This place is called "American" to the locals. It's very much a grill food of all kinda of food. SpiceBrush is a beautiful restaurant located off the side of Apeldoorn's City Hall Building. I was told the restaurant had changed their concept from before. The interior of the restaurant is decorated quite nicely. When we came in, we were immediately welcome by a friendly staff member and seated.
The menu is set up quite interestingly, every single item on the is labeled "Tasting of" such as Beef, Deer, or etc. Luckily there's also an English version of the menu which I gladly was able to get. A friend and I both went for the Shellfish Tasting. For the appetizers, they given us a lobster savory soup. The soup was quite nice, but I thought it was a bit too over seasoned. The main dish had a tasting of Lobster, Prawns, and Scallops. The presentation of the dish wasn't much at all. The plate is divided into three each for the individual shellfish presented and also a optional wine pairing which I opt-in for. I was really hoping that I didn't need to work on my food while socializing. But turns out that the lobster required the most work. We took some of our digging through the lobster. It is however really nice, it's a flavored quite gently and sided with a risotto. The scallops were nicely cooked sided with a cranberry sauce. The prawns on the plates were good but not memorable. Depending on whatever you order, you would get a tasting of three on a dish. This also includes the desert dishes which I would discuss later.
Desert is quite good. I got the carmel tasting while my friend had the chocolate tasting. Presentation is actually very nice on this both of our dishes. The dishes came in very large plates and also divided into three different deserts. My carmel tasting came was very strong and sweet, I favored the ice cream the most on the dish. While my friend's Chocolate tasting dish is probably the best, a delicious fresh brownie nice crunchy on the outside and soft and rich on the inside. The ice cream was also good with a coconut component to it.
The whole night is quite fun with clumsiness, with dropped food and even getting stuff into the water (our own fault). But I did enjoy my time regardless, because of that I was bordering my overall thoughts were the food was 3 stars, and the desert needs 4 stars. And just the fun of being there I think deserves another half star so I'm settling SpiceBrush with the 4 stars.
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+ Pro: Friendly service, and interesting concept.
- Con: May be a challenge getting attention from staff depending on where you are sitting.
( ^_^) Overall: A very nice restaurant to enjoy some grilled foods.
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