Garlic Bread from Speights Bar in tower Junction - Christchurch

Speights Ale House

Tower Junction Mega Centre,
55 Clarence St,
Riccarton,
Christchurch 8011

Website: www.speights-ale-house

Email: reservations@speightstowerjunction.co.nz  
Tel:     (03) 348 6020


 I often zip past the Ale House - on my way and stopping at other shops, so it was a nice surprise to go there just for a meal.  The Garlic bread - or should that be loaf - turned out to be a major disappointment! It came WHOLE and luke warm and initially only with a table knife. Eventually a small steak knife came as well in order to CUT the bread.  This should proof to be a major challenge as the crust was extremely crusty thus scattering bread crumbs not only over the table but also all over our clothes and floor.  Given the small nature of the knifes supplied we ended up butchering the loaf - getting severely out of shape! Further given the luke-warm inners, the supplied Garlic Butter barely melted into the bread and was not enough to round - or butter all bread! 
Looking at the timber board the loaf set on I noticed the large crack in the timber - a safe harbor for goodness knows what bacteria.  All in all a very disappointing effort!

Presentation	0 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	1 out of 5
Quality	1 out of 5
Overall score:	4 (out of poss 20)