A tale of too many servings

I've been wanting to go to Publican for a while now, so was very excited when Susie decided to celebrate her birthday there. 

The birthday girl, and Sean, at Publican

We all enjoyed the dinner, but made a few rookie mistakes. I think the next time we go there will be better. First of all, I probably won't go back with more than 6 people. We had a party of 8 (me, Jason, Susie, Sean, Betsy, Archie, and my parents) and with the communal seating, long tables, and high ceilings, it was really hard to talk to everyone. Second, I don't think I will order anything from the seafood side of the menu. The meat dishes were sooo much better than the fish dishes. No question.

We also had a bit of an ordering mix up, that I think was probably my fault since I was in charge of ordering :) I chose 7 dishes and 2 vegetable sides to share -- but since we had a party of 8, the waiter thought I wanted 2 servings of everything. By the third dish, we were all getting full and starting to worry about how much more we had coming. I was expecting small plates and every course was coming out family style! Luckily we figured out the problem and were able to cancel the double orders. Needless to say, we all walked out of there completely stuffed!

The highlights of the night included the Brussels sprouts (who knew!?), the squash, the pork tenderloin, and the lamb curry. I also really enjoyed the ham plate as a starter. Oh, and the sweetbreads were very good too, so long as I didn't think too much about what I was eating :) 

Happy birthday, Sus! And thanks for the extravagant, and I'm sure very expensive meal, Dad!