La Valle Blanche, Byres Rd, Glasgow 12.02.11
Valentines weekend and i go for a late lunch in the West End with my friend Nick to a French Restauarant. How Romantic!!
As i expected the dark minimalist dining room was packed full of couples sipping champagne whispering sweet nothings to each other. We on the other hand were discussing a building project and the football results the previous weekend, much to the annoyance of the the courting couple at the table next to us.
The lunch/pre theatre menu offers decent value at £13.95 for two courses and £16.95 for three. With four starters five mains and five deserts to choose from there is enough to satisfy most tastes.
We both opted for the Ham Hough Terrine with Seared Beef, Roast Shallots and Parsley with Gribiche Sauce to start. I chose the Chargrilled Steak Frites with Horseradish, Black Pepper & Parsely Butter (£2.50 supplement) and Nick chose the Corn fed Chicken Breast, Sauteed Potatoes and Leek and Merguez Sausage for mains.
The terrine arrived and looked excellent with a piece of rare beef running through the centre of the pressed ham. Everything on the plate worked really well together with the pickled Gribiche Sauce cutting through the flavour of the ham and beef perfectly.
After a short while the main courses were served by one of the young waiting team and again looked very appetizing. Ok so it is only steak and chips but it was a very good steak and chips, the steak was seasoned and cooked medium rare to perfection with a great added flavour coming from the black pepper and parsley butter.
My friend had no complaints with his dish and polished it off in no time. The young waitress then returned with the desert menus. I ordered an espresso and we both ordered the Iced Banana & Hazelnut Parfait, Vanilla Chantilly & Hazelnut Tuille. The espresso arrived shortly afterwards and was a distant memory when the deserts finally arrived at least fifteen minutes later.
The deserts were the only let down of the day, there was a one cm slice of banana with two chunks of the parfait and the tuille perched in the middle. Whilst the desert was presented well it failed to deliver on taste and i was bored half way through eating it.
The final bill was £51.00 which included a couple of wines and coffee.
Rating out of 100
78/100
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