Duncan and I recently celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary, and as a belated celebration, we stayed over at the Presidential Suite of the Blarney Woollen Mills hotel and hit Cork city for supper that evening :-)
We had stumbled across this beautiful French restaurant, Les Gourmandises, and the reviews on Trip Advisor were fantastic. What initially drew us was a two course supper with a glass of wine for €55.
What we hadn't seen was the small print that this is only available between the hours of 5 pm and 6:30 pm on a Sat and Tues - Fri between 6 pm and 9:30 pm.
"No bother" as they say here in Ireland, so we sat down at 7 pm to a delectable meal and beautiful wine :-)
First up we shared a 'tapas' board and I can say that I most enjoyed the smoked mackerel which was served with basil mayonnaise and delicate pickled cauliflower & sweetcorn, the French country-style ham hock terrine and the salmon mousse.
Duncan loved the Whipped Goat's cheese Pannacotta and the salmon mousse, we both felt the chicken liver parfait was a little too rich and pink for us, but tasty non-the-less!
Each of us had a glass of wine, I had the Chardonnay and he had a glass of red - both had beautiful aromas and were smooth to drink.
Duncan chose the, yes, you guessed it, his favourite on any menu - the slow cooked belly of pork with an array of side vegetables adorning the plate. The most delicious 'new' potatoes cooked with butter and parsley were also served with his meal.
I of course like to experiment and explore different flavours, and so I chose another starter for my main, the Phyllo prawns with a mango creme fraiche sauce were fantastic and very filling :-)
We shared a chocolate fondant for dessert and the creamy, caramel ice-cream perfected it!
All in all a wonderful evening - definitely recommend this husband and wife run establishment here on our doorstep!
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