A few weeks back I went with some friends to Cottons. I’d never really had Caribbean food before so was quite excited to try something new - although not as excited as I was when we arrived and I found myself standing opposite a bar with the largest selection of rums imaginable!
Cottons is quite an intimate restaurant with a friendly vibe and the barman was happy to tell us about the rums and let us smell some of them to understand a little more about the various brands. Cocktails will set you back about £7 each. I think I had a raspberry daiquiri and a classic mojito but on reflection, could have been more daring.
The food was reasonably priced but not cheap with a starter setting you back around £5 and a main between £13-16.
I ordered the seasoned chump of lamb (roasted with Caribbean spices and served with a sweet potato & vanilla mash, saute spinach and a plum & red wine sauce). My main was £13.95, cooked beautifully and presented with love. The flavours were more delicate than I expected - I really enjoyed the sweetness of the dish and the fact that the lamb was still nicely pink and tender.
I would skip desserts as two of the four of us had them and weren’t that impressed, they were like something you’d find in the back of your kitchen cupboard and heat in the microwave. Perhaps Caribbean restaurants don’t have so much of a focus on desserts as seems to be the case with some other cuisines: India, Chinese & Thai.
