Dinner at Red Rabbit

I have eaten lunch at Red Rabbit in Bryanston twice before and enjoyed the food and service. My husband hadn't been there though so we decided to do dinner there on a rare evening when our toddler was sleeping over at his granny's house.

The restaurant is set within the Nicolway shopping centre, but the restuarants are gently lit at night and the centre was busy on a Friday night with diners. The decor at Red Rabbit is a bit French influence with exposed brick walls and wood beams and they always had lovely woven wicker chairs at the tables.  These seemed to have been replaced by smaller chairs last night to enable seating more diners. A pity.

We enjoyed a good Meerlust red wine with our food... A crumbed Camembert starter, served with sweetish sauce and Melba toast and some tossed greens with a few strawberries. The Camembert was delicious, I was looking up recipes on Pinterest this morning to recreate this starter.

For the main course, I had the duck pie that I enjoyed but the thin potato fries on the side were a bit cold and didn't feel fresh.  My husband had a rather large prime rib that had a mustard sauce. I only had a little taste but it seemed good.  I didn't have dessert but had a mouthful of his pistachio ice cream that came with a little jug of espresso to pour over, which gave an interesting flavour to the dessert.

Nice evening with good service from the staff. Mostly I am keen though to try out a Camembert starter for myself!  The recipe I found said to dip the round of Camembert in milk, and dip in bread crumbs. You can put in the fridge overnight to keep its shape, but not necessary. To cook, spray lightly with some olive oil and bake on a tray for 15 minutes at 180 deg C, turning over halfway.  Serve with bought cranberry sauce mixed with some caramelised onions. 

Yum.