I recently ate at Nathan Outlaws (3rd time twice at st ervan), and I found it very enjoyable. First off we had a couple of canapes a tomato jam tart with goats cheese and a scotch quails with a paprika mayo, both very tasty. the amuse was a pea soup with ham hock, the soup was very nice and tasty and a nice vibrant green, my only critisism would be that the ham hock was a little salty. To start I had the crab salad, which was ok, I liked the ideas but it did no quite live up to what I thought it might be, I would say more of a lunch dish. My partner had the salmon with beetroot risotto, (which I had at St Ervan) fish was fantastic as ever, well cooked, seasoned etc, but I felt the risotto was lacking a little, not a vibrant in colour as I have seen before, and not as stong in flavour, not sure if beetroots season is over. For mains I had beef, with hazlenut and tarragon and mushroom pearl barley. Nice dish, the beef was cooked to perfection, the flavours all worked well together, my only gripe would be that I felt the barley was a little under done and the dish seemed very autumnal and bit out of place for a chef who thrives on seasonality. My partners dish was the clear stand out, the brill with potted shrimp sauce and broad beans, fantastisc dish great flavours and very well cooked, could have eaten it twice, but after all he did say fish is what he does pre dessert was gin and tonic jelly with lime sorbet this was really nice and refreshing a great pallete cleanser For dessert I chose the peanut mousse with banana ice cream and espresso, I would have to say it is one of the best desserts I have ever had, the mousse was really light and full of flavour, and the banana and coffee flavours worked really well with it. top notch. The wife had a selection of cheese, which came very well presented with a little description of each one, and some nice home made chutneys and breads. Overall it was a good meal, the service was fantastic, they were professional yet friendly and the sommelier was very knowledgeable, having eaten his food before and at some of the 2 stars in this country I would say it was typical Outlaw food, clean simple flavours but not quite up there with the other 2 stars, from asking questions I found there to be a lot of mayo’s on the menu??? A strong 1 star yes but not quite 2
