Turners Restaurant (Harborne)

• Starters The lunch menu is a three course affair
• Both of these dishes were impeccable presented
• With the eel platter (pictured below left) looking particularly elaborate and even dessert like with its bright colours
• The foie gras was wonderfully textured
• Working perfectly with the tart apple ketchup and the smoky fish
• It was a bit of a novelty to see pork presented with seafood in this way (pictured above right)
• The slow cooked jowl itself was another delight
• Then as we were awaiting the main course
• A fantastically light and creamy foam garnished with green leaves
• Mains Vegetarians will be disappointed to hear that there were no meat or fish free options on the menu
• The choices for mains was between bass
• Of course on a Sunday it was to be expected
• The beef itself was gorgeously pink and juicy
• The celeriac and quince were great accompaniments
• While the carb element of the dish was provided by an ornate twist of fried potato
• I would have preferred a leaf vegetable with more kick to add yet more flavour as well
• The pre dessert was a little serving of coconut panna with passionfruit sorbet
• An irresistibly warm and sticky concoction with rich apple and butterscotch
• Topped off with a thick caramel sauce
• Multiple waiters occupy themselves with talking you through the menu
• S Restaurant is incredibly fine dining
• The clear evidence of this is a neighbourhood restaurant in leafy Harborne
• Luckily we got a table but others were arriving and being sent away
• Felt sorry for the front of house staff as clearly the relaying service was in meltdown
• Some dishes were worth waiting for others not so
• Other diners were more upset
• Instead of enjoying the evening most felt they were in a comedy

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