Adega

Hi di ho.. The Grinch and I first went to Adega just after it opened it's doors in P.E. That being our very first Adega experience. From the minuet we entered the restaurant to the moment we left, rose in hand,we felt special. We were shown to the smoking area which was comfortable and fresh (usually these places klank of smoke and you can hardly see in front of you.) The service we received from the Zambabwian watron was exemplarory. I went for the Sole, what a delightful...heavenly meal. For the first time ever, I could taste the sea in a sole, combined with the freshly squeezed lemon juice, it was to "die for". The chips were perfect. Not a flowery chip in sight. Even my meat eating hubbie declared it to be the best. The Grench went for the T- Bone special. He who normally eats like a bird, gobbled the whole thing up in a blink of an eye. After that we shared a pud which right now I cannot remember, we lingered longer over our drinks and being well satisfied declared this to be the BEST PE had to offer.
Sadly, on our receint visit, we retracted that statement. Once again, having Looved it soo much, I ordered the sole. The underside was charcoal, the flesh still moist however, there was not smack of the sea. The chips appeared old. The Grinch went for another special, Lamb chops and calamari. The lamb chops were finger licking good. Once again I was astonished and how much he could put away. The calamari was enjoyed as an accompiment to the meat. All in all still a good night out. I will be back.

On 14th Feb, after Grinch felt guilty enough about swearing off valintines day we venture off to good old Adega. The Grinch went for a Peri-peri Chicken and Prawn combo and I went for their veggie platter, wanting to make a differnce to my usual fish. Grinch feeling guilty about his non-romance offered me a prawn and a bite of his chicken. The chicken was falvourful, into the white of the meat you could taste the peri-peri. The Prawn made up for his bad start on the day. Fantastic, butterflied and done in lemon butter. Tasty and well recommended. The Veg Platter leaves a lot to be desired. On the plate you get one black mushroom stuffed with creamed spinach and covered with melted mozarella, yummy! In addition to this is pumpkin, cream spinach, yellow rice with about 3 raisins, 4 small baby potatos and fried haloumi cheese. Now spinach is good in itself but, mushroom stuffed with cream spinach and a dollop of cream spinach on your plate as your veg is a bit too much. The combo of Pumpkin/butternut and cream spinach is overdone by restuarants and not what anyone wants to spend good money on. The cheese over the mushroom plus the haloumi was also a bit of a cheese overkill. The rice is dead boring and a waste of space. As I said, this platter is in dire straights. The service was a bit intense with the watron trying to sell us and others who came to be seated in our area the most expensive dish on the menu ( seafood platter for 2 ), due to this there was a lot of jovaility between tables as we were all amused by his exuberant sales pitch. For the sake of being fair to Aldego I will be removing only one star from their rating, although I think it should be more. When this place opened its doors, it was fantastic now its medioca.