Jack in the Green, Exeter
The last time we visited Roger, Ruth, Caitlin and Riona we were unable to get a table at Jack in the Green, a gastropub only a short taxi ride from where they live. As Ruth mentions, I’m happy to blog on the food!
The restaurant is warm and welcoming, with large leather sofas and chairs in the bar area, and well-spaced tables in smaller rooms dotted around the building. The service was friendly, competent and unobtrusive, and the kitchen specialises in local Devon ingredients.
Amuse bouche: Asparagus soup with truffle oil.
Ruby red beef with horseradish cream.
Confit of duck leg salad.
Smoked mackerel terrine, aubergine caviar, bombay potatoes.
Baked Vulscombe goats cheese with tomato dressing.Fernleigh estate lamb.
Duck breast with baked cherries.
Asparagus with hollandaise sauce and poached egg.
Curried seabass with spicy seafood risotto.Chocolate mousse with homemade lavender ice cream.
Greek yoghurt parfait with honey and local strawberries.
Panna cotta with local berries.
The food highlights were the lavender ice cream that Roger had with his chocolate mousse (the poor guy had to put up with three additional spoons descending onto his plate) and the lamb (pink and tender). The seabass was slightly over-spiced. The bread was really good, with four varieties to choose from, and they passed the water test. They could have provided more than five petit fours for four people, but that’s only a minor complaint as we were all stuffed by then!
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