I wrote a Forte Kitchen review nine years ago. Since then, they have changed management and changed their focus. Therefore, it is time I re-reviewed what has reportedly become one of Winchester’s hottest venues.
The meal that The Editor and I ate was provided by the owner of the Forte Kitchen gratis to review the restaurant. Obviously, the owner did not see or have any input into or knowledge of the contents of this review before I published it. Elitistreview is never for sale!
The Forte Kitchen has totally changed focus into an events venue, but they also offer breakfast and brunch earlier in the day. The Editor and I were the first people into the restaurant on the morning we ate breakfast.
The menu provides a full range of breakfast offerings. You can read it here. I was incredibly pleased to see a range of alcoholic drinks on offer for breakfast/brunch, including a short, focussed, extremely well-chosen selection of wines by the glass. If they do not please the brunch crowd, I do not know what will! I had fresh orange juice (delicious), The Editor needed caffeine in his bloodstream so had Diet Coke (he liked it!).
Perhaps unsurprisingly, I went for the largest breakfast offering on the menu: the full English. I skipped toast and had black pudding instead. One could have one’s eggs fried, poached or scrambled – fried being the preferred option.
What an excellent breakfast it was! Every ingredient was chosen to be high quality (I loved the flavours of the bacon, black pudding, mushrooms and eggs particularly) and there was plenty of food provided. The big tub of beans was very welcome. Everything was well-cooked – the bacon to perfection and I was pleased the lovely tomatoes had a touch of the grill to them – and quite delicious. It one was the kind of full English one dreams of being served but rarely gets. Beezer brekkie!
The Editor chose North African Eggs. This was poached egg with a yoghurt sauce, tomatoes and a merguez sausage. He also loved it but said the merguez could have been a bit spicier. Ignore his complaint. If there was a global thermonuclear war, The Editor would say, “That could have been a bit spicier.” It looked excellent and he was certainly very pleased with it.
Prices were very reasonable, especially considering the quality of ingredients, and the staff were friendly and attentive.
We were very impressed with the whole experience. It is the best breakfast we have had in Winchester, ignoring ones that The Editor gets up at 06:30 to start cooking, and we will be returning at our earliest convenience.
Chapeau, the Forte Kitchen!
The Editor chose a much healthier option than the writer of the review 😉 Great to see that Dani has lost so much weight and I hope he will continue his diet.
Cheers Keith
Good morning, Keith!
I may have had a big breakfast, but I followed it up with no lunch and, indeed, nothing to eat until dinner. We are both dropping kilos at a pleasing rate!
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