What's this all about then? I took 8 friends to the new Northgate in Bury for dinner on Sunday night. We started the evening with excellent cocktails in the bar. The bar staff were great, friendly and charming. Then it all went a bit downhill. My starter was good, main course satisfactory and dessert awful. The dessert wine didn't arrive until after the pudding and the coffee and tea order was eventually taken just before midnight. As for the faff to make the tea. Do I need to be told to warm the cup, wait for it to brew ( timer supplied for the countdown) in order to get two mouthfuls of English Breakfast brew? The most spectacular thing of the night was the bill.
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Line caught mackerel, beetroot, apple and parsnip (9/10)
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Sidecar of the Orient (10/10)
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Loin of venison, shank, sauerkraut and kale (6/10)
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Roasted pistachio sponge, salted chocolate, burnt apricot (1/10 for the apricot)
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Tea at midnight! Losing the will so ask for the bill.
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