The Famous Elm Tree Carvery. Amazing service keeps the line moving. Generous portions keep the customer happy

The Famous Elm Tree Carvery. 

Amazing service keeps the line moving. Generous portions keep the customer happy 

The turkey wasn't on the menu last Friday; the picture (top) is from an earlier visit.
The menu changes daily - quite a choice each occasion - 
and you can expect to see turkey up often over the next few weeks.
The chicken below was very popular at our table last Friday.

They offer quite a range of desserts as well and this
Tiramisu caught the eye last Friday. Something for everyone as
no two people at out table choose the same dessert. As you can see,
portions are generous here, both savoury and sweet.

Obviously, the customers appreciate the packed platefuls. And everyone remarks on the speedy and friendly service at the carvery counter. It is quite a large venue and if you are heading down around the one o'clock mark, you are advised to book! I didn't essay a count last Friday but I reckon there was well over a hundred there.... and they kept coming! No surprise that they have increased the parking spaces.



Don't fancy the carvery? Don't worry. The regular lunchtime menu includes
salads, wings, toasties and sandwiches such as the tasty Reuben above.

Info

 

t: 021 435 1024

e: welcome@elmtree.ie

Address

 

Elm Tree Glounthaune

Killahora 

Glounthaune Village,

Co. Cork

T45AW94

Hours

 

Mon - Sat:

9am - 9.30pm

 

Sunday

11.30am - 9.30pm

Hard to beat exquisite Bucatini Bolognese at Cush Midleton!

Hard to beat exquisite Bucatini Bolognese

at Cush Midleton!

Bucatini Bolognese

I had been keen to try out a few items on the CUSH Midleton lunch menu since it was first published a month or two back. I got my opportunity last week. My prime target was their pasta dishes (they make it fresh here).

I was pretty clear on my choice even before I arrived and ordered the Bucatini Bolognese, slow cooked beef cheek ragu, shaved parmesan, served with house made focaccia. 

The Bucatini, with its hollow (if very narrow) centre, gives you extra sauce with every bite and with the slow cooked beef ragu, you get amazing flavour and texture, It’s a terrific match and Very Highly Recommended

Also highly recommended, from the other side of the table, is the Slow braised Featherblade of beef, caramelised baby carrots, buttery savoy cabbage, roast fondant potato, beef jus. The richly flavoured beef, cooked to a high degree of tenderness, makes for a terrific plateful. All the accompaniments, especially the beautiful Savoy cabbage, also contributed.

Warm natural smoked haddock, leeks, potato velouté, crispy hens’ egg.
Pic from previous visit 

Choices

The other choices under Mains were:

Wild mushroom fusilli, porcini cream, truffle oil, shaved parmesan, served with house made focaccia;

Strozzapreti Carbonara, black smoked Lardo, shaved parmesan, served with house made focaccia.

Dill & beer battered fish and chips, JJ Wall's beef dripping chips, pea and mint purée, tartar sauce.

The counter at Cush has been retained from the days when Sage reigned here

Starters include: Warm natural smoked haddock; Pressed free range ham hock; Fred’s Famous Mediterranean seafood chowder; and an Open Ballycotton smoked salmon.

Combining Fine and Casual Dining

Significantly, the Cush menu now includes a mix of fine and casual dining as illustrated by the inclusion of some items from the Salty Dog (Fred’s Chowder is an example.) You can look forward to more variety in choice when you visit this superb restaurant on Midleton’s Main Street.

Frederic “Fred” Desormeaux is the Group Executive Chef at the Flynn Cush Group, which includes Cush Midleton, Sea Church and the Salty Dog in Ballycotton.