Trinity triumphant

After last week’s disaster, I was somewhat nervous about taking guests to Trinity’s weekly graduate dinner. Fortunately, my fears were broadly misplaced, and a good evening was had by all. Importantly the wine didn’t run out: Fortant’s 2003 Grenache and 2006 Sauvignon Blanc were good and balanced well the meal. The Grenache, by consensus, was the better of the wines.

The food was on the whole good, with the possible exception of the starter. Chicken noodle soup, containing shredded chicken, over-cooked noodles, and nothing else: the vegetarian noodle soup looked more appetising, from what I could see. Still, it didn’t prevent the chicken soup from being rather nice. The main course of pork escalope, with a green salad (and nice dressing) along with gnocchi (baked in tomato and parmesan) was tasty and satisfying.

The most surprising part dish of all was the dessert: saffron ice cream. Sadly, it wasn’t the saffron orangey-red I was expecting, but looked more like vanilla; the taste however did not disappoint. Beautiful saffron flavours, complementing the pink grapefruit served alongside. I wonder if a drizzle of saffron gin would’ve completed the dish…