Hide and Fox - Hythe’s secret Michelin restaurant
Food rating 4.2/5
Presentation 4.8/5
Customer service 4.5/5
Ambiance 4.7/5
Price 4.2/5
Overall 4.4/5
3 People for lunch
Five Course Taster Menu
“Snacks”
Two delicate palate pleasers, great way to start the courses, very well presented, small ‘one bite’ styled pieces.
In house wheat bread
Roasted mix seeds worked perfectly with the homemade bread, the bread was whole heartedly “wheaty” robust in bread flavour, for what you expect from a decent bakery, however the accompanied “butter / cream” lacked flavour, I believe this accompaniment is was over complicated and a homemade butter would have sufficed.
Orkney Scallop:
A sashimi / ceviche style dish which presented very pleasantly, the wasabi / cucumber and bergamot broth worked really well with the scallop, it was light and flavourful giving me a south Japanese region fish flavours, for an additional £15 was the local caviar, a very light caviar which worked well with the scallop, did not over power the flavours of the wasabi broth however, personally not worth the £15 and was not needed to be added.
Tortellone:
The tortellone was substitute with a pork filling due to the other fillings not being available , the pastry was perfect consistency, the filling was light and a good portion size within, the broth surrounding the dish was strong in depth with flavour , a touch too strong I would say as it overpowered the flavour of the pork, the consistency could have been a little thicker, overall a delightful dish which had strong notes.
Sea bass:
A classic south coast dish, with want anything wow worthy, a dish seen before all over the south coast, the grapes was unnecessary and did not work with the sea bass, the sea bass was seared to perfection, but there isn’t much to say about this dish, the bonobo butter was very light, a miso cured sea bass would have been more of interest, but nothing really special about a seared seabass, a dish which is overdone in all Restaurants in the south coast.
Middle white pork:
The pork had very south East Asian flavours, with the pork belly tasting very “char siu” Chinese flavours , was very strong in flavours but contrasted welll with the truffle sauce, with 3 different cuts of pork belly, all cooked well, the celeriac needed a touch more pepper as the notes just wasn’t there, the gravy was light and accompanied the pork well
Caramelised cremeux
The 80% chocolate mouse was very good, a very light and flavourful mouse which I throughly enjoyed out of all the dishes, and would have been the best dish, however the lapsang souchong’s sour and depth flavours overpower the mouse and did not work too well, I could see what was being done to the dish with the dark chocolate, sweet and sours, flavours being mixed to work with each other the Lapsang was just too intense in flavour , the aged balsamic did not work as well. The mouse was the only good part of this.
Overall I would recommend visiting the Hide and Fox as it gives a good selection of the wondering produce of the south coast. Really well presented all the dishes, some of the dishes were just a touch too strong , where constant thirst of water was needed to cleanse the palate, it was a good mix of options for a taster menu and I would definitely would come back next time to see the next menu, the restaurant itself is a very well polished and design Resturant of simplicity and homely, with a good selection of wines and drinks at a decent price, a Michelin star restaurant which you wouldn’t expect to be in this area of Hythe. The service was A*, well presented staff, who was punctual and well informed, silver service and well trained staff, polite and kind individuals.
What I would like to see is the use of Romney marsh lamb, yes a overused meat in the south coast, but if the Hide and Fox can redevelop the marsh lamb that would be amazing to see.
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