Aug
6th
Restaurant Review
By LucyB
I live in the centre of Canterbury and, although it's a small city,
it's very busy and packed with restaurants and bars. I like to eat
out and pitched a weekly review column to a couple of local papers.
None are interested right now so I have started a blog, which I'm
going to update weekly - (www.lalucyblog.blogspot.com) - and I have
copied the first review below. Has anyone any thoughts on this? Is
it worth posting the review here, as a blog, each week?
The décor in Deeson’s is cobbled together in a rather odd, eclectic way; thirties furniture that looks as if it has been bought in junk shops juxtaposed with modern spot lights and different types of wild wallpaper. Some of Cath Deeson's art adorns the walls. It all has a rather unfinished look about it but the napkins are linen, everything looks clean and it's unpretentious and comfortable.
I went for lunch with my daughter and we were shown straight to our table by a waiter who was attentive without being intrusive. We ordered our main courses from the lunch menu rather that a la carte and were brought a wooden platter of fresh bread while we waited for our food. Deeson's pride
themselves in sourcing all their food locally, which is refreshing in this age of shipped in food. I had the smoked chicken salad and it was absolutely delicious. The chicken was moist and tender and the salad was lightly dressed, a combination of lettuce, baby plum tomatoes and cucumber. Hetty had the poached salmon English salad, served with a boiled egg. There was rather too much lettuce on the plate and the egg was perhaps a fraction too salty, but it was perfectly cooked - just at that point before it becomes hard boiled. The salmon was succulent with a crispy skin. For pudding we shared the trio of chocolate (from the a la carte menu). This was a home-made jaffa cake, a chocolate brownie and Kentish ice cream, surrounded by caramelised nuts. I ended up eating it all as it was a bit sophisticated for Hetty's sixteen year old palate but I revelled in the riot of flavours. To drink we had tap water and a Core's Pear Juice and the bill came to £23.50.
This is a great place to dine, right in the heart of Canterbury. It’s refreshing to eat in a privately owned restaurant, one that serves honest British food. It's always very busy, and rightly so - there's nothing else like it within the city walls - so book a table or you won't get in.
Deesons
25-26 Sun Street
Canterbury
CT1 2H
01227 767 854
www.deesonsrestaurant.co.uk
The décor in Deeson’s is cobbled together in a rather odd, eclectic way; thirties furniture that looks as if it has been bought in junk shops juxtaposed with modern spot lights and different types of wild wallpaper. Some of Cath Deeson's art adorns the walls. It all has a rather unfinished look about it but the napkins are linen, everything looks clean and it's unpretentious and comfortable.
I went for lunch with my daughter and we were shown straight to our table by a waiter who was attentive without being intrusive. We ordered our main courses from the lunch menu rather that a la carte and were brought a wooden platter of fresh bread while we waited for our food. Deeson's pride
themselves in sourcing all their food locally, which is refreshing in this age of shipped in food. I had the smoked chicken salad and it was absolutely delicious. The chicken was moist and tender and the salad was lightly dressed, a combination of lettuce, baby plum tomatoes and cucumber. Hetty had the poached salmon English salad, served with a boiled egg. There was rather too much lettuce on the plate and the egg was perhaps a fraction too salty, but it was perfectly cooked - just at that point before it becomes hard boiled. The salmon was succulent with a crispy skin. For pudding we shared the trio of chocolate (from the a la carte menu). This was a home-made jaffa cake, a chocolate brownie and Kentish ice cream, surrounded by caramelised nuts. I ended up eating it all as it was a bit sophisticated for Hetty's sixteen year old palate but I revelled in the riot of flavours. To drink we had tap water and a Core's Pear Juice and the bill came to £23.50.
This is a great place to dine, right in the heart of Canterbury. It’s refreshing to eat in a privately owned restaurant, one that serves honest British food. It's always very busy, and rightly so - there's nothing else like it within the city walls - so book a table or you won't get in.
Deesons
25-26 Sun Street
Canterbury
CT1 2H
01227 767 854
www.deesonsrestaurant.co.uk
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