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Côte Brasserie in the cathedral town of Chichester, is just one of a few dotted around England – there’s one in Wales too. One sunny day when Geoff and I happened to be in this charming West Sussex town, we decided to ‘check it out’ as they say.
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We had already paid a visit to the South Street Deli next door that morning, where we enjoyed a coffee and a Rocky Road and so after a spot of shopping we were looking for somewhere to eat for lunch which we hadn’t been to before. Amelie & Friends and Bill’s are both favourites of ours whenever we’re in Chichester, but this day we wanted something new – for the blog too of course.
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Neither of us wanted a starter, however all the dishes in that section sounded good to me. I had a nice glass of Sauvignon Blanc and Geoffrey, feeling a little thirsty had a coke. A bottle of ‘complimentary filtered tap water’ was also given to us.
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We both decided upon the steak frites. The steak was chargrilled and beaten to make it thin and to tenderise it, thus taking only a minute to cook, making it a ‘minute steak’. This had a supplement of £2.
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The steak was very large and incredibly thin. Unfortunately it was also a little cold, but still very tasty with no fat or gristle. I had garlic butter on mine whilst Geoff had peppercorn sauce. This came served with skinny chips and we also shared a side order of French beans.
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For dessert we were going to order two and share them both but the dark chocolate pot with crème fraîche I had ordered was quite small and so I decided to keep it all to myself. At first I thought it was a pot of crème fraîche which would accompany my chocolate dessert, but the chocolate was hiding underneath it.
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The chocolate was very tasty and went well with the fairly sour crème fraîche. I tend to have it instead of cream at home now because it seems to go well with most things. I like the sweet/sour combination. The chocolate was quite rich, it wasn’t smooth, it had a fairly ‘grainy’ texture to it. It was still rather nice though.
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Geoff went for the Canelé de Bordeaux: Warm vanilla and rum canelé (Bordeax style caramelized pastry) served with berry compote and Crème Chantilly. I had a little taste of it and it was very nice too, although I preferred my chocolate pot.
Of course, the meal was finished off with an espresso. This was served in a little glass tumbler. Geoff prefers cups, I rather like these little tumblers. The ambience in Côte Brasserie was very nice, families, friends and couples were all eating there and the staff were all very friendly. It’s quite a large restaurant so can accommodate lots of people, great for a family get together. And the food, for the price of just shy of £10 for two courses and just under £12 for three was pretty good value.
Living life loving cake
A x