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Schottische

  • May 17, 2006
  • Rated 3 of 5 by artslover from Calgary, Alberta
Schottische

Schottische is located upstairs from the Babbity Bowster pub. Babbity Bowster is the name of an old Scottish dance. Like the pub, the restaurant has a rustic look with with wooden tables, an oven at one end and a handwritten menu on the wall.

When we arrived, we were the first diners and someone was still writing out the menu (and having trouble remembering what was included). Maybe all the staff had not yet started work, but service at the start was a bit unusual. We ordered drinks and the server disappeared, leaving us alone, to go downstairs to the pub to get some of them and took a long time to find the bottle of wine we ordered. The wine list was extensive and maybe the wine steward was not there and the server was not familiar with it. In any event, we eventually got our drinks and as the place became a bit busier, service became more efficient.

The name of the restaurant indicates the the food is basically Scottish—lamb, venison and sea bass were featured that evening—but with a bit of a twist. For starters, I had a bloody mary timbale, which was more or less a tomato salad formed into a timbale with a vodka vinaigrette. For a main course, I had a lamb cutlet with ratatouille and polenta. I would say the style is French and Italian influenced in its preparation. Although, I noticed on the menu there was the strange item of vegetarian haggis. Don't know how to classify that one. Our food was tasty but somehow lacked a real wow factor. Maybe it was the strange start to our meals. In any event, we all enjoyed our meals.

The restaurant was very comfortable for a large family group of various ages and no one came away disappointed.

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