Quo Vadis

Dinner at Quo Vadis as a thank you for helping out with a couple of events at Christmas was always going to be fun.  Not only was this fun but I had never had the pleasure of eating in the restaurant only spending far too much money (and staying out far too late) upstairs in the members bar - something that is very, very easy to do wit (GJ).
The menu is very nicely balanced with pretty much everything on there I would eat with a good selection of both meat and fish/seafood dishes, Queen Scallops, Razor Clams, Dover Sole, Ray and a very healthy selection of oysters.  Meat dishes included Partridge, Rabbit several different cuts of beef including the 56 day hung Longhorn Beef Rib and the now ubiquitous Pork Belly.

We kicked off with a selection of Oysters, a mixture of the fat creamy Pacific's and some of the smaller, more delicate Native's.  I'm a big fan of both loving the creamy texture of the former and the very distinct flavour of the natives.  We also had a plate of Wild Sea Bass Ceviche with avocado and tomato.  This is fish 'cooked' in lime and whilst the fish was flavoursome and had the texture of sashimi it was really only the lime I could taste and had no other flavour dimension.

I was reliably advised to have the Veal Cutlet and Celeriac Purée cooked pink and with some extra mash potato.  This was quite simply superb.  An incredible piece of meat cooked to absolute perfection with a heavily reduced stock which pumped out flavour and with the Celeriac it was divine.  It just goes to show that the less is more and the importance of the piece of meat in the beginning - you cant't dress a turd!

The girls had Crab Linguine and the Octopus, Chorizo and Artichoke Salad.  I didn't get a chance to try the salad but the Crab Linguine was beautifully rich and nicely 'crabby' with the Linguine perfectly covered by the the rich creamy sauce and flakes of crab.  

All this was washed down by a very fine bottle of Puilly Fuisse and a red burgundy, which I didn't take a note of the name but was excellent non the less.  I can't recommend this place more...

So after all that I went home...yeah right off upstairs for several games of pool, and yes I played as badly as ever and blame it on the drink!