I went to the restaurant of the Europe hotel in Kerry the other day. I wasn’t paying and don’t think I could ever justify the cost.
The starter was rolled up rabbit meat in bacon that was delicious. For the main course I made the mistake of ordering the vegan option, a vegetable wellington. Not sure what liberal spirit had come over me. Was about as tasty as a wellie that had been left on a warm rad after scraping the yard. The fella across from me got a fillet steak which was grand but lacking a bit in ‘beef’ flavour, the flavour you get with good grass fed meat that’s been aged. Though fillet steaks can be like that. There was an enormous slab of goose liver on the side he didn’t know what to do with that made it ok to charge 50 euro for it.
The dessert was pretty nice and certainly looked well though you could get the same for less elsewhere.
The waiter was straight out of Jeeves and Wooster, anticipating needs you didn't even know you had (‘a cushion for your back sir’…’perhaps the gentleman doesn’t like goats cheese’…). I’m normally happy not to be waited on too much but had to admire the skill of this man who was incredibly helpful without being obsequious and a character in his own right.
Great wine too and some fine looking customers in there, handsome Kerry women though some there (including the men) might want to lay off the Botox.
The starter was rolled up rabbit meat in bacon that was delicious. For the main course I made the mistake of ordering the vegan option, a vegetable wellington. Not sure what liberal spirit had come over me. Was about as tasty as a wellie that had been left on a warm rad after scraping the yard. The fella across from me got a fillet steak which was grand but lacking a bit in ‘beef’ flavour, the flavour you get with good grass fed meat that’s been aged. Though fillet steaks can be like that. There was an enormous slab of goose liver on the side he didn’t know what to do with that made it ok to charge 50 euro for it.
The dessert was pretty nice and certainly looked well though you could get the same for less elsewhere.
The waiter was straight out of Jeeves and Wooster, anticipating needs you didn't even know you had (‘a cushion for your back sir’…’perhaps the gentleman doesn’t like goats cheese’…). I’m normally happy not to be waited on too much but had to admire the skill of this man who was incredibly helpful without being obsequious and a character in his own right.
Great wine too and some fine looking customers in there, handsome Kerry women though some there (including the men) might want to lay off the Botox.
