This open aired restaurant, with a lovely deck
under some shady trees, prides itself on their quality of meat, as they have
the Alpine deli and butchery as well. Not a vegetarian’s dream restaurant,
needless to say I was rather skeptical, but all restaurants deserve a fair
chance.
I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of
veggie choices on the menu, and innovative salads and side dishes.
For starter I had a lovely black mushroom tart,
and tried a bite of the backed Camembert with figs as well – delish! My pea and
asparagus salad for main was nice and fresh, and the pork belly was said to be
divine, and I have to say a very impressive portion! The baked sweet potato as
side is the best in town hands down, and the chips and chunky and hand cut, not
oven processed oven baked rubbish.
The let down on the mains however was the
calamari - under cooked and under seasoned, with almost no sauce.
Time for dessert came, and we settle on a
chocolate fondant, and creme brulee. The fondant was absolute perfection!
All and all, I have an enjoyable experience,
with friendly and attentive staff, mains and dessert took a little long – but
totally worth the wait for the fondant. Good wine selection, and they do not up
the wine prices by 300% like most other restaurants. I will gladly go back to Alpine for a lazy Sunday afternoon lunch of fresh salad and gooey fondant.
Happy weekend. Until we eat again...
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