Pourhouse veggie option

Back to Pourhouse! I had a sort of lacklustre experience last time, but I still have credit on my gift card, so I found another friend to come along. This time, I went for the veggie options. I was curious to try their vegetarian burger, but other things ended up intriguing me more. Maybe on my last attempt I'll get the burger.

Cauliflower Steak ($22) Stewed Lentils, Romesco Sauce, Crispy Kale (V)

Looked really promising at first, but it just tedious later. The orange-red sauce was pretty tasty though. Could have used much more of it.
The cauliflower chunk was pretty plain and very firm at the base of the stem.
The slight browning looked promising but there wasn't really any aroma or flavour from it.
Crispy kale deep fried and obviously you can't get away from the oiliness. Fun to eat but eat it with the cauliflower to mask the oil.
A lot less sauce to use than it looks because there isn't as much underneath and I basically ran out. And there were tons more lentils to make things more tedious.
Overall, interesting idea but not really that tasty. More sauce would have helped but less than halfway through and I was already tired of eating it.
Large portion, but for what it is, feels overpriced.

2016-Aug-16 Pourhouse - Cauliflower Steak

2016-Aug-16 Pourhouse - Cauliflower Steak (underneath)

Gnocchi ($14) Fried Quail Egg, Pecorino, Black Peppercorn (V)

Not my order so I only tried a bit of this.
Very peppery!
Gnocchi bits very tender, almost like mashed potato. Interesting for not being the usual firm bites.

Lobster Mushroom Chowder ($10 special of the day) lobster mushrooms, bacon.

I think larger chunks of the lobster mushroom would have made it look like lobster tail (or take a large chunk, shape it and score it into a tail?) but the colour is fairly good and my dining companion was impressed by the lobster-ness.
Nice touch with the dill.
Overall a decent chowder except it was I think too salty, masking any richness that may have been there.
Price OK to good for $10.
Sadly this had bacon. Otherwise I think it would have made for a lovely vegetarian soup.

2016-Aug-16 Pourhouse - Lobster Mushroom Chowder

My friend's Albacore Tuna Nicoise ($15)

2016-Aug-16 Pourhouse - Albacore Tuna Nicoise

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