Ardeche - resteraunt review

Heh. Has Mezzelirra ever been out of the Canberra’s Best Restaurants list?

astrojax said :

Deref said :

Danman said :

Mrs G had the Creme Broulee

Genuine South Coast Dessert ?

😀 Good one.

Thanks for the review – I know what to avoid. I detest restaurants that have tiny servings (unless the prices are equally tiny) – it shows contempt for their customers. If I’m caught and end up at one without knowing that they do this, I’ll never go back and I’ll pan it to all my friends.

There was, and maybe still is, an Italian restaurant on the corner of Moore St and London Cct that I got conned into once. As Dubya once said, “fool me once, shame on…me…fool me…twice…you won’t get fooled again.”

I can’t understand why they do it. The cost of ingredients must be a relatively small proportion of their costs.

do moore st and london cct intersect? suspect you mean mezzalira and the portion size there is entirely adequate; and the quality much better!

Thanks – yes – that’s the place. Mea culpa. Perhaps a declining clientele made them realise that they actually have to feed people. If so, good thing.

Deref said :

Danman said :

Mrs G had the Creme Broulee

Genuine South Coast Dessert ?

😀 Good one.

Thanks for the review – I know what to avoid. I detest restaurants that have tiny servings (unless the prices are equally tiny) – it shows contempt for their customers. If I’m caught and end up at one without knowing that they do this, I’ll never go back and I’ll pan it to all my friends.

There was, and maybe still is, an Italian restaurant on the corner of Moore St and London Cct that I got conned into once. As Dubya once said, “fool me once, shame on…me…fool me…twice…you won’t get fooled again.”

I can’t understand why they do it. The cost of ingredients must be a relatively small proportion of their costs.

do moore st and london cct intersect? suspect you mean mezzalira and the portion size there is entirely adequate; and the quality much better!

ardeche is always a reasonable version of french cuisine, if a little dry and non-adventurous. three course usually has me full enough, if not bloated, but then that’s not what i’m out for. i still miss poor departed daniel and his chez daniel for some decent french cooking in canberra. p’raps julia’s goon squad can target the euro-depleted french and get someone with a smidgeon of talent and enterprise and get some decent french food happening in cosmopolitan canberra – or am i missing somewhere?

JD114 said :

i stand by assertion that postings like this can be manipulated in so many ways that to have them on here risks destroying this site. we’ll see

I reckon that you might be underestimating the intelligence of most Rioters, and the effectiveness of their bullshit meters.

My experience has been that bogus advertorials on this site get slaughtered, as they deserve, and fair dinkum appraisals by genuine punters like SG are welcomed, as they deserve.

And as others have commented, this review isn’t exactly singing their praises.

Danman said :

Mrs G had the Creme Broulee

Genuine South Coast Dessert ?

😀 Good one.

Thanks for the review – I know what to avoid. I detest restaurants that have tiny servings (unless the prices are equally tiny) – it shows contempt for their customers. If I’m caught and end up at one without knowing that they do this, I’ll never go back and I’ll pan it to all my friends.

There was, and maybe still is, an Italian restaurant on the corner of Moore St and London Cct that I got conned into once. As Dubya once said, “fool me once, shame on…me…fool me…twice…you won’t get fooled again.”

I can’t understand why they do it. The cost of ingredients must be a relatively small proportion of their costs.

My boss went here on Monday and reported that the food wasn’t that great and very salty. And the snails didn’t come in the shell and strongly resembled frozen ones. Last time I went in mid-2010 I’d agree with the overly salty comment. Sounds like it hasn’t changed from their report.

“Creme Broulee” …. garnished with seaweed? : )

chewy14 said :

fromthecapital said :

Just wanted to hear opinions on how well Ardeche execute the dish.

I’ve only had them a few times and only here in Australia so I can’t comment how good they are relative to the real deal in France but IMO Ardeche does an OK job of them, the snails weren’t tough and the sauce was good.

Merci bien

chewy14 said :

fromthecapital said :

Just wanted to hear opinions on how well Ardeche execute the dish.

I’ve only had them a few times and only here in Australia so I can’t comment how good they are relative to the real deal in France but IMO Ardeche does an OK job of them, the snails weren’t tough and the sauce was good.

I’ve only eaten at Ardeche once and the food wasn’t great. The snails were overcooked and tough, and the duck was also dry and overcooked.

Was probably an off night for them. From the reasonably positive reviews here, I reckon I should probably try again.

fromthecapital said :

Just wanted to hear opinions on how well Ardeche execute the dish.

I’ve only had them a few times and only here in Australia so I can’t comment how good they are relative to the real deal in France but IMO Ardeche does an OK job of them, the snails weren’t tough and the sauce was good.