July 20, 2010: Houndstooth IV

Update 15/06/2023: Houndstooth has been replaced by The Shady Lady.

Last Tuesday night I ventured to Houndstooth (for the first time in quite a while) with a couple of girlfriends.  Though I remembered it having the boisterous atmosphere of a bar on a Friday night, it was pleasantly cosy and sedate mid-week.

What it still does well is multi-course meal deals with at least one vego option for each course; meals that sit somewhere between fancy and homely, understated yet really rather good.  Unsurprisingly prices have increased again - it's now $20 for two courses, $25 for three courses and $30 for four courses.

I began with a Spanish blue cheese and caramelised onion tart and had a pretty good idea of what to expect.  There was a lot of pastry, a decent amount of soft sweet onion and very little cheese to speak of.  Only a pastry fiend like me would so happily let them get away with such sparse toppings.

The vegetarian main of the day was a "vegetable curry stew".  This warmly spiced mix seemed to take more inspiration from North Africa than Asia and was a real comfort on a winter night.  The generous potato chunks had slurped up the flavoured sauce gorgeously; but again, Jerusalem artichoke left me cold.

The lemon tart is clearly popular and in regular rotation.  This is as it should be - the one at Houndstooth is just perfect!

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You can also read about our first, second and third visits to this restaurant.

Houndstooth has also been blogged by Ross Hill, Food Fable, Fitzroyalty and Words and Flavours.