Saturday, May 27, 2006

"Tuin van Brabant" - Haaren

Restaurant "Tuin van Brabant"
Kerkstraat 24 / 5076 AW Haaren / Tel : +31 (0) 411 621373


On the way back from the south of Holland we took a small road in stead of the highway to get back home. We couldn't find the road we're on last time and since it was almost 19.30 we stopped for something to eat. Haaren, a small town were I used to come to pick up an army buddy to go to do our duties on Sunday night. I remembered some small cafes and thought well let's have a look. We passed along this restaurant.

Quality has a price, that's a fact. But quality don't have to be expansive ... something I learned again last night. A Coca Cola just cost € 1,50. A three meal course for € 22,50. For a price like € 22,50 you have a main course in Amsterdam (if you're lucky). We choose the three course menu. (They even had a menu - 3 course - below that price...).

For starters :
Toast with mushrooms, onions and baked bacon. Served with a small salad on the plate.
Lukewarm salad of smoked chicken. The two dishes were served with a pistolet with garlic butter.

For Maindish :
Sole fillets with a fish (dill) sauce
Tournedos with mushroom sauce

Both dishes with garnish (potatoe onion and leek pie - poached pear) accompanied by a salad, vegetables and french fries and mayonaisse.

Dessert :
Doesn't happen often but we skipped, it was too much ...

Well what can I say. They deducted from the bill our drinks since we had the menu and didn't took a dessert. If we had ordered the dishes seperate we wouldn't have spend money. So they even deducted the drinks, that's service.

Quality wise we could only make a remark on the fish (dill) sauce, that could be a little better, but in terms of fish and meat the quality was extremely good. Tender beef, like it should, nice fillets of Sole, pretty big. Garnisch fine and site dishes very good. Service was especially good since there was a large group eating and we didn't need to wait long. So good to see that service for a very good price is still out there.

If you live in Haaren or nearby, pay them a visit!


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