Douglas Village in Cork is bustling on a Saturday night with loads of reasonably priced places to eat like Barry’s and Eco. Last Saturday we opted for Amicus, where the old Citrus had been in the East Village. We arrived at eight and given a table in the middle of the very busy restaurant. A request for a different table away from the main thoroughfare was entertained but to no avail, everything was booked. No problem.
The menu is big with a good selection of everyday dishes, nothing too exotic or pretentious. Greek Salad (€7.50) to start was fine, regular salad with a feta cheese and olives and a light dressing. Maybe a dash of oil might have given it the something extra it needed. The main course Lamb and chorizo kebab (€17.50) was nice apart from two things 1) It arrived on one of those stupid hanging kebab yokes that makes you look like a clown and 2) With the exception of a dash of yogurt it was served with the same Greek salad I had for my starter. The other diners enjoyed their bruschetta starters, homemade burgers and fish.
Four starters, four mains, a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc and four Irish Coffees to finish came to a pretty reasonable €130. Not bad.
24/02/2009 at 8:41 pm Permalink
I have never heard of a hanging kabob yoke- did this restaurant create it, or have you seen them before? I have been to lots of kebab places where I live in The States but never ever seen one. I can sort of see it in the picture you provided….. does it move?
Ellen
25/02/2009 at 12:34 am Permalink
Basically it’s like a pendulum that hangs over your plate and swings back and forth as you wrestle to get the ingredients away from it. Maybe they have them for safety reasons, it’s hard to stab somebody with a pendulum!
I have only seen them once before on an episode of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares where the first thing Gordon did was throw them in the bin.
04/03/2009 at 2:31 pm Permalink
An invention I’ve only ever seen in Indian style restaurants. Incredibly awkward looking and not in place with relaxed eating.