The Beach House, Beachlands.

THE BEACH HOUSE, BEACHLANDS.

Well.... I am beyond satisified with this restaurant.
It really says a lot considering my fussy mouth. I have only enjoyed one other restaurant and that is in Wellington called 'Cobarr'.

Kia Ora New Zealand!

The picture here is of our steak dish we both slowly savoured.
There were elements of cream, crunch and crazily enough ...crinkle!
The steak was cooked to perfection....I have never experienced that in a restaurant... I always find they define "medium rear" as a chewy slab of meat.
But today, I finally experienced "medium rear" the way it is meant to be cooked.

Both Ryan and myself were satisfied with our three course meal.

We began with a Pumpkin soup entree. It came with a triangle sliced piece of wholemeal and walnut bread and a perfectly portioned amount of soft butter.The pumpkin soup's texture was incredible. I ate it slowly just because I was fascinated with the texture as it pressed between my tongue and the roof of my mouth. True story.

Second course is what you've been visually drooling over top left.

The crinkle I mentioned earlier involved potato chips in a cross hatched "chex" cutting. They smelt and even tasted like ready salted thick cut chips, but warm. That was awesome with blanc jus and perfectly cooked steak...amongst many other complimented flavours.

I have to say by the time I reached desert, which was brought instantly to our tables, I was smiling. Although, I kind of panicked that my stomach hadn't had time to get used to it's recent forced expansion.I did my best, nonetheless. I finished a lovely night with a brownie and very rich chocolate ice cream. The little strawberry was one thing I've missed, since it had been some time since I had eaten one...I also felt the wafer straw was a great touch too. Simple, covered in thick icing.

The presentation was good too. The lemon tart (right) was delicious also, although I was only able to steal one bite. I didn't fancy the pistachio flavoured ice cream, but I was slightly smitten over the lemon tart.
There was a theme of "piling" food on top of each other in each meal... I noticed this as I watched many concoctions float past with the waiters to other tables.

But what really took the cake was finally finding Ryan's favourite bottle of wine (Vavasour: Pinot Gris) in the wine list $56 a bottle, that we happily bought for his benefit. He had been searching for a place that either sells this or offers it as a wine option at a restaurant and have been unsuccessful... then low and behold, the restaurant down the road from out house sells it. We were so happy. Ryan shared his happiness in the form of full glasses, four times over.

We will be back indeed for Ryan's birthday for another bottle of special wine and more three course meals.I highly recommend this place. It is on the beach so in the light of day, the view would be spectacular....just like Cobarr, Wellington.

I felt warm, relaxed and in love.... even when the rain plummeted outside.

9/10

Xx

Tovah

29/07/2012