Thursday is Ladies' Night in Fat Cat's whereby you can have two courses and a cocktail all for £11.95, not too shabby at all! Sunday to Thursday every week brings an offer os two courses for £12.45 from the standard menu. Outside was full once again due to the hot weather, so Mario and myself decided to sit inside, which was dimly lit for "ambience", one may assume.
We ordered a bottle of the house white, well one of the bottles as there was a selection of four. We opted for the Santo Isidro (£15.95) was was quite pleasant tasting and not too dry. Mario chose from the "Ladies' Night" menu therefore got a cocktail of his choice, which was an Amaretto Sours.
Mario is a big fan of Amaretto Sours ever since trying them in Coco Lounge a couple of years ago. He says that the Fat Cat's version wasn't the best he's ever had, but still a lot better than some of the attempts. He felt that this cocktail wasn't sour enough and didn't taste fresh enough for him.
The Ladies' Night menu has a different selection of meals from the normal menu, and he chose to have a Greek salad (£4.50) for his starter.
The salad was delicious and was exactly what it said on the tin. The addition of spinach to the salad was pleasant and the whole salad had a lovely fresh taste thanks to the mint that was in the salad dressing. The olives were delectable (although not as good as Jamie's Italians!) and the feta was wonderfully light and crumbly.
From the standard menu, I chose to do the two courses for £12.45. This meant that all items that have a star next to them on the menu are included in this offer. For my starter, I chose to have whitebait (£4.50).
I love that the fish was served in "newspaper" and I think that it added a nice touch to the presentation. I was surprised by the amount of fish you receive with this starter; I didn't think it was ever going to end! The whitebait was served with a garlic and lime mayonnaise, which was a lovely accompaniment to the crisp fish and fresh-tasting salad.
For his main course, Mario chose to have the steak burger (£7.45), which came with Cajun fries.
This course was very disappointing for a number of reasons. Firstly, the chips were a little too much like McDonald's chips, although the seasoning was very tasty. Secondly, the burger had been over-seasoned. Rosemary had been used in the burger, which is usually a delicious herb to use, but it was overpowering in this burger and we couldn't taste the actual meat at all. The actual burger was horribly dry and the bun was also chewy and tasted defrosted. One redeeming factor was the coleslaw, which was very tasty and full of flavour.
I decided to have fish and chips (£7.95) for my main course, which is served with chunky chips, mushy peas and homemade tartare sauce.
Once again, my fish was served in "newspaper", which was a lovely way to present the food. Contrary to the disappointing burger, my fish and chips were wonderful! The chips were perfectly cooked: crispy on the outside and fluffy inside. The mushy peas were a little dry for me, although Mario claims they were fine (I'm from the south therefore mushy peas are still a new "thing" to me!) but there was a minty taste to the peas which was lovely. The fish was lovely and flaky and the batter was so crisp. One thing I did like about it is that there wasn't too much batter on the fish and it wasn't too greasy.
The meal came to £40.35 which was reasonable for the amount of food we received and we left feeling very full! Although there were some negative aspects to the meal, the staff were very engaging and friendly and the atmosphere was good.
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