Karso restaurant in St. Idesbald

Well, it is late at night but I can't sleep. Must be the adrenaline in my body from the exam I took tonite or the excitement of the italian match of yesterday or the diet ... no clue. Anyway I am here up with some time and I felt it was about time I would write some comments on this restaurant we visited last week friday at the beginning of our short retreat for my studies.

Karso is a place I have been before but long ago. The interior is very like a composition of fishing and sailing objects with wine corks everywhere. Renovation is about to start they told us.

We did not really feel like a full fledged menu, but just a dish and maybe a dessert. They were very gentle, maybe since we were only three tables. Orders took ... here it comes an amuse. Pleasantly surprised! It was a simple tomato soup and a nice fish foam with smoked eel. Tasty like the bread.

The main dishes we got were a sole for me and shrimp curry for my fiancee. My dish was basically tasting only of butter served with a boring salad and potatoes. The curry smelled nice ... wrong choice I guess. We decided for a dessert. Wrong choice again for me! I took a tart tartin with vanilla ice-cream ... I got an apple-tart with the ice-cream but lots of calvados on it. Again it tasted only of one thing, this time calvados. Disappointed again.

Would I go back? Probably not. It is a restaurant at the seaside serving simple but basically poor dishes. Friendly people, but poor food ... especially for the price.