Peter Williams Musik

What a great inventor he was!

I tried this pick up out last night in Stavanger.  I was a little scepticle at first…  when I have used other pick ups with similar positioning to this I have found the sound  a little trebley.  But wow, this was the fullest, most detailed sound I have ever experienced from any pick up, I want one!

However, the price is equally impressive.  I may have to wait.

Reader(s) may remember that I reviewed Wok Away some months ago. They forgot to put any flavouring or ingredients in with the noodles…. Well, it may have escaped your notice that they kindly offered a free meal as compensation. I didn’t take them up on that fair and reasonable offer – the opportunity never arose.

However I did try their food again last night…… A vast improvement! The food was quickly prepared and really very tasty. Unfortunately they forgot to include the Japanese rice included in the price of the dish.

So, their concept is great, their ingredients are good enough, but they still haven’t got their eye on the ball when it coes to service!

(5/7)

DIZZY Gillespie and DAVID SANBORN live Tin Tin Deo

Cannonball Adderley – Jive Samba – 1963

With strongly melodic themes and diverse, driving grooves Peter Williams’ Second Nature exhibit a universal accessibility and inherent joyfulness.
The music is instantly recognizable, both in terms of it’s genre, and it’s authorship.
They are currently working on material for their debut album.

Peter Williams: Bass
Adrian Strømberg: Alto
Robert Jønsson: Piano
Mikkel Uth Ovesen: Drums

We stopped here on our way to Ørslev Kloster for some lunch.

It’s not far from the main road to Viborg, the surroundings are idellic, it has charm, autenticity and a relaxing atmosphere.  The prices were pretty high, but still value for money as we were totally satisfied with smørebrød fit for royalty…   Certainly the best I’ve ever seen.

www.kongensbro-kro.dk

John Pizzarelli – I Got Rhythm

This restaurant lies just round the corner from Nyhavn, right next to the water and has one of the most relaxing settings in the center of the city.

We ate there with a fairly large group so we got to try out a good range of the menu.

First impressions were very good. The service was more than just good, the waiter was amenable and took almost no prompting to change the wine when it appeared corked. We were seated outside and the manager did the rounds to express his concerns about the coming weather.

The wine was of a very high standard, if slightly pricey, but in that location one should not expect anything else.

Where they let themselves down was with the food. Such a shame. I had the Salmon, which was the best of all the dishes we ordered. But there was not enough food there to feed a child. The lamb was served with a defrosted raw egg yolk and about two new potatoes. The veal was clearly not a good cut of meat, and it seemed as though the fries were direct from McDonalds. Worst of the bunch was the Tuna, which sounded superb on the menu. At £25 it should have been perfect, but even after taking it back to try again they didn’t present a good meal. It seemed to us that the Tuna had been frozen and was not a good piece of fish.

The deserts were ok, but not outstanding. If they spent as much time choosing and training their kitchen staff as they obviously had done on their waiting staff the place could be exceptional.

(3.5/7)
Havnegade 44
Custom House Bar and Grill

Very friendly staff and service.

Perhaps too large a menu, clearly just plonked on a plate and microwaved. This food was on a par with the majority of Mexican food in Denmark, sadly it will not satisfy someone searching for a special culinary experience and it was, I think, overpriced. However they clearly know their business and had no trouble filling the restaurant with happy looking punters.

(3.0/7)
La Casita