Garlic Bread by The Last Post in Oamaru

The Last Post
12 Thames Street
Oamaru

Tel 03-434 8080

www.thelastpostoamaru

The Last Post had a slightly checkered past, but it is in a prime spot in town and came highly recommended by the locals. Natuarlly we had to go and eat there and further enjoy the Garlic bread. The bread itself arrived in a short while.  As you can see from the picture the presentation was great. The flavour – well it could have done with some more garlic. On the plus side it did have a good sprinkling of fresh herbs.  The bread itself was a french baguette and cut diagonally, which seems to be a favourite way of doing it by many eatery places.  However it tends to overcook or dry out the edges and as you do not butter the crust itself. Therefore a large chunk of the garlic bread (slices) is missing out on garlic butter!   It was crunchy baked but again the ends a bit dry.  Check out the picture and note the upturned "fishtails".
This Lay-bear has in a previous life worked in a kitchen and knows that while this way of doing a garlic bread has a visual appeal, there is also  certain amount of wastage, with the ends not being "appealing" for sale, and one hopes that the restaurants that are using this cutting technique are 'creatively' re-cycling the left overs!!
While this particular Garlic bread was good, we could not rate it above average.  The rest of the meal however had a superb quality!

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	3 out of 5
Taste:	2 out of 5
Quality	2 out of 5
Overall score:	11 (out of poss 20)