Comments on: Forget the surroundings and focus on the great food http://elitistreview.com/2010/07/30/forget-the-surroundings-and-focus-on-the-great-food/ The limits of pleasure are yet to be defined or reached Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Linda Irving-Bell http://elitistreview.com/2010/07/30/forget-the-surroundings-and-focus-on-the-great-food/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Linda Irving-Bell Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:05:08 +0000 http://elitistreview.com/?p=3650#comment-820 It is a scary thing, taking someone to lunch with a palate like David's, even more so when you have to work your way through the 'boil in the bag' decor to get to your table, then, you learn the two stars you thought the restaurant had have been snatched away. Heaven help me. It did! The food was up to the standard I had previously experienced, and the wine list exceptional. It is a scary thing, taking someone to lunch with a palate like David’s, even more so when you have to work your way through the ‘boil in the bag’ decor to get to your table, then, you learn the two stars you thought the restaurant had have been snatched away. Heaven help me. It did! The food was up to the standard I had previously experienced, and the wine list exceptional.

]]> By: ed tully http://elitistreview.com/2010/07/30/forget-the-surroundings-and-focus-on-the-great-food/comment-page-1/#comment-818 ed tully Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:27:30 +0000 http://elitistreview.com/?p=3650#comment-818 When I visited they had reached the giddy firmament of two stars. What sticks most in the mind was that it was cheap. No. That's a lie. The ghastly decor comes first. When I visited they had reached the giddy firmament of two stars. What sticks most in the mind was that it was cheap. No. That’s a lie. The ghastly decor comes first.

]]> By: David Strange http://elitistreview.com/2010/07/30/forget-the-surroundings-and-focus-on-the-great-food/comment-page-1/#comment-817 David Strange Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:56:56 +0000 http://elitistreview.com/?p=3650#comment-817 A few months back they changed chef and so lost their star. Given the hilarious quality of the lunch we had it seems highly likely they'll get it back when the new guide comes out in January. They clearly deserve at least one. The place is pretty easy to get to from Town so I shall be returning. Nice of you to drop by the nice and improved site. A few months back they changed chef and so lost their star. Given the hilarious quality of the lunch we had it seems highly likely they’ll get it back when the new guide comes out in January. They clearly deserve at least one.

The place is pretty easy to get to from Town so I shall be returning.

Nice of you to drop by the nice and improved site.

]]> By: ed tully http://elitistreview.com/2010/07/30/forget-the-surroundings-and-focus-on-the-great-food/comment-page-1/#comment-816 ed tully Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:14:35 +0000 http://elitistreview.com/?p=3650#comment-816 We ate there about six years ago. It looked like a pimped version of the house in Dallas. The water sculpture thing was just hilarious. As you rightly note the food and the wine make up for it. Very hot on California - as you would expect given that Peter Michael owns it - and jolly good value. We ate there about six years ago. It looked like a pimped version of the house in Dallas. The water sculpture thing was just hilarious. As you rightly note the food and the wine make up for it. Very hot on California – as you would expect given that Peter Michael owns it – and jolly good value.

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