義弟夫婦がチチェスターに用があって来るということで、チチェスターの「Purchases」で遅いランチをしました。今日もお天気が良く昼間は日向を歩けばそれほどでもなかったのですが、ランチが終わったのが４時ごろだったので暗くなり始めていて寒かったです。
My husband’s younger brother and his wife were in Chichester for some event and so we had a late lunch together at “Purchases”. It was very sunny today so not too bad in the sun but it was starting to get dark when we left the restaurant and felt very cold.
今日は全員ランチのコースからオーダーしました。夫とわたしはラタトゥユとゴートチーズのテリーヌ。
We all ordered from the lunch course menu today. My husband and I each had Ratatouille & Goat Cheese Terrine for our starters.
義弟の奥さんは、サーモン。
My sister-in-law had Salmon.
義弟は、マッシュルームのヴェルーテ。
My brother-in-law had Mushroom Veloute.
メインはあまりこれと思うものがなく、ポークベリーは臭みがあるかもと思いましたが、どこで食べても美味しくなかったポークチョップがここでは美味しかったのでトライしてみました。残念ながらやはり臭みがあり、そしてなぜかバサバサで、４分の１くらい食べたでしょうか。マッシュポテトもソースも全体に塩胡椒がほとんどされていなくて、あまり美味しくはいただけませんでした。義弟は美味しいと完食していたのですが。。。イギリスの人はお肉がパサついていても大丈夫だし、塩胡椒も多少きつくても少なくても大丈夫なんですよね。このレストランはこれまでほとんど美味しくいただけていて、ダメだったのは今回初めてだと思います。
For the main, I couldn’t find anything I thought I would really like. I thought Pork Belly might be a bit risky because whenever I have it in England it tastes too gamy, but I decided to try it because the pork chop that I had here a little while ago was excellent, although whenever I had it anywhere else it was always dry and tough. Sadly, I shouldn’t have tried it, it was gamy and also very dry and I managed to eat only about 1/4 of it. Mashed potato and the sauce was also very under seasoned so I couldn’t enjoy any. Having said that my brother-in-law had the same dish and he finished it all. I feel English people in general don’t mind dry meat and they don’t seem to mind as much things being under-seasoned or over-seasoned, basically they don’t seem as fussy as we Japanese. I think this was the first time I didn’t enjoy a meal in this particular restaurant, though, it happens.
義弟の奥さんと夫は、シー・ブリーム（真鯛）。美味しかったみたいです。
My sister-in-law and my husband had Sea Bream for their mains, which I think they both enjoyed.
夫にデザート、ディ・コンストラクトしたチョコレート・チーズ・ケーキ。
My husband had Deconstructed Chocolate Cheese Cake for dessert.
義弟は、レモンポセット。
My brother-in-law had Lemon Posset.
わたしと義弟の奥さんはスティッキー・トフィー・プディング。ソースが甘いので別添えにしてもらって、少しだけかけていただきました、とても美味しかったです。
My sister-in-law and I had Sticky Toffee Pudding. As Toffee Sauce is often very sweet I asked them to serve it on the side and I had just a little drizzle over the pudding, it was very good.
ガス入りのお水１本、全員赤か白のワイン１杯ずついただいて、１組95ポンド（17660円）ずつでした。きちんとしたレストランで３コースとワインをいただいて２人で100ポンド以下だと、お安く感じるお値段です。日本円にするとすごく高く感じますけどね〜。日本だと量は少なくなりますが（多分、１つ１つが半分くらいの量かなと思います）３分の１以下でもっと美味しいお料理がいただけますね。
With a bottle of sparkling water and a glass of wine each, it was £95 (17,660 yen) per couple. This is not expensive for this type of restaurant in England, good value when you can find things you want from the set menu. However as soon as I see it converted to Japanese yen it seems very expensive. Although the portions are smaller in Japan (probably about a half of the portions here), I think we would probably pay about 1/3 or less for a similar type of a meal. I don’t know how they do it in Japan.