So I went to the same place two weeks in a row, The Cheese Barge.
What gives? Well, I try to keep my lunches under £15.00 (at least on average), and you could easily tick into the £20+ mark here at The Cheese Barge as there is far too much temptation.
Also there was just far too much choice, there were far too many dishes that I wanted. A review of The Cheese Barge, in this silly little blog really wouldn’t suffice with just one dish.
Week one – oh glorious sunshine, oh glorious terrace on top of the barge, was about the cheese toastie.
I wanted to love this, but it was more of a like – the golden toast itself was buttery and delectable, though the main flavour came from the honey (chilli honey but cannot say my previously spice-deranged tongue noticed the chilli).
The bacon was good quality but didn’t add much context, and the mozzarella lacked flavour…but DURRGGGH, of course mozzarella isn’t especially flavoursome, but it is delightfully gooey.
For week two, alas it was cloudier but my lunch was one step up from the week before. Like, in an ideal world I’d share 3 dishes between 2 people at lunch, but nobody else in my team seems to want to venture more than 20 metres away from the office at lunch. Unless they go for…a run…urgh.
Anyway, the butternut squash was really creamy, the spätzle is kind of like gnocchi in texture and was as buttery as described on the menu. The pecorino added a cheesy tang, and the bits of crispy sage were a delight.
The Cheese Barge is a gorgeous spot for lunch in summer, chilling on the canal, with some rather ace food too.
Maybe my score is around an 8 out of 10.
Oh and the service is really welcoming. Do go, but leave a table for me on the top please.
Oh oh oh and before I go. What did the cheese say to the mirror?
Helloumi.