Estivo

1st April 2011.

I have now completed a dozen restaurants (or as Lyd tried to suggest a Baker's dozen). We decided to go a local restaurant called Estivo. Situated in an non descript stretch of suburban road belied a polished and beautiful dining room .

Inviting 2 friends we decided to just go with main course and desert and some excellent wine. Despite a limited by the glass selection we each selected a wine that we thoroughly enjoyed and had a couple of glasses each to accompany our meals.

For main course i had a beautifully cooked and pink duck breast. Well cooked, although the skin could have been more crispy, it was complemented with a duck leg, still on the bone which easily came away, encased in an onion tart. Soft cooked onion encased in a crisp and well cooked pastry. It was the most amazing part of the dish and combined with a carrot puree and a beautiful duck jus, it made for a wonderful dish.

Lyd, had a plate of tuna pieces with an enoki mushroom tempura. She claimed it was delicious and despite it being a entree, she said it was very filling and didn't even try a desert.

Clare, choose the Spanner Crab with linguine with a white wine, tomatoes and chilli. Clare said she enjoyed it immensely but for me it tasted rather bland and lack any substantial flavour.

For desert, both me and Clare chose the Valrhona chocolate Pave with peaches and a cinnamon ice cream. It was amazing, especially the Pave, that was beautifully complemented by the soft syrupy peaches and delicately cinnamon flavoured ice cream.