Critic & Blogger Review Roundup 4th November 2016

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Jay Rayner

Riley’s Fish Shack

Riley’s Fish Shack. Photograph: Alex Telfer for the Observer


Jay Rayner heads to 2 shipping containers on a beach in Tynemouth. Here he finds Riley’s Fish Shack which is ‘so, so good.’ Fish unsurprisingly leads the menu, offering ‘the pristine quality of fish cookery you always hope to find in one of those fancy, raised pinkie finger London places, but rarely do.’

Grace Dent

Kiln

Kiln
Image source: Evening Standard


Grace Dent finds a restaurant that is ‘100 per cent 2016 London’ in Kiln. This new opening is a ‘sit-up, counter-dining, mainly no reservations, rural Thai and borderlands barbecue experience,’ where skewers of spiced hogget are ‘almost grotesquely delicious,’ and turmeric-speckled smoked Thai sausage is ‘marvelous.’ In short, ‘you should go.’

Marina O’Loughlin

The Cauldron, Bristol

The Cauldron, Bristol
Photograph: Adam Gasson for the Guardian


Marina O’Loughlin heads to the quirky Cauldron in Bristol. From the ‘short menu fizzing with eccentricity,’ gnocchi is ‘like none [she’s] ever eaten,’ onion bhaji ‘is as good as any [she’s] had,’ and fried monkfish, prawn and squid on tangy miso and seaweed tartare sauce is ‘a total pleasure.’

Kathryn Flett

Sardine

Sardine
Image source: The Telegraph


Kathryn Flett labels Sardine her ‘favourite restaurant of the year.’ She is a fan of her veal and pork-stuffed tomato, smiles all the way through grilled calf’s liver, roast squash and lentils, and raves about her dark chocolate pot with alcoholic prunes.

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