This week’s Tuesday Goodie Bag features
🍽 Oliver’s at Knock
🍽 Ragin’ Ramen
Our venue of the week:
🔵 Fitzwilliam Hotel
Oliver’s at Knock
One of our favourite Ballyhack restaurants, Oliver’s always delivers excellent dishes using locally sourced ingredients matched with an inventive cocktail list, and quality wines, all at affordable prices.
We started with a couple of great cocktails, a treacly Veda Toast Old Fashioned, and a blast from the past, I’m Blue ( Da-Ba-Dee-Da-Ba-Da)! You’ll be humming that all day now!!
To start, the Asian Crispy Shrimps with Bok Choi, & Sesame Wasabi Mayo were a spicy delight, and the Smoked Salmon & Mackerel on Potato Pancake with Fromage Blanc & Cress, and the Sweet Potato Croquettes with Pomegranate, Balsamic & Sultanas were also delicious.
For our mains, we had Chicken Supreme with Carrot Purée, Balsamic Onions, Pancetta & Sauté Potatoes, Duo of Salmon & Cod with Broccoli, Spinach, Tomato, & a Clam & Prawn Beurre Blanc, and a Sunday Roast Special of Slow Cooked Brisket with Yorkshire Pudding, Roasties, Mash, Seasonal Vegetables and Jus.
Great food, great service, and great value for money.
Our previous review HERE
Olivers website HERE
Ragin’ Ramen
This brilliant little restaurant serving ramen, snacks, sake and cocktails, is a new city centre foodie find; delicious steaming bowls of Asian inspired broth, with a variety of toppings and noodles, savoury streetfood-style snacks, and an exceptional “east meets west” drinks selection.
We tried the Oyster Mushroom K-Pop Kara-Age, sticky and spicy with gochujang and the Chicken J-Pop with shichimi and ponzu sauce: delicious umami-rich bites. And the Tokyo Twisters, a Japanese take on dirty fries, were a furikake, mirin & teriyaki delight!
As for the main event, the Gaijin Ramen with crispy panko sesame chicken breast in a shoyu broth, and the vegan Kabocha Udon with tempura pumpkin & tofu in a mushroom miso broth, were both packed with flavour and texture.
And a glass of nutty, slightly off-dry Plum Wine was the perfect accompaniment to go with the fabulous food at this terrific Church Lane venue.
Our previous review HERE
Ragin’ Ramen instagram page HERE
Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast
Introducing Belfast’s newest luxury private entertainment space at the 5 star Fitzwilliam Hotel in the city centre. We were invited to see for ourselves, & to enjoy nibbles & a cocktail masterclass. Perched above the lobby in all its splendour, where a glass wall ensures silence & privacy while still letting in all that light & a sense of activity. A retirement party, a five-star dining evening, exclusive launches, intimate weddings, a business meeting to impress: for whatever reason you need a conference room or event space in Belfast city centre, this is the one to make a statement.
And then of course there is the luxury penthouse with cityscape windows, your own grand piano, secret mirrored door and a luxurious free-standing bath with a view. Spectacular!
The Fitzwilliam website HERE
Press release details HERE
