Mirror mirror - who's the fayrest of them all

[valleyboy]

Pub chain in our area full carvery for £3.99

[Highlander]

quote:Never tried the lunch, that's why I wanted your opinion, we only stayed the night and had dinner and then breakfast. Surprising they are doing such cheap lunches when the rooms are from £170 to £365.00 per night..

Me too Jacqui . Never stayed there myself - too expensive .


http://www.rocpool.com/pdfs/prexmasrxpress.pdf

[c1]

It always amazes me that people who go to a resturant because gordon or one of the three roux "owns" it. firstly many are operated by someone else or they the famous cook don't even cook there, and yet the chattering class all boast just been to so snd so's.

[heather07]

I think it would be lovely to eat at one of those restuarants as the service will probably be top notch too. As would the wine.
 Great for a special occasion.
We have a lot of good restuarants in town but one of the "better" ones has a strange menu.  For me too many different tastes on one plate.  I have refused to go there for that reson.

[Jacqui Harvey]

quote:Originally posted by c1

It always amazes me that people who go to a resturant because gordon or one of the three roux "owns" it. firstly many are operated by someone else or they the famous cook don't even cook there, and yet the chattering class all boast just been to so snd so's.

Albert Roux moved up to Inverness to the Roc Pool in March this year.
He is an older man now and I don't think he is racing around lots of other Hotels. He seems to be present at the Roc Pool so I would imagine the food you get there is prepared by him.
I suppose if you live in England there are lots of famous Chefs who have restaurants, however, if you live around Inverness it's quite a novelty to have a famous Chef in the area and of course, its good for the tourist industry. So us gourmets in Scotland cannot brag about eating at too many celebrity Chef's establishments.   Although our home grown food is so good all the Chef's up here have a flying start.

[heather07]

"Although our home grown food is so good all the Chef's up here have a flying start."

Have to agree with that Jacqui, which is why I can't uderstand the need to cover everything on the plate with a different sauce.


H - The lunch menu is really good value.

[heather07]

Just had a look at the website.
Will have to give the rooms a miss I am too mean for that prices.
If I am ever in the area though I would love to try the meals.  It is actually better priced and more apealing than place I spoke about.

[Diverbaz 1]

I would doubt that Albert Roux does any "preparation" of food for the restaurant, he may have designed the menu, but he is a busy man with all his consultancies.

http://www.albertroux.co.uk/

Bit like Rick Stein, owns half the hotels and restaurants in Padstow (Padstein to locals), but is rarely there, yet there is a 3 month waiting list to dine in the place, because people think he is sweating out the back cooking their meals, I think not.

[arrian]

personally i wamt a good chef not a "famous chef" because i wanr food i will enjoy, not someone telling me because they have cooked it, so it must be good. my pallette will tell me if it is.

[janmack]

Brussel puree...doesn't sound very appetising!:(