Surf N Turf, Merrylee Rd Bar and Kitchen, Merrylee Rd, Glasgow
A Scottish steak and seafood restaurant in the south side of Glasgow has sprung up with the inventive name of Surf N Turf, it must have took restauranteur Gordon Yuill all of 30 seconds to come up with the name. This however certainly does what it says on the tin and does it well.
The restuarant occupies the same building as Merrylee Rd Bar & Kitchen although that is where the similarities end. The old dining room has been transformed in to an intimate room with white chandeliers, stags horns and soft lighting. The star attraction is a huge Gerard Burns canvas depicting a cow and a young girl carrying a saltire.
The menu here is simple with a selection of fresh seafood and meats to start with venison, lamb, fish and beef for mains.
My wives friend was visiting from London so there were three of us dining on Saturday evening. I went for the prawn cocktail (£7.95) to start after being assured by the waitress that this was not a normal prawn cocktail of limp lettuce and frozen prawns. My wife chose the same with our guest Charlie opting for the platter of hot smoked salmon (£7.95).
We were waiting for our starters when the waitress came round with the days freshly baked bread selection, which all looked very good. I had pistachio soda bread which was excellent. The starters then arrived and we were not disappointed. The prawn cocktail was a mix of succulent king prawns and langoustine with green beans and a spicy marie rose sauce. If i had a complaint it would be the ratio of prawns to vegetables was a little off balance.
Charlies dish of hot smoked salmon was also very good and the bit of the restaurants own whisky smoked salmon i nicked of her plate was delicious.
On to the main courses, my wife and i shared the Chateubriand served with a choice of potatoes and sauce and vegetables on the side (£49.95). Charlie picked the mixed grill which was a selection of fillet steak, wild boar, lamb and a duck egg. (£22.50) again served with a choice of sides included in the price.
After a short wait our main courses arrived. The chef came with the main courses and carved and served our Chateubriand. I thought this was a great touch and added to the theatre of such a spectacular main course. This was beef of the highest standard and really did melt in your mouth. I had side orders of fat chips, pan gravy and roasted greens. Although the ingredients of the main course were simple, every bit of this was cooked to perfection. Charlie also had no complaints about her mixed grill with the addition of the
runny duck egg delivering an extra touch.
This is certainly up there with the best meat i have ever eaten and would doubt there is any better being served in Glasgow restaurants today.
Desert menus presented and all we could manage was one between the three of us. After a heated discussion we chose the Highland Lavender Panacotta with Raspberry Sorbet and Candy Floss (£7.95). The desert was excellent, the delicate flavour of the lavender worked perfectly with the sharpness of the raspberry sorbet and the presentation was superb. The candy floss didn’t do much in my opinion but was a bit of fun on the plate.
Coffee and petit fours to end and i was fit to burst.
Final bill for three with a couple of bottles of wine was £125.00 which for the quality of produce i thought was very reasonable.
Rating out of 100
85/100
