Valentine’s Dinner Review – Frewin’s Café-Bistro – Addingham Ilkley – 14th February 2012
I visited this newly opened Cafe for breakfast a couple of Sunday’s ago after a long, cold walk with my dog! On the back of this visit we decided to book for Valentines!
The menu was £40 per couple and included a glass of Champagne upon arrival. This seemed exceptional value and more than happy to support our local businesses.
Upon arrival we were greeted by our waiter and a glass of Champagne! The Bistro was dressed very romantically with red roses on each table (which we got to take home!), and candles. The Bistro was fully booked for the evening and was a lovely mix of locals, old and young!
The Valentine’s menu started with a Meze, a plate of Mediterranean starters for sharing. This consisted of olives, stuffed peppers, and tomato and feta cheese. Piped cream cheese in a love heart shape with an asparagus to represent the arrow was a nice, creative, valentine’s touch – and this was recreated in each course throughout the meal.
We then moved on to Salmon en Croute – a miniature version, thank goodness, as the pastry was a little heavy and very buttery but nevertheless was delicious!
The main was either Steak Diane or a Vegetarian option. We opted for steak which was served with peas and mashed potato (again piped in a love heart shape) – the steak was cooked to perfection.
Two choices of dessert which for me was an easy choice – baked chocolate mousse with candied fennel and ice cream – again the candied fennel was love heart shaped!
The whole evening had a ‘Come dine with me’ experience about it! The food was very much home cooked and reminiscent of the 1970’s. It somehow didn’t feel like restaurant food either. It was more like you were dining in someone’s house! It was however a lovely evening and we wish Frewin’s all the very best with their new venture!