The Raspberry Cafe
40 Rhodes Rd
Selwyn 7672
Tai Tapu
Christchurch
Tel: 3296 979
Fax: 3296 687
email: theraspberrycafe@xtra.co.nz
Web: www.raspberrycafe.co.nz/
$8.00
Individual 200gm sourdough baguette, warmed and smothered with garlic and parsley butter.
As above - this straight of their menu.
I have to say the size was just right and the bread was still steaming (it was a cold day so the steam could be seen rising) by the time it arrived at our table. It certainly was more then just warm. The bread itself was crusty on the outside and 'al dente' on the inside.
The butter was spread right to the bottom of the cuts - a bonus. Even better was that the garlic butter appeared to be home made - with sizeable junks of garlic clearly visible. The herbs rounded this bread nicely of. In terms of size this photo is not showing the true size. Its height was barely past 2.5 cm and in length - well - you see the knife next to it?!
This garlic bread would have been near perfection (in fact I would rate the bread itself perfect) if but for the presentation. Again - for a place where the rest of the meals come on big plates and where the arrangement of food is almost a priority over quality, a wooden platter is a bit of a let down. At least the napkin was around the knife and not under the baguette itself.
I scratched the white bits with my fingernail thinking it might be just liberally sprinkled flour dust ( a design thing) - but it was deeply ingrained into the timber itself and was very hard to shift. It would be pure speculation if this was white mould or something else. Pity.
| Presentation | 2 out of 5 |
| Quantity | 5 out of 5 |
| Taste: | 5 out of 5 |
| Quality | 5 out of 5 |
| Overall score: | 17 (out of poss 20) |
