I swung by yesterday after 7hr of sightseeing and found myself the only person in there at 2.30pm on Sunday lunchtime... It soon became obvious why.
The Kilkenny itself was very good (albeit very expensive), but i had just endured hours of sighseeing and would have sipped gravel by that stage of the day.
I was starving, and commited the cardinal sin of not going for local food, instead opting for the home cooked delicacies of the emarald isle.
Oh dear, . . The Colcannon Soup was not only miniscule, but had a watery texture rather than the thicker consistency that would have you beieve it contained potatoes. It was almost clear.
I was starving and opted for the ridiculously overpriced (229 RMB !!) Sirloin Steak with Chips and mushroom sauce.
What arrived convinced me never to return, regardless of the Kilkenny's pulling power.
I was given what can only be described as a sort of 'child meal'.
A smallish piece of meat (Ordered 'Medium'), that a decent vet would have got back on its feet. It was positively purple and raw throughout. The dozen or so chips were good, but alas very few and far between.
The mushroom sauce appeared to have been some packet gravy into which was stirred a finely sliced button mushroom (authenticity = 'nil points').
And to cap of a truly awful dining experience, a wee dish of tomato sauce (presumably for the afore-mentioned paltry chip portion) that was quite simply Heinz Tomato Soup in a dish, maybe mixed with a tad of Tomato Puree. (Surely cheaper to buy the real McCoy?!).
Anyhow, absolutely awful, and at over 300RMB for a tiny meal and one pint, it will never see me again..
The Craich's not good.
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