More Nouvelle Cuisine

The gang decided to go for posh food together so we chose Gary Rhodes's Rhodesd7 this time since E was raving about it (after having a taster at the Dublin Tastefest) and I was raving about L'Ecrivain since last week, so we thought why not? and it didn't disappoint. Or atleast that's what I could surmise from the various ooohs and aaahhs round our table. We all had three courses and the value for money was excellent. Of course for maybe a tenner less we could be eating anywhere else in Dublin but eating extremely poor quality food.


J, A and I got the asparagus soup, JL got the beef starter and K got tuna. For mains J and I went for the Most-Amazing-Salmon-Ever, (having upgraded to being pescetarians now) grilled to perfection on a bed of caramelised shallots, with capers, olives, rocket leaves and a yummy hollandaise sauce (one of the best salmon I've ever had, the other being in that small restaurant opp. the epicurean food hall). J totally agreed.


E got the RD7 Ploughmans: Cashel Blue quiche, baked ham, smoked salmon, Irish Camembert, rabbit & foie gras terrine, just so he could have a taste of everything, A went for the duck: Crispy confit duck leg, foie gras, orange & hazelnut salad. Totally yumallicious while K went for the lamb, so all kinds of animals were represented around the table: fish, duck, sheep, cow etc... We only thought it was fair.


Didn't have the guts to dust off my camera and take some pics being in Rhodes n all, but J insisted, so by the time dessert came, the camera was out and we managed to take pics of the superb passion fruit panna cotta cheesecake, mango & vanilla salad & ginger shortbread (which J and JL got) and the icecream plate which the rest of us got: three scoops of ice-cream, the heavenly Coconut sorbet with (I have to say the best, transport-me-to-Hawaii) roast pineapple (ever!), chocolate ice cream with pear jelly (good but very bitter chocolate however the pear jelly combo was totally unique) & banana ice cream with rum raisins (we were all giddy with delight afterwards. I'd say it was those rum raisins)

One word: AMAZING

Few points to note:
A) Not a great menu for fundamentalist-vegetarians. Maybe like one main option.
B) Service better than what is known to be the usual Irish service but that still doesn't say much in comparison to international standards.
C) Decor and layout pretty bare, industrial-looking. Had some diner-esque seating which is kinda odd for a place like this, and the art was pretty, um, weird with huge cow faces staring down at you while you stick in to your 10 oz rib-eye steak. Our round table was perfect for conversation but quite big for 6 people so huge gaps between each person and still had to lean in to hear what the others were saying. (See K leaning in to get into the frame)
D) Oh and I'm going back for dessert, I had to try the icecream but someone told me their warm almond cake with glazed cider apples & blackberry ice cream is to die for.