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Whats on Bristol Review - Review
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Since we last visited Lawrence's Bistro we discovered it has had a make-over and is sporting a new look, more contemporary, but nonetheless just as intimate and appealing as usual. We took a seat in the cosy bar, and whilst waiting for the menus, thumbed through a copy of Hugh Johnson's World Atlas of Wine thoughtfully provided for the more discerning customer.
The 'specials' board had some very tempting dishes and I opted for the Mediterranean vegetables in tagliatelle with goat's cheese and thyme cream sauce as a main course, and my companion who hasn't eaten a decent rollmop herring since our last trip to Sweden had no hesitation in taking the rollmop herrings in mustard and dill cream sauce as a starter. We ordered a bottle of the excellent house red wine of which I'm sure Hugh Johnson would have approved, and discussed the rest of our dinner culminating in a choice of fresh asparagus with poached egg in hollandaise sauce as a starter for me, and seafood linguine with seasonal fish in creamy white wine sauce for him.
We were shown to our table by the window and I was happy to see that as usual Lawrence's Bistro had remembered the little things that count for so much, beautiful fresh roses on the table, intricate flower arrangements in all the windows, and probably best of all since we were hungry, home-made bread already on the table. We polished off our starters which were delicious, my poached egg was perfectly cooked and laid over the asparagus with just enough bite; funnily enough it's the simple dishes that are the hardest to serve properly and this one got top marks.
It was a wild and stormy night outside the window and we were very glad to be seated thus warmly and comfortably waiting for our next course which didn't disappoint. The seafood linguine was full to bursting with prawns, squid, mussels and white fish, very tasty in the white wine cream sauce. I love goat's cheese and my tagliatelle with Mediterranean vegetables was lovely and despite there being a great deal of it, I ate every scrap.
We couldn't leave without sampling a dessert and so shared a trio of home-made ice-cream and sorbet. It was beautifully presented in a large dish, vanilla and strawberry ice-cream, and an orange sorbet, decorated with a physallis and a sliced strawberry (I commandeered these) and an orange and strawberry coulis to complete the package. The sorbet was really good, like liquid Naval oranges, tartly complementing the ice-cream and just the thing to round off a rich meal.
Jacquie Vowles
Whats on Bristol
www.whatsonbristol.co.uk
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Open
Monday-Friday 1200hrs-1430hrs Lunch (bookings only).
Wednesday-Saturday 1800hrs-2130hrs Evening dining.
Sunday lunchtime 1200hrs-1430hrs.
2 Kingshill
Nailsea
Bristol
BS48 2AU
Tel: 01275 858348
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Since we last visited Lawrence's Bistro we discovered it has had a make-over and is sporting a new look, more contemporary, but nonetheless just as intimate and appealing as usual. We took a seat in the cosy bar, and whilst waiting for the menus, thumbed through a copy of Hugh Johnson's World Atlas of Wine thoughtfully provided for the more discerning customer.
The 'specials' board had some very tempting dishes and I opted for the Mediterranean vegetables in tagliatelle with goat's cheese and thyme cream sauce as a main course, and my companion who hasn't eaten a decent rollmop herring since our last trip to Sweden had no hesitation in taking the rollmop herrings in mustard and dill cream sauce as a starter. We ordered a bottle of the excellent house red wine of which I'm sure Hugh Johnson would have approved, and discussed the rest of our dinner culminating in a choice of fresh asparagus with poached egg in hollandaise sauce as a starter for me, and seafood linguine with seasonal fish in creamy white wine sauce for him.
We were shown to our table by the window and I was happy to see that as usual Lawrence's Bistro had remembered the little things that count for so much, beautiful fresh roses on the table, intricate flower arrangements in all the windows, and probably best of all since we were hungry, home-made bread already on the table. We polished off our starters which were delicious, my poached egg was perfectly cooked and laid over the asparagus with just enough bite; funnily enough it's the simple dishes that are the hardest to serve properly and this one got top marks.
It was a wild and stormy night outside the window and we were very glad to be seated thus warmly and comfortably waiting for our next course which didn't disappoint. The seafood linguine was full to bursting with prawns, squid, mussels and white fish, very tasty in the white wine cream sauce. I love goat's cheese and my tagliatelle with Mediterranean vegetables was lovely and despite there being a great deal of it, I ate every scrap.
We couldn't leave without sampling a dessert and so shared a trio of home-made ice-cream and sorbet. It was beautifully presented in a large dish, vanilla and strawberry ice-cream, and an orange sorbet, decorated with a physallis and a sliced strawberry (I commandeered these) and an orange and strawberry coulis to complete the package. The sorbet was really good, like liquid Naval oranges, tartly complementing the ice-cream and just the thing to round off a rich meal.
Jacquie Vowles
Whats on Bristol
www.whatsonbristol.co.uk
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Open
Monday-Friday 1200hrs-1430hrs Lunch (bookings only).
Wednesday-Saturday 1800hrs-2130hrs Evening dining.
Sunday lunchtime 1200hrs-1430hrs.
2 Kingshill
Nailsea
Bristol
BS48 2AU
Tel: 01275 858348
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