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The Sands of Stein
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e were beginning to feel a bit left out.
For a county with such great fish
splashing around just off its coast, the lack of a
Rick Stein restaurant was hard for food lovers to
take, particularly when Devon, Hampshire and, of
course, Cornwall had the presence of the man who’s
probably done the most to promote great seafood
in the UK over the last 40 years. Thankfully the
rumours were true; Rick Stein is opening a new
restaurant in Sandbanks in the late Autumn.
It’ll be called – what else – Rick Stein, seat around
200 and take over the old Café Shore site at 10-14
Banks Road. Expect to choose between classic
seafood dishes such as Dover sole meunière, turbot
hollandaise and fruits de mer as well as from a more
casual lunchtime menu with dishes like moules frites
and crab salad.
Rick’s seafood odyssey
finally takes him to
Dorset in a career
spanning over 40 years.
On signing the lease with ex-wife and business
partner, Jill, Rick said: “Sandbanks is the perfect
place for a good fish restaurant. I’ve had my eye on it
ever since I passed through about 15 years ago when
I travelled the coast of Britain to make the Seafood
Lovers’ Guide. This is somewhere to drop in for local
lemon sole, oysters or crab, I thought – and now my
dream has come true.
“It’ll be a place for some informal, inexpensive
seafood, maybe coming off Sandbanks beach, or for
spending some time on the Poole harbourside of
the restaurant eating lobster or Dover sole, drinking
lovely chilled white Burgundy and thinking how
relaxing a view over the water can be. I’m very
excited about this.” With 2015 being the anniversary
of the iconic The Seafood Restaurant in Padstow,
it’s great that Rick is finally coming to Dorset. Keep
up with the latest developments from Sandbanks at
www.rickstein.com or by following the restaurant on
Twitter @SteinSandbanks.
www.menu-dorset.co.uk
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Rick’s famed for celebrating local fish
and shellfish while keeping it simple.