Gars Chinese Restaurant - 19 Prince Albert St, Brighton BN1
Posted by pop at Apr 15, 06 11:15 PM ... Comments (0)
After struggling to get into Brighton by car, parking in Regency Square then sitting down for a quick coffee at the Thistle hotel on the front, we headed into town to wander the Lanes. Shopping highlights were Ollie & Nic (pretty bags in lovely colours) and Kurt Geiger Shoes (bargainous boots).
The intention in going via Brighton was to take in some fantastic vegetarian food at Terre a Terre before heading down to E'bo. However this was not to be - we had a Meatatarian in our midst. Apparently it wouldn't be possible to enjoy a meal without meat, so this visit was postponed! We had thought we could bring a sachet of Iams in gravy that could be squeezed over his plate of veg, however, we settled (wisely) for Gars.
Gars is a modern restaurant with minimalistic interior design - no waving cats and dragons here. As there were six of us, we chose the set menus. As is traditional, we had the starters (king prawns, prawn toast, seaweed, scallops etc..) and felt full. The waiting staff gave us a break before the crispy duck pancakes and then we launched into a vast array of main courses (yellow bean chicken with cashew, crispy chilli beef, lamb shank, more chicken...more veg...). All of which was fresh and lovely.
All diners were given fortune cookies, but husb had no slip of paper in his! This is a step forward, as the last cookie he opened at
Yellow River Cafe said words to the effect of "all your friends are plotting against you"! Nice fortune. We are hoping for a mediocre fortune next time :)