Wild Honey Ice Cream, Crushed Honeycomb (£6.95) - really disappointing. Boring, and not even the best ice cream I’ve had

Rating - 8.5

Atmosphere

The restaurant was full already when we arrived at 7pm. And no wonder, they do 2 sittings, and we had to be out of there by 9pm. At least the food arrived promptly for that to happen. The restaurant itself is quite small. We got a table at the back, where we got a bit of privacy, but still, it was loud in there.

Rating - 1.5

Service

Very professional. They didn’t kick us out or made us feel rushed even though we over stayed the 9pm turnover time. No Michelin star service where they explain each dish to you though, and definitely no napkin folding.

Rating - 4

C-factor

It came to just over £50 p.p. Quite expensive, even though the quality of the food was great… since we didn’t get any sort of extras, no amuse, no pre-dessert, no petit fours.

Rating - 0.5

Brownie Points - 14.5

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