Custard Diner

[slacker]

Had a great meal here on Wed night. Others have lamented the lack of alternative in Padstow to Stein's noble work (there have always been alternatives, by the way), and Custard's offering some really good nosh at an utterly sensible price.

Both S and I had Smoked Eel with Belly Pork to start (great combo of flavours and nice remoulade type salady thing with it), then Plaice with Samphire and Brown Shrimp (skinned and cooked really very well) - sides of new potatoes and summer veg (these too were esp good). Custard, naturally to finish (can't live without perfect custard: dariole set type thing - creamy and rich) with summer berries which I wasn't in the mood for.

Wine list good and cheap - all European - (I will declare my interest NOW). We drank Pinot Noir by the glass with ice cubes in it, then nice wiry Verdicchio, finishing with Italian Moscato.

Total bill £87, of which £40 was wine (oops) - so clearly a right bargain.

I also ate smoked trout and scrambled eggs for breakfast earlier this month - with a glass of Champagne for a friend's birthday. They're clearly doing things well - at least in the way *I* like them!

Be good to hear the views of others, but feedback here has been really good, with the occasional gripe being sorted out well by the able f-o-h. They've been open all of one month!

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Edited August 18, 2007 by slacker (log)

[Carlovski]

Wine list good and cheap - all European - (I will declare my interest NOW). We drank Pinot Noir by the glass with ice cubes in it

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I bet the other customers were muttering"Does that man not know ANYTHING about wine" under their breath!

I thought I might be the only one who like basic Pinot served nice and cold in the summer (Although to be honest it's normally chilean for me....)

[Basildog]

Excellent lunch today to celebrate slacker's 40th Birthday.Details to follow

[Gary Marshall]

Excellent lunch today to celebrate slacker's 40th Birthday.Details to follow

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40? i thought he was a youngster like me self

[Basildog]

I lied

[Bapi]

He is you prat - Bas is winding us up. He is younger than all of us I think. Happy Birthday Fop- hope your head isn't too bad today.

[Gary Marshall]

yes i know, he's 37 but only a few months younger than me, you old gits are lucky to remember how to turn your computers on these days i would have thought.

[fisherman]

Had a really good dinner at Custard in May, we only went as a last resort as nowhere else was open on a Monday night but we were really impressed by the food and service, not the best meal we had in Padstow that week, but maybe the second best.

[slacker]

Brilliant lunch here a couple of weeks back - crab with carrot and curry mayo; rump; eton mess. A wine lunch organised for my Wine Club -

There's a fab foh there too, so things out front are matching the tight kitchen.

And in next week's episode of Food in Padstow:-

Margot's - to celebrate a chum's 50th. :-)