I can confirm hospital food is generally
pretty awful. So after four days of eating jacket potatoes (I was surprised at how
wrong you can go with a jacket potato), it was with some excitement that I made
an escape from a hospital ward to eat at Adam’s, a relatively new addition to
the selection of “fine dining” restaurants in Birmingham.
Adam’s might be small but that just makes
it personable and adds to the atmosphere. They have cutlery that almost makes
me want to relive my student days and see what I can fit in my bag (but I want
to be able to eat there again so manage to refrain). Dinner options are a five
or nine course tasting menu. Given a hospital curfew we opted for the five
courses, with one friend having the vegetarian menu.
First came amuse bouches that were inviting
tasters of what was to come. Then came sea bream cooked perfectly
followed by crab salad with a curry powder that melted in the mouth. An
imaginative duck course paved the way for deserts: A very refreshing dish of raspberries,
oatmeal and sorbet followed by a piece of dark chocolate heaven. My friend was
equally impressed with the vegetarian menu and the wine buff among us was more
than happy with the interesting selection of matching wines.
Sadly the night had to end and it was back
to reality and the prospect of soggy breakfast cereal and more jacket potatoes.
http://www.adamsrestaurant.co.uk
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| Sea bream, orange buckwheat |
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| Crab salad, sweet corn, curry |
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| Duck, baby turnip |
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| Raspberries, oatmeal |
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| Dark chocolate, lemon verbena, olive oil |
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