Bees Make Honey
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Bees Make Honey is a bizarre restaurant on the Alfreton Road, close to the deafening blues pub, The Running Horse. Sometimes, if you arrive without a reservation, the chef has to be fetched from the aforementioned pub in order to cook your dinner. The place resembles a kind of taverna, such as you might find in an off-the-beaten-track Greek fishing village - all that's missing is a couple of stray dogs, begging for scraps from the guests. This is "no frills" dining with a capital "N". They're unlicensed (take your own wine) and they don't take plastic (take your chequebook).
I've been to this restaurant on a number of occasions over the last 5 years and if I had to find a word with which to sum them up, that word would be "inconsistent". I remember eating my first Zarzuela (a mixed seafood entree) here and it was absolutely astonishing - I actually called the chef out of the kitchen to find out where he bought his tiger prawns and monkfish. Then again, I've had some absolute rubbish as well.
Tonight was sort of inbetween. We started with a grilled haloumi and artichoke salad and a king prawns with garlic butter. Will somebody please tell me what is the point of tinned artichokes? Artichokes have such a delicate flavour that it's hard to see how it might be improved by pickling them. My king prawns were good, but you only get three of them for £4.60 which was a bit disappointing.
I can only blame myself for the wine, a Chateau la Perriere Bordeaux purchased on what seemed like very advantageous terms from Majestic. It was horrid, even allowing for the fact that it was a bit too cold by the time we had walked to the restaurant. Alan Clarke used to say that you had to pay £100 minimum for a decent claret - I'm beginning to think that my minimum is about £6.49.
My main course was filet steak "hare & hounds" and it was perfectly cooked with just the right ammount of Dijon and glaze. The other dish, advertised as a "Rack of Lamb", more closely resembled "Two Lamb Chops" but was also done to perfection. This is the closest you will find to home cooking in a Nottingham restaurant - nothing fancy but good traditional dishes freshly prepared (you can see the chef at work in his open kitchen). The veg - which comes interesting (zucchini) and plentiful (everything else) - is also a high point.
We had no room for desserts and paid the £52 bill. We departed, leaving the half-full bottle of wine behind. Why did I have buy a dozen?
Bees Make Honey is a bizarre restaurant on the Alfreton Road, close to the deafening blues pub, The Running Horse. Sometimes, if you arrive without a reservation, the chef has to be fetched from the aforementioned pub in order to cook your dinner. The place resembles a kind of taverna, such as you might find in an off-the-beaten-track Greek fishing village - all that's missing is a couple of stray dogs, begging for scraps from the guests. This is "no frills" dining with a capital "N". They're unlicensed (take your own wine) and they don't take plastic (take your chequebook).
I've been to this restaurant on a number of occasions over the last 5 years and if I had to find a word with which to sum them up, that word would be "inconsistent". I remember eating my first Zarzuela (a mixed seafood entree) here and it was absolutely astonishing - I actually called the chef out of the kitchen to find out where he bought his tiger prawns and monkfish. Then again, I've had some absolute rubbish as well.
Tonight was sort of inbetween. We started with a grilled haloumi and artichoke salad and a king prawns with garlic butter. Will somebody please tell me what is the point of tinned artichokes? Artichokes have such a delicate flavour that it's hard to see how it might be improved by pickling them. My king prawns were good, but you only get three of them for £4.60 which was a bit disappointing.
I can only blame myself for the wine, a Chateau la Perriere Bordeaux purchased on what seemed like very advantageous terms from Majestic. It was horrid, even allowing for the fact that it was a bit too cold by the time we had walked to the restaurant. Alan Clarke used to say that you had to pay £100 minimum for a decent claret - I'm beginning to think that my minimum is about £6.49.
My main course was filet steak "hare & hounds" and it was perfectly cooked with just the right ammount of Dijon and glaze. The other dish, advertised as a "Rack of Lamb", more closely resembled "Two Lamb Chops" but was also done to perfection. This is the closest you will find to home cooking in a Nottingham restaurant - nothing fancy but good traditional dishes freshly prepared (you can see the chef at work in his open kitchen). The veg - which comes interesting (zucchini) and plentiful (everything else) - is also a high point.
We had no room for desserts and paid the £52 bill. We departed, leaving the half-full bottle of wine behind. Why did I have buy a dozen?
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