Guess the fish

Yesterday we went to the Golden Retriever gastro pub for a family meal. We like the Golden Retriever as they have good, solid pub food and they are only 5 minutes walk from our house. All in all we had a lovely evening, but one element went a little wrong. My wife and I both ordered the fish special.

Halibut should be strong enough to stand up against the robust flavors of chorizo mash. Unfortunately by the time the dishes for all 9 of us arrived the halibut had turned into a sole.

The sole was perfectly cooked and the mash was lovely, but the poor little fish didn't stand a chance against the mash. I was quite upset as we were all hungry and therefore a change was not really an option.

To be fair, they apologised immediately, admitted that it was their fault, took a good chunk of our bill and gave us our desert / cheese board for free.

As I said, overall we had a lovely evening and we will certainly continue to go the the Golden Retriever. Mistakes can happen anywhere - the question is how you deal with them.