Garlic Bread from Bishop Brothers Public House in Bishopdale

Bishop Brothers Public House

119 Farrington Ave,
Bishopdale,
Christchurch 8053

Phone: 03-359 2930

http://bishopbrothers.co.nz/

We have lived in the area for nearly 30 years and have seen several transformations of this particular venue - the last one being "Little Italy" themed.

With the new layout and so forth we were keen to give this one another go (seeing the last few visits to "Little Italy" proofed to be less satisfactory re Garlic Bread)  in the hope that perhaps there is a new management - or at least - a new cook in residence. 

The Garlic bread is advertised as: 

Bishop’s Garlic Loaf    $ 9.50
A Honey grain loaf served with homemade garlic and herb butter.

I should have known.  This particular loaf reminded me at the last loaf we have eaten - in fact such are the similarities I am beginning to wonder if this is the same chef - Ex Omalley's in Whitianga
See here ---->   garlic bread at grace omalleys

In any case - the 'loaf' arrived and while there was a super crusty outside and soft fleshy inside - the bread itself was luke warm - at best.  That is a bit of a downer ESPECIALLY as you had to butter your own slice (absolutely ZERO garlic butter in the loaf to start with) - which of course was never going to melt into the bread . . . . .
Again - the similarities with O'Malleys in Whitianga . . . 
We shall leave it here and rate it the same!



As an aside - I am aware of the debate about "Constructing" your meal / coffee etc sweeping the globe.  It seems some places are offering their creations in a semi made state and you are invited to "construct" your dish to your own likening.  This is particular popular with some Coffee/ Barrister's in Australia.  There are some folks who say this is a bit of a gimmick.  Others say you eventually get something made exactly to your liking - by yourself!

My take on this is this:  - I PAY $$$$ to have someone prepare and cook a meal for me!  I do not pay someone $$$ and then having to do half of the work myself. It is not like I get a discount for the product/meal (reduced labour cost?)  If I wanted to do "construct" a meal - I could just stay at home and cook there instead. . . .
So it is disappointing to see a NON-buttered garlic bread on offer and having to butter it up myself . . . . 
  

Presentation	0 out of 5
Quantity	0 out of 5
Taste:	0 out of 5
Quality	0 out of 5
Overall score:	0 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from The Thirsty Pig in Picton

The Thirsty Pig Restaurant

27 High Street,
Picton 7220,
New Zealand

Ph:  03-573 6969

No known email or website

facebook - The-Thirsty-Pig




The bread itself was from a sourdough bread - or at least so it looked like and almost tasted like that. Certainly not the usual French baguette cut up.
With both sides buttered and melted there was so much flavor and it did taste just right!

The crust was - well crusty and the bread itself still warm and soft!
We rate this highly with the only detraction being, again,  the napkin underneath which did sport an oil - hmmm rather a butter stain.  I would rather that sits on just the porcelain plate . . . .

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	5 out of 5
Taste:	5 out of 5
Quality	4.5 out of 5
Overall score:	18.5 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from The Barn Restaurant in Picton

 
The Barn Restaurant in Picton

48 High St,
Picton 7220

Ph: 03-573 7440



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After a short hic-up the Garlic Bread arrived just after mains was served - so we had it with mains rather than as Entree.

The bread was buttered on one side only and not overly hot even though it came straight from the kitchen.

Despite that, there was plenty of flavor to enjoy with just a tiny little bit of sprinkling of herbs noticeable!  Crusty on the outside and soft-is in the middle.

The plate added and the napkin under it detracted.  The portions were good enough for two people and certainly added to our main meal!

Would have rated reasonably high except for the fact that the waitress failed to note our order and we had to chase this once mains arrived.  So 2 points off for that I think.

 

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	4 out of 5
Overall score:	14 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Costas Taverna

478 Cranford Street,
Shop 3
Christchurch, New Zealand

Phone: 03 3523232

www.costastaverna.co.nz

 We had been there previously in 2013 and it was time to go for a return visit and enjoy the good Greek food.

The menu was pretty much the same and so was the "pita" garlic bread.

These comments from the last visit :
 "the garlic bread is sold as Garlic 'Pita' bread and such it was - cut as can be seen in the picture half way and then again through the middle and nicely filled with garlic butter and some herbs. The Pita bread was just your average pita bread.  Nothing fancy there. It was to hot to touch and the supplied knife and fork came in handy. There was ample to eat for two people. The presentation - given the rest of the "themed restaurant", fell short of the expectation, and was very plain and simple. Overall - this would be a slightly above average bread. "

We still had the same wicker basket and napkin underneath. If anything - the arrangement had improved slightly.  The bread was still to hot to handle to start with and the knife / fork came in handy again!
So no real change from our last visit.
Oh - the orders were taken by hand / paper - the electronic order-system from last visit was not to be found . . . . .


 The last visit there:  
 Costas Taverna Garlic Bread

Presentation	3 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	3 out of 5
Overall score:	14 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from the Lost Spring in Whitianga

The Lost Spring,

121A Cook Drive,
Whitianga, 3510,
Coromandel Peninsula
New Zealand.


General Inquiries
Phone: +64 (0)7 866 0456 Ext: 1
Fax: +64 (0)7866 0457

Email: magic@thelostspring.co.nz
Web:   www.thelostspring.co.nz/


DAY SPA BOOKINGS
Phone: +64 (0)7 866 0456 Ext: 2
Email: dayspa@thelostspring.co.nz


www.facebook.com/thelostspring

You have to check out their website.  Short story;- the Dude butchered his Campsite in search for the mythical warm healing waters - which he eventually found at 600meters below.  As the story goes - the water is 16 000 years old.  hmmmmmm

Apart from the soak and spa - there is attached a Restaurante were you can book a "Dip and Dine" package - pre order your meal for a fixed time and price - go for that dip urm soak in the mineral rich warm water (and if so inclined get pool side drinks service)  - then relax for a meal!  Trust me - this was divine!

Anyhow to the Garlic Bread - it came in a timely manner - was warm/hot and crusty on the outside - yet soft fleshy on the inside.  Plenty of flavor too!!! Just 4 slices - actually the right amount for 2 people and nicely arranged on a porcelain plate.  The Black stripes added color - hmm forgot to ask what they actually were - their flavor blended in - I am tempted to say perhaps some soy-sauce???

Apart from the one slice which had "up" righted itself during transport - this is pretty near to perfect! In fact we had enjoyed the previous experience so much - this was our second visit there in the short space of time we had available. No doubt will repeat this next time we are in Whitianga!  Might even go for a Spa or something . . . .

Perfic

(must be the best ever bread - hmmm have to look at this)

Presentation	4.7 out of 5
Quantity	5 out of 5
Taste:	5 out of 5
Quality	5 out of 5
Overall score:	19.7 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Dino's Pizza and Pasta in Whitianga

 
Dino's Pizza and Pasta

1 Blacksmith Lane
Whitianga
Tel:  07-867 1010

Web: www.ggx.org.nz/dinos/



We had been there before.  It is a little place with three table outside and we saw plenty of the locals coming for a 'take away' food - so figured we were in the right place.   The only question being how much the garlic bread had changed from some 5 years ago?!?!

www.garlic-bread-critique.blogspot.co.nz/2010/12/garlic-bread-at-dinos-cafe


Turns out that it is still exactly the same as last time.  Guess we are going to rate it the same then as well!  Not much else to say really.

Oh - the ONLY disappointing thing was that the much loved Tiramisu had been scratched from the menu - thus no nice afters urm - sweet stuff - urm desert. 

 

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	4 out of 5
Overall score:	14 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Grace O'Malley's in Whitianga

Grace O'Malley's in Whitianga

9 The Esplanade
Whitianga 3510

Phone:
(07) 866 4828
(07) 866 4546

Email:  info@graceomalleys.co.nz

Web: graceomalleys.co.nz



This should proof to be urm a major urm disappointment.

Disaster really.

To start with, we had to wait more then one hour for   a n y   food to come out from the kitchen - even though the couple ordering in front of us got theirs in less then 10 minutes. Go figure! When we queried our order it was washed away with "coming to grips with the kitchen".  At least - so it appeared- we were not the only ones waiting for food - I counted at least 5 tables with people waiting and waiting.

When the bread - urm - loaf finally  came, it turned out to be even more of a disappointment.  It had no repeat no garlic butter inside.  ok - so well thats a first having to butter up your own - at least you get to choose how much flavor you want.  Sadly the loaf itself was at best luke-warm (or a couple of degrees away as having come from a fridge)  so for the first slice the Garlic Butter kinda melted - the second helping, well it never did melt at all - we ate the raw garlic butter on top of the cold bread.   Ever ate raw garlic???  Very salty and sulfuric . . .
Being served on a wooden platter (where it was best NOT to look to closely
at the timber - you might find bits) urm did not help either!

So in terms of everything a big fat zero and the knowledge it will / must get and indeed can get better.

Presentation	0 out of 5
Quantity	0 out of 5
Taste:	0 out of 5
Quality	0 out of 5
Overall score:	0 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Joe's Garage, Wigram

 This in from our undercover reporter in the great metropolitan area of Christchurch:

$4 at Joe's Garage, Wigram. Nice flavour, no visible herbs. Cheesy bread, which is cheating really, but nice and crunchy. For the price, quite reasonable really. And I can't figure out how to blog from my phone, so don't ask. 16/20

Presentation	- out of 5
Quantity	- out of 5
Taste:	- out of 5
Quality	- out of 5
Overall score:	16 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from the Plough Hotel in Rangiroa

Plough Hotel
398 High St,
Rangiora 7400

Phone:03-313 7207

Website: www.theploughhotel.com (broken link??)

Email: theplough@xtra.co.nz

Facebook: www.facebook.com/PloughHotel/


We live in Christchurch so to eat out in Rangiora is a bit of a stretch. However on this occasion we had good reason to visit and enjoyed a good meal.
 

 Naturally we ordered the Garlic bread as starter. 

Firstly a 'starter' is just meant to be that - a starter.  As you can see there are nine slices of bread. By the time we munched through this lot we were almost full already.  A friend of mine once made a rather dry observation that the more filling the starters are the less quality/quantity of mains you can expect . . .     We hoped this did not come to fruition.

Secondly - I know it is more of a country pub then Hotel - so the rustic timber bread platter is understandable. Yet it is out of sync with the rest of the meal all coming on semi fancy plates.  Surely if you can afford to buy special plates - you can spring for oblong garlic bread platter's.  I worked in the industry - these timber plates are so hard to keep clean . . . . . .

Anyhow - to the garlic bread itself!
I suspect the garlic came (noticeable uniformly) pre-chopped from a bottle and is added into the creamed butter. On the upside - both sides were buttered and a liberal sprinkling of fresh herbs did help.  The crust was - well crusty and the bread itself semi soft if on the cool side.  It certainly did not come straight from the oven, and as you can see the arrangement did suffer in transport . . .

Overall - we rate this as pretty average . .

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	1 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	3 out of 5
Overall score:	10 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from the West Coast Bar and Grill

West Coast Bar and Grill
43 Main North Road,
Papanui 8053
Christchurch

Phone:03-354 1583

www.westcoastbarandgrill.com/


We had reason to come back again to the same place!!  And as per previous second visit - you would expect to be served the same this time round- yes?!?   We did get the same bread - yet again just with one major difference - the arrangement!!

Further - there were only three paying customers to be served for Dinner and the Garlic bread took its time coming to the table.
When it did arrive it was semi-lukewarm with blobs of butter still visible. Given the tiny patronage present at the restaurant, there is really no excuse for sending out a half baked lukewarm garlic bread.





Other then that - it was all exactly the same, so we rate this effort even less then the two previous efforts

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	1 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	1 out of 5
Overall score:	8 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from the West Coast Bar and Grill

West Coast Bar and Grill
43 Main North Road,
Papanui 8053
Christchurch

Phone:03-354 1583

www.westcoastbarandgrill.com/


So this was last weeks post entry -   see below -   and we had reason to come back the following weekend to the same place!!  You would expect to be served the same - yes?!?   We did get the same bread - just with one major difference - the arrangement!!
Now the only difference from last week was that the place was busier - which goes begging the question - does the chef have time for artistic flair - ONLY if the place is quiet??? Certainly felt like that.  Shame really

Other then that - it was all exactly the same, so we rate it the same - perhaps a half point off for lack of consistency?


Have fun


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From last week:  

 When visiting the Westcoast Bar and Grill you know the meals are not only tasty but also in a typical pub fashion, rather plentiful.  The Garlic bread was (as is the rest of the menu) rather colourful described and sold as:


Granity Garlic Bread    $9
This big loaf is perfect to share before your meal!

Having previously been to places that sold "loaves" we expected a rather large bread.  A big loaf it should proof to be. This image does not truly convey the size of it. The plate would have been slightly larger then your average dinner plate. 
The slices in itself were large and cut about just short of an inch thick.
There were three of us present and we struggled to eat it all.  It would have been easily enough for 5-6 people.  Bear in mind that the mains are just as large and you might wonder if you can eat it all.

The bread arrived in good time - sadly a bit just below lukewarm.  It must have sat on a counter for a couple of minutes, waiting to be delivered to our table.  The slice of bread itself was buttered on both sides and contained plenty of fresh garlic and herbs!  It was pleasing to see a porcelain plate, with the drawback being the paper napkin underneath - getting a bit soaked from the bread and the oily butter.  The presentation is simple enough and with the "loaf" being precut - all you had to do is grab a slice and eat - no getting fingers greasy with trying to break off or  cutting away a slice.

Despite the almost perfect presentation and good taste we rate this as average with room for improvement.

Presentation	3.5 out of 5
Quantity	1 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	2 out of 5
Overall score:	10.5 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from the West Coast Bar & Grill - in Christchurch

West Coast Bar & Grill
43 Main North Road,
Papanui 8053
Christchurch

Phone:03-354 1583

www.westcoastbarandgrill.com/




        When visiting the Westcoast Bar and Grill you know the meals are not only tasty but also in a typical pub fashion, rather plentiful.  The Garlic bread was (as is the rest of the menu) rather colourful described and sold as:


Granity Garlic Bread    $9
This big loaf is perfect to share before your meal!

Having previously been to places that sold "loaves" we expected a rather large bread.  A big loaf it should proof to be. This image does not truly convey the size of it. The plate would have been slightly larger then your average dinner plate.  The slices in itself were large and cut about just short of an inch thick.
There were three of us present and we struggled to eat it all.  It would have been easily enough for 5-6 people.  Bear in mind that the mains are just as large and you might wonder if you can eat it all.

The bread arrived in good time - sadly a bit just below lukewarm.  It must have sat on a counter for a couple of minutes, waiting to be delivered to our table.  The slice of bread itself was buttered on both sides and contained plenty of fresh garlic and herbs!  It was pleasing to see a porcelain plate, with the drawback being the paper napkin underneath - getting a bit soaked from the bread and the oily butter.  The presentation is simple enough and with the "loaf" being precut - all you had to do is grab a slice and eat - no getting fingers greasy with trying to break off or  cutting away a slice.

Despite the almost perfect presentation and good taste we rate this as average with room for improvement.

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	1 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	2 out of 5
Overall score:	11 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from McKenzies Bar and Grill -

Mackenzies Cafe Bar & Grill
State Highway 8
Lake Tekapo
Canterbury 7945
03-680 6886

mackenziescafe@ihug.co.nz

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mackenzies-Cafe-Bar-Grill/204789782870477

One of the fun things is going back to places you have been before and check out the garlic bread - then compare notes and see if there has been an improvement - or not - or worse.  We did visit this place before:  garlic-bread-from-mackenzies-bar-and.html

Comparing the pictures - not much has changed.  It is still the same 3 slice bread and they went from round plates to square plates (which oddly enough gave more of a 'more plate then food' impression).  Looks like it had more cheese this time round - and the garlic flavour was definitely missing - or overshadowed by the taste of the cheese perhaps?? It did have the sprinkling of herbs again and the same artistic arrangement.  I am pretty sure this is the first time that a garlic bread has been delivered to the table on a porcelain platter and with out a napkin underneath - a big plus. By the time it arrived it was semi lukewarm although cooked just-about right - slightly crunchy on the outside - yet soft on the middle.
Sadly - we did the same thing from last time - the you know ---- "With three slices and two people present we soon found ourselves outdoing ourselves by being polite -  quote "you eat it - honestly - I had enough"."

So top marks for presentation and quality . . . . .
pity - one more slice and less cheese and this could have rated very highly indeed

Presentation	5 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	2 out of 5
Quality	4 out of 5
Overall score:	13 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from the Raspberry Cafe

The Raspberry Cafe
40 Rhodes Rd
Selwyn 7672
Tai Tapu
Christchurch


Tel: 3296 979
Fax: 3296 687
email: theraspberrycafe@xtra.co.nz
Web: www.raspberrycafe.co.nz/

Garlic Bread
$8.00
Individual 200gm sourdough baguette, warmed and smothered with garlic and parsley butter.

As above - this straight of their menu.
I have to say the size was just right and the bread was still steaming (it was a cold day so the steam could be seen rising)  by the time it arrived at our table.  It certainly was more then just warm.  The bread itself was crusty on the outside and 'al dente' on the inside.
The butter was spread right to the bottom of the cuts - a bonus.  Even better was that the garlic butter appeared to be home made - with sizeable junks of garlic clearly visible. The herbs rounded this bread nicely of.  In terms of size this photo is not showing the true size. Its height was barely past 2.5 cm and in length - well - you see the knife next to it?!

This garlic bread would have been near perfection (in fact I would rate the bread itself perfect) if but for the presentation.  Again - for a place where the rest of the meals come on big plates and where the arrangement of food is almost a priority over quality, a wooden platter is a bit of a let down. At least the napkin was around the knife and not under the baguette itself.
I scratched the white bits with my fingernail thinking it might be just liberally sprinkled flour dust ( a design thing) - but it was deeply ingrained into the timber itself and was very hard to shift.  It would be pure speculation if this was white mould or something else.  Pity. 

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	5 out of 5
Taste:	5 out of 5
Quality	5 out of 5
Overall score:	17 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from the Theater Royal in Kumara

Theater Royal Kumara

81 Seddon St
Hokitika,

New Zealand

Ph: 03-736 9277

Website:   www.theatreroyalhotel.co.nz/

Kumara on the Westcoast - a sleepy place with a glorious past.  Now probably best known as the starting point (Kumara Beach)  of the annual Coast to Coast race.  We stopped for dinner and sadly no entrée ala garlic bread - but then spotted it as being available as a side dish - duly ordered and it came indeed as a side dish to the mains.  Nice ciabatta style bread, plenty of flavour and colour (herbs). crispy on the outside and fresh soft moist on the inside. The "arrangement" must have suffered in transit from kitchen to table. Pity the paper napkin placed under the garlic bread.  This would have been superb as a entrée - as a side dish it was just to much for one person and it was duly shared with the others in our party.

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	4.5 out of 5
Quality	5 out of 5
Overall score:	17.5 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread at Passello Bar Sydney

Passello Bar
2-10 Darling Drive,
Level 1, Harbourside Shopping Centre,
Sydney T-Bar,
Sydney
NSW 2000,
Australia


Phone:    +61 2 9281 3699
Website:   www.passello.com.au/
Email:   info@passello.com.au

A the place where there is Pizza / pasta / wine and a million Dollar view!! (from their website!)  What could go wrong???

Compare the picture from their website to the one I took when we visited this place:


 From the Website















What we got














So this is a first in Australia - a wicker basket with paper napkins.  Hmmm
For a place that is in such a prime location and prides it self in their food - this was a let down for a start.
Then the bread came - shall we say well done in parts?!  The portions were large-ish and the cut bread deep in parts - by the time we munched through this we were almost finished with our appetite. Its one redeeming feature was the fresh cut garlic you could see on top of the garlic bread.  None of this pre-sprayed / oiled stuff you sometimes get.  sighs

Presentation	1 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	3 out of 5
Quality	2 out of 5
Overall score:	8  (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from West Tamworth League Club

West Tamworth League Club Ltd
Phillip Street (PO Box 3040)
West Tamworth NSW 2340

Ph: 02 6765 7588
Fax: 02 6765 1508
Website:   http://www.wtlc.com.au/
Email: info@tamworthwests.com.au




















It was sold as pizzabread - so expected a flat round thing (and as they are often are dripping with oil).
So to our surprise we got real bread with a nice arrangement. Small baguette cut in half and topped off in three styles.  The long bread on a long platter criss-crossing looked attractive enough.  The napkins underneath did detract from the ensemble.  There were 4 of us present so it was just the right amount but if this is served for two - it would have been too much.
The bit I ate had plain garlic - no cheese / bacon and as such had nice flavour - even with the herbs missing.  This is a difficult one to rate as our Australian hosts had different ideas on what makes a good garlic bread - but eventually we settled on a agreeable 17 out of 20
 

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	5 out of 5
Quality	4 out of 5
Overall score:	17 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread at the Emerald Beach Pizza and Pasta Restaurant

Emerald Beach Pizza and Pasta Restaurant

Shop 3, 101 Fiddaman Rd,
Emerald Beach
NSW, 2456


Phone:  6656 1666

Website:  www.emeraldbeachpizzapasta.com.au/



The garlic bread did arrive in good time and was still warm.  A small half loaf/baguette I guess but rest assured it was a far cry from this image taken from their website.
The taste was there - the herbs not and the presentation was just basic - on a plate of sorts.  It was very crusty indicating a slight overcooked bread
There was more then enough for two of us.

We rate this as middle of the road!

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	3 out of 5
Taste:	3 out of 5
Quality	3 out of 5
Overall score:	11 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Newmarket Hotel / Australia - Brisbane

Newmarket Hotel

Cnr Enoggera Road & Newmarket Rd

Newmarket QLD 4051

Australia

 

Telephone   +61 7 3853 2000

 Website:   www.thenewmarkethotel.com.au

Email:   newmarket.hotel@alhgroup.com.au 

 

 

 

We had a holiday in Australia and decided to sample and compare the garlic breads from our "Western Island" with the New Zealand versions. 

It is not often that I am impressed with garlic bread - but this one is right up there.

It arrived in a good timely manner, was still warm, crusty on the outside and soft on the inside, and also nicely arranged. Notice the platter and no napkin - a big plus.  The waitress even managed to keep the arrangement in place while carrying it from kitchen to our table.  The bread had fresh garlic and plenty of flavour along with the smattering of herbs. We rate it overall very highly, and you could say almost perfect, almost

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	5 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	5 out of 5
Overall score:	18 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Venuti Restaurant

Venuti
791 Colombo St.
Christchurch
NZ

Tel:  377 2454

www:  venuti.co.nz

email: venuti@xtra.co.nz


This place has a mixed review.  It is currently located in the middle of the town - among the rubble and rebuild.  Still - it is meant to be a family business and the owner / operator from Italy so we were looking forward to some "authentic" cuisine.  The wine list is certainly impressive if expansive.  I knew from the menu description that this would be a "pizza-bread" so not overly surprised by the shape.  For all that - it did proof to be a bit of a nice surprise.  The bread itself ( a long time coming with guests who arrived and seated  after us being served first?!)  was still nice and warm and the middle really soft and a hint of crust outside.  It truly was baked to perfection. A nice decent sprinkle of fresh herbs and a discernible flavor of garlic - without that oily feeling you so often get when having flat pizza-bread based garlic bread. The wicker-basket was an improvement from the usual wooden platter and I can honestly say the paper napkin showed no hints of oil being absorbed. However - yet again - with the rest of the menu being served on over-sized plates and with a decent hint of style and substance, so it was disappointing to see this bread - oops pizza-bread served within the basket.  There is room for improvement in terms of  presentation.
Being pizza bread and moderately thick and fresh - it was more than enough for two people. 

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	4.5 out of 5
Overall score:	12.5 (out of poss 20)