A trip to Ask on a Friday night with the girlfriend represented a different way of winding down the week than usual.
Instead of draining pints of lager at the academy it was a civilised meal at this modern eatery which was full to the brim.
Prior to eating at Ask, I held reservations about going to another chain restaurant after sampling the delights of BB’s just up the road. Zizzi’s, Strada and Pizza Express were just a stone’s throw away and also churn out the same food nationwide like Ask.
Perhaps I may have forgotten that in order for a restaurant to go national they must have done something right somewhere. Ask proved this.
To start we shared a garlic pizza bread with cheese. The bread was served on a super stone baked base with garlic drizzled all over accompanying the mozzarella perfectly.
The bustling ambience was the perfect environment to share a bottle of house white wine, which had a crisp and refreshing taste to go perfectly with the bread.
For main meals we ordered a Stromboli pizza and a calzone di pollo e pancetta. The Stromboli was a pizza with a generous helping of pepperoni. The calzone had chicken, leeks, pancetta, mushrooms mozzarella with garlic butter and grana padano cheese. The Stromboli was again on a similar base to the garlic bread. The tomato taste burst in the mouth with the pepperoni adding a splendid kick to the taste buds. The calzone was maybe a little thick; it required a hard bite to get into it! However the calzone was bustling with fillings and could not be accused of cutting back on fillings. The garlic butter was an exquisite to finish the dish.
The only downside was that perhaps the restaurant had tried to pack in one too many table and chairs. Quite often when a fellow customer left their seat it required one or both of us to adjust so they could manoeuvre past.
However, with a buy one main meal get one free voucher and a total bill of £28.85 perhaps I will give the academy a miss again soon.
Instead of draining pints of lager at the academy it was a civilised meal at this modern eatery which was full to the brim.
Prior to eating at Ask, I held reservations about going to another chain restaurant after sampling the delights of BB’s just up the road. Zizzi’s, Strada and Pizza Express were just a stone’s throw away and also churn out the same food nationwide like Ask.
Perhaps I may have forgotten that in order for a restaurant to go national they must have done something right somewhere. Ask proved this.
To start we shared a garlic pizza bread with cheese. The bread was served on a super stone baked base with garlic drizzled all over accompanying the mozzarella perfectly.
The bustling ambience was the perfect environment to share a bottle of house white wine, which had a crisp and refreshing taste to go perfectly with the bread.
For main meals we ordered a Stromboli pizza and a calzone di pollo e pancetta. The Stromboli was a pizza with a generous helping of pepperoni. The calzone had chicken, leeks, pancetta, mushrooms mozzarella with garlic butter and grana padano cheese. The Stromboli was again on a similar base to the garlic bread. The tomato taste burst in the mouth with the pepperoni adding a splendid kick to the taste buds. The calzone was maybe a little thick; it required a hard bite to get into it! However the calzone was bustling with fillings and could not be accused of cutting back on fillings. The garlic butter was an exquisite to finish the dish.
The only downside was that perhaps the restaurant had tried to pack in one too many table and chairs. Quite often when a fellow customer left their seat it required one or both of us to adjust so they could manoeuvre past.
However, with a buy one main meal get one free voucher and a total bill of £28.85 perhaps I will give the academy a miss again soon.
Gavin Patterson
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