Tipped

Puschka-licious!

December 07, 2010

Definitely the best restaurant in Liverpool if not the Northwest. Why? Because it's high on quality and taste and low on pretentious restaurant clap-trap. It's about the food not the glitz and the big mirrors to check you haven't splashed your trousers on the way out of the loo. If you lack that amount of self-control, what are you doing in a restaurant without your mum and dad anyway?

Friendly staff, well-informed but not know-it-alls who sniff at your wine choice. Trendy, bohemian interiors with wood panelling; dimly lit and seductive and a varied but essentially British/French menu featuring such delights as braised venison daubes, juniper and dauphinoise, confit duck Shepherds pie and the most amazing sea trout with orange and fennel sauce and braised red cabbage - it shouldn't work; it does work.

If you need someone to recommend a restaurant to you then take this advice and go. Just leave your preconceived ideas of how a restaurant should be at the door or in that big flashy restaurant you normally eat in.

Salvo

Keywords: British food - at its best

Cosy intimate and bloomin great

January 23, 2009

Puschka is the sort of restaurant you hope you're going to find when visiting a new city but rarely stumble across. It's small (in a good way), simple but stylish in terms of decor, fun with lovely tasty food and warm and friendly service. There is a daily specials board and some favorite dishes of mine include fresh figs stuffed with goats cheese and then drizzled with honey. The affogato is something is want to eat everyday (this is vanilla ice cream with an espresso shot and a slug of amaretto on the top) - it is dessert heaven!

It is the perfect place for a romantic dinner for two or great fun with a gang of mates. I just wish there were more places like this...

Keywords: cuisine: modern british