The hungry Caterpillar
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Overall: FANTASTIC - my favorite place in the Valley!
Love this place! The food is fantastic, especially the fresh seafood, and so are the gin and tonics (which is their specialty).
The oysters are delicious and so is the crab toast. For mains I would recommend the jumbo shrimp.
The only thing which is a little disappointing are the desserts - and I’m a dessert person! The first time I came here I ordered the peach and steamed meringue which was fine. I love anything meringue but the peach coulis was not something I liked. Then again I’m not a big fan of peach flavored things.
The second time I came here I ordered the chocolate and peanut mousse, shortbread, banana ice cream, caramel sauce and the chocolate hazelnut crunch. I’m a BIG fan of chocolate and banana together but this came as a sort of snickers bar with the peanut and chocolate mousse (two different mousses) on the inside of this chocolate hazelnut thick outer casing. I guess I wasn’t expecting this assemblage and the chocolate was so rich and thick and the ice cream portion so small that I couldn’t add it to every bite to cut through the chocolate flavor.
The ambiance is nice. The one thing I would change, however, is the top 40 music played through the speakers. It’s really hard to have a good conversation and compete with popular dance music. They might have done this to bring in a younger crowd (I’m 24 and still didn’t like it) but perhaps some modern cafe music would be more apt.
All he staff were lovely and jolly!! :)