WTF: Restaurant Review - The Fig Tree (Sunday Roast), Penarth

The Fig Tree is located just facing the Penarth beach. On a sunny day, it is lovely sitting out side to enjoy the meal with nice view, warm sun and sea sounds.

The Fig Tree正對著Penarth 海邊，天氣好時，是一個吃飯配美景，曬太陽聽海聲的好去處。

Dr. T and I went to The Fig Tree for Sunday roast two weeks in a row. The First time we went quite late and they had run out of beef and lamb which were what we initially wanted. We had pork and venison instead. The venison was quite nice but a little bit dry. The pork was very delicious – it was moist and tender with a rich flavour and had a crispy skin. So we decided to go back the next week for beef and lamb.

我和Dr. T連兩個星期日到The Fig Tree 報到。第一次我們去晚了，吃不到我們想要的牛和羊，所以點了豬肉和鹿肉。鹿肉味道尚可但肉質偏乾。豬肉出奇的美味，外皮炸得十分香脆但肉質仍然非常柔軟且帶著濃郁的豬肉香味。所以我們決定下星期再去一次，點我們想吃的牛和羊。

This time we started with ‘Grilled Cornish Sardines with Fennel & Lime Salad’ and ‘Grilled Halloumi Salad with Tapenade Salad and Soy Dressing’.

第二次我們也點了開胃菜，‘Grilled Cornish Sardines with Fennel & Lime Salad’ 和 ‘Grilled Halloumi Salad with Tapenade Salad and Soy Dressing’.

They didn’t have enough sardines so we got half portion of grilled sardines for free. The sardines were excellent - the skin was crispy and it was not seasoned too much so the taste of sardines was retained.

我們點了烤沙丁魚，但因為餐廳食材不夠了，所以給了我們免費的半份烤沙丁魚。烤沙丁魚的魚皮酥脆，魚肉未經過分的調味，所以保留了沙丁原有的鮮甜。

The grilled Halloumi salad was yummy as well – rich cheesy taste with fresh soy salad dressing.

烤Halloumi起司沙拉也非常美味。濃郁的起司香配上佐著清淡醬汁的沙拉，風味十足卻嚐起來不會太膩。

Finally we got what we wanted last week, ‘Roast Sirloin of British Beef with Yorkshire Pudding’ and ‘Slow Cooked Shoulder of Welsh Lamb’.

這次我們終於點到了牛肉與羊肉。

Having the idea of how lovely the pork was the week before so I expected beef to be as nice or even nicer. To be honest, I was disappointed with the beef. The meat was tender but a bit lacking flavour. However, Dr. T was happy enough with the beef – he liked the taste and texture combination of beef and Yorkshire pudding.

想著上次的豬肉有多好吃，我滿心期待著牛肉一定只會更好。但是，我實在有點失望。牛肉鮮軟但卻沒有牛肉應有的牛肉香味。不過Dr. T對牛肉頗滿意，他喜歡Yorkshire pudding和牛肉一起入口的味道與口感。

The lamb was not bad, reasonably tender with a strong lamb taste, but it wasn’t surprising either. Even though the French make fun of the British having everything with mint, the mint sauce did give the lamb a more of a fresh and interesting flavour.

羊肉不差但也沒給我大驚喜。肉質一樣是柔軟，但對怕羊腥味的人可能不是個好選擇。雖然法國人常笑英國人不管吃什麼都要沾薄荷醬，但薄荷醬確實讓羊肉不那麼腥，也讓整個味道更有趣。

For dessert, we had ‘Fruit Crumble & Custard’. For me, the fruit was nicely cooked, soft and sweet enough. As a crumble lover, Dr. T was not satisfied with it. He felt that the fruit was a little over cooked, lacking texture, and the crumble was a little dry and not particularly crunchy.

甜點我們點了‘Fruit Crumble & Custard’。我覺得水果煮的軟嫩而且蜜的夠甜但不太膩。相反的，對非常喜歡Crumble的Dr. T來說，水果煮的太軟熟，crumble太乾而且不夠脆。