LIBERTY GRILL
Called in to Liberty Grill early (6.00pm) last
evening. No reservation but no problem getting a table, though it did get quite
busy later on. Seating was comfortable and service was friendly and courteous.
I started with the Southern Fried Chicken Salad (€7.65):
slices of southern fried chicken on a bed of seasonal leaves with Jalapeno
peppers, toasted cashews and tomato salsa. Really enjoyed this tasty (medium spicy)
starter which is also available as a main course.
CL picked the Deep Fried Cambozola (€4.80) as her
starter and was quite pleased with it. Nothing exceptional but well done and
served with a cranberry coulis and salad.
Her main course, the Californian Chicken (€15.95),
also falls in the nothing exceptional but well done category. This was
marinated supreme of chicken, chargrilled and served with red pepper and basil
oils, duck-fat roasted potatoes and herb salad.
I had been expecting something exceptional for
mine (pictured); it was all that when I tried it first a couple of years back (they don’t
change the menu much here). But, for the second time in a row (a big gap in
between), it proved a huge disappointment.
I’m talking about
the Tennessee Flambé (€17.25), described as tender medallions of beef, peppered
and flambéed in a shot of Jack Daniels and served with mushrooms, sweet
balsamic onions, and with crispy garlic potatoes.
Description was pretty spot-on except for the most
important word tender. The steak knife had trouble going through the first
medallion and there was little improvement with the second. Shame really as,
when at its best, this is a fantastic dish.
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