So I've gone to Tied House a few times. Sometimes with coworkers, in which case it is more about having a beer than eating the food...and once with my parents, then it was about dinner. And I just don't know what to say. The meal my parents and I shared was decent (lovely olives, decently fried fish and chips/my parents liked their lamb and short ribs) but other tastes of the establishment's food has been decidedly unimpressive. Take the above 'Tandoori' chicken wings L. and I split last week. Um, they tasted like nothing really. They were dry, not sauced, which I wouldn't have minded if there was any true flavor going on...but there was not. I also tried my coworker A.'s abondingas (little spiced meatballs), which tasted okay but were especially small for their price. Sigh. I think that, regardless of the one dinner, I would now say that this place is only good for its beer....and really, you should go so it stays open and I can have their beer. Just don't get too excited by the food, it always sounds better than it is.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Oh Tied House, Sigh
So I've gone to Tied House a few times. Sometimes with coworkers, in which case it is more about having a beer than eating the food...and once with my parents, then it was about dinner. And I just don't know what to say. The meal my parents and I shared was decent (lovely olives, decently fried fish and chips/my parents liked their lamb and short ribs) but other tastes of the establishment's food has been decidedly unimpressive. Take the above 'Tandoori' chicken wings L. and I split last week. Um, they tasted like nothing really. They were dry, not sauced, which I wouldn't have minded if there was any true flavor going on...but there was not. I also tried my coworker A.'s abondingas (little spiced meatballs), which tasted okay but were especially small for their price. Sigh. I think that, regardless of the one dinner, I would now say that this place is only good for its beer....and really, you should go so it stays open and I can have their beer. Just don't get too excited by the food, it always sounds better than it is.
While you have an absolute right to your opinion, tandoori chicken is a dry rub, and never has a sauce. It is an Indian recipe. So the problem was not the restaurant. I really like the Tiedhouse and appreciate their fairly sophisticated approach for a brewpub, although more standard homey items are available on the menu.
ReplyDeleteAdmittedly, I'm not overly familiar with proper Indian techniques. And the dry-ness, as I said, was not really the big problem I had with the dish...it was the lack of any real flavor or pizazz. The meat wasn't overly moist, the skin not delectably anything.
ReplyDeleteI like the Lafayette beers and I give them props for their less standard menu selection...I just wish it was as good as I imagine it on paper.