publication date: Sep 16, 2009
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author/source: Louise Pollard
JCK is situated just by the
railway crossing along the quieter end of the
seafront. It looked a little
shabby from the outside, but in
our view it proved to be a
little gem. Its menu was mainly pizza, fish dishes, and steak. It also advertised Moules and Frites as a daily special.
The
restaurant was fairly empty on a Tuesday nearing the
end of lunch time service, but we had seen it
full at the weekend.
Friendly service was provided by our young waitress, and the jovial
maitre d' was the chef also. My only
criticism was that the waitress didn't
warn us when we ordered a
pizza (marguerittas with extra ham) each for the children.
The grown ups had a
pizza (loosely translated as a meat feast), and a dish of
langoustines and gambas as the
moules were not available but
frites were served with my dish anyway.
Tap water in a carafe, and
house white in a carafe were our
drinks for the meal.
As
JCK was quiet,
our noise was not disturbing anyone. There was a
relaxed atmosphere. The ambience when busier would also be relaxed and
child-friendly we were sure. We could see lots of
kitchen activity, but after quite a wait, with all the
lovely bread having been nibbled away, our food arrived and we
gasped!
The pizzas were
huge! Fat, doughy pizzas, thick spongy crusts,
oodles of topping, in particular lots of melting cheese. The
langoustines and gambas, in a cream sauce, were equally
impressive, but as
seafood lovers will know, eating it is quite
hard work, in this case the langoustine
shells were really hard to break. I did
enjoy my meal, but the plate looked like an
explosion by the time I'd finished. No
finger bowl was provided, but trusty
baby wipes were on hand.
Meanwhile the rest of the family were munching through their
delicious pizzas. Sadly quite a lot was
wasted, and no one really felt like having the
leftovers brought home for their tea.
Desserts (mainly ice creams) were passed on, and the
bill came to a respectable
50 euros with a tip. The
seafood meal had been 19 euros, so the pizzas were
excellent value in particular as next time we would
feed the whole
family on one!
A
highly recommended little restaurant.
JCK restaurant, Rue des Baines, Houlgate, France
