Edmunds Open

Andy Waters' new venue in Brindley Place, Edmunds, has finally opened.

http://www.edmundsbirmingham.com/

I don't know exactly when, but on the 7th (Mon.) it definitely wasn't. I passed in front of it to go to City Cafe at noon and Mr. Waters was outside, talking on the phone, looking rather upset.

I took a close look at the menu this afternoon, when the restaurant was closed (evidently it does not open during Saturday lunch time).

Tasting menu (7 course without counting coffee and petits fours) is £55 (without wine) and £75 (with wine) including mineral water. Dinner is £35 for two courses and £39.50 for three courses, both including another sub-course (either amuse buche or pre-dessert), mineral water and coffee. For lunch, £18 for two course and £20 for three course, again, including coffee, petits fours, and mineral water. "Discretionary" service charge is 10%.

At Purnell's, three course dinner is £38.95, and three course lunch is £18.95, which I don't think include water and coffee, so I think we would pay slightly less at Edmund's. Of course, it does not say anything about 'value', as it also depends of quality and kind of ingredients, and portion.

The genre I think is what we call New British or Modern European. The dinner menu looks very interesting.

It is such a joy that Birmingham has got another attractive dining place!

Sunday Roast

When I went to Stratford a week ago, I bought this meat from Farmers' Market.



It costed me £6.49 for 866g. It is £7.46/kilo. According to Tesco Price Check, the same thing costs £5.98 at the 4 majour supermarkets. So it is a bit expensive, but as  it comes from a nearby farm, I can take it as a premium.

In Britain, people make roast meat on Sundays, so I followed their example and did the same.

This is the outcome.



It looks pretty appetising, doesn't it?

I sliced it into thick pieces.



The meat was successfully still pink in the middle. I would preferred more red, but as Dim prefers his meat well-done, this is a good point of compromise. It contained just quantity of fat.

We tucked into, and found it really tender and juicy. It was one of the best lamb dishes I have ever eaten. I don't know the success was due to the quality of meat or to my cooking skill. :)

As we could not finished it up, it became chili-con-carne the day after, and the chili-carne-became the meat sauce for oven baked pasta the day after that. One block of meat became our three meals; good value, isn't it?

Deep-fried Mars @ Birmingham

This is window of one of our local chippies (note for non English people: chippy means Fish & Chips shop). On the red paper, it is written "Battered Cream Egg/ Mars or Snickers". Cream Egg, Mars, and Snickers are all chocolate ball or bar. They batter them, fry and sell for 70p!

I knew that this delicacy existed in Scotland, but I now we have it also in Birmingham. I don't think I will ever try it, so I will never discover how it taste like. It is kind of a pity, but I don't have courage...