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I've had the week off, so we've been out to eat a few times in Cambridge and nearby. Friday night Jay babysat for us, so Mrs F and I went to the Riverside Restaurant at the University Centre. Last time we went was not long after we moved to Cambridge and it was deathly quiet. This time it was reasonably full, and the food was very good and good value for money too. The service was less impeccable - the staff were quite friendly but didn't seem to be entirely on the ball - eg we were brought pre-starters but the waiter couldn't remember what one of them was called, and eventually just gave up trying to describe it. Coffee was not so good either, and the sweet trolley seemed a real touch of the 70's. I quite enjoyed the fact that the place seems quite out of time - I assume it can't be making money for anyone, and is presumably kept as a sort of vanity adornment for the University.
For Saturday lunch we went to Teri-aki at the Quayside which was great. I haven't had good sushi really since I left London so it's really good to have somewhere like that in Cambridge. It's similar to Wagamama but better executed. Only gripe would be that there's no baby-friendly seating. Fortuately E was well behaved and didn't try to throw herself off the bench. She also ate like a horse (well, a horse that likes Japanese food perhaps). Even L seemed to enjoy the dumplings and tried a little bit of some other things too.
Finally today we ventured up to the Five Miles Inn at Upware. Great location right on the river, and the food and service were both pretty good (although my steak and ale pie needed some gravy or something grumble grumble). Unfortunately it seemed to be raining over a small radius around Upware but nowhere else, so we couldn't sit out, or go in the playground. I slightly preferred the Fish and Duck for shear remoteness and eccentricity (although last time we went we immediately bumped into Jay) but when we went past the little road leading to it the sign was gone, so I think it is probably still closed.
Posted by MFreestone at August 28, 2006 08:06 PM