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Our Town's better restaurants are constantly adding new dishes to their menus and we found ourselves at Publican staring at some dishes that we hadn't seen before. Saturday night was a good one to fix an organ meat jones and we had a choice between duck heart and beef tongue. We opted for the latter and were faced with an epiphany.
Chef Brian Huston and his staff corn the tongue, then pickle it. It's sliced thin like a luncheon meat and served with fresh arugula, whole grain mustard and a quartered hard-boiled egg. It is amazing and the best testament we can give to that is to show you the partially eaten dish.
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Man that looks good. I've had beef lingua tacos and they're really tasty.
In fact my good friend once called it "the most sensual of the taco meats"
He was right.
Anyway, back on topic...
Really? The thought of getting a hard on while eating a taco sort of depresses me...
He was, of course, being "tongue-in-cheek"
hahahha
Go to your room. Now.
HA!
I had a terrible experience at Publican on Saturday night. I was with 6 people and the waiter insisted that everything was family style. No way are those meals family style. I'm not expecting to gorge myself at the Publican but, when trying to share those meals with five other people, it just doesn't work. Once we finished the plates we ordered, the waiter came around and asked if we were ready for another round! We felt totally duped and to top it all off my buddy got porchetta juice all over his pants.
So how was the food? What did you order? So your friend doesn't wear a napkin on his lap, but how did the porchetta taste? How was the service? It sounds like you ordered too little. The waiter is right- the dishes are meant to be shared.
I'm not really sure what you mean by "those meals". Maybe each plate seemed too small to divide up between six people, which can be the case. Your server should have explained to you that they go from small (at the top of the menu) to larger, as you go down. If it was your first time, he/she should have helped you order the right amount.
I've had some wonderful meals at the Publican, an Kahan's other establishments, so I'd encourage you to give it another try if you feel up to it/believe in 2nd chances.
Food was great. Absolutely no complaints on the food. We ordered the large meals and was given the explanation. The service was terrible. I don't appreciate being hounded that you really should order "family style." I guess that's just my preference. My friend had a napkin on his lap but when the server dumps a platter of porchetta drippings all over your leg then it doesn't help much.
I don't like the idea of tasting a meal that can taste me back.