We met up with some family here for our second night in North Yorkshire at the Muse in Yarm where we have dined before many times and always loved. It was a belated celebration for Aunty Pat's 80th birthday and I was truly grateful we had a back corner table in the quietest part of the restaurant as the place was jammed on the first Friday night of the month and the autumn season and the din made conversation a tad difficult!
Will and I ordered a "Picante" which was a yummy spicy cocktail of tequila, lime, chilli & coriander much akin to a spicy margarita.
Once again, we decided to share some "snacks" of rye flour sourdough and hummus (the bread was great, the hummus very nice); green nocellara olives & a Chorizo & smoked paprika focaccia with sour cream and tomato salsa. They were nice, but nothing to rave over. Our wine was a Cotes du Rhone Brunel de la Gardine 2022 which was quite nice.
The mains were all delicious with Will having the Loin of Pork, harissa aioli, char grilled tender stem broccoli, broccoli puree, and smoked almonds although he substituted chips for the Moroccan cous cous (Lord knows why as that seemed the ideal accompaniment to the dish!). I loved my Roasted Rack of Lamb cooked perfectly to medium rare with a braised lamb belly, lamb sweetbread, spinach, salsa verdi(their spelling), spiced tamarind ketchup, heritage tomatoes and marinated feta. Everything worked on this dish, but the belly was quite fatty and not really prepared to my liking as it was battered and deep fried, as was the tasty sweetbread, which was superb.
Other dishes all got the thumbs up from Lime & Mango marinated Chicken Breast to Pan Fried Salmon and Brown Shrimp Risotto to the Flat Iron grilled steak of grass-fed aged beef.
A super nod here to the sticky toffee pudding, which is made with dates and my Apricot souffle, honey & ginger ice cream drizzled with apricot syrup was divine!
