It seems that every time we make a day trip somewhere, it always ends up with a big meal of some sort.
Our curiosity in a
car auction brought us close enough to Troon to visit one of the most talked about restaurants in the area.
MacCallum's of Troon !!!
This former engine house is now a restaurant beaming with pride as one of the most iconic part of the habour. Sitted right next to the Troon Fish Market, the restaurant is likely to benefit from the tonnes of fishes that pass through this
historic habour
I especially love the high ceilings and aged walls adorned with pictures of sailboats. There is no mistake that one is in a seafood restaurant after looking at these pictures.
Some complimentary bread to get our appetite going !!!
I started off with a large plate of grilled langoustines. The portion looked large but there were only 5 langoustines. As long as the taste was good I wouldn't have minded BUT... my suspicion got the better of me when I realised that they might not even be fresh. The texture of the meat was powdery and they came out of the shell in bits rather than whole. Sorely disappointed that I had spent 17 quid on this. Its only consolation was the garlic herb sauce.
The cullen skink was a much nicer starter. Well balanced smokiness and fishnesses with large chunky fish meat.
C insisted on having some oysters since we were in an oyster bar. No one's going to stop her.
I don't eat oysters btw.
The mains were the star of this luncheon. I had a sea bream pan fried with some herbs and lemon. Absolutely smacking delicious. My mum's probably thinking in her head right now what's so special about the fish. Afterall, she's been pan frying fish in the household for umpteen years. haha.
I have to emphasise though that the Scottish style of eating pan fried fish lends its taste from the use of olive oil, fresh herbs and lemon juice. That I am pretty sure is different from the CHinese way of pan frying the fish in purely ground nut oil or sunflower oil.
C went with the lemon sole which was once again delivered with perfection.
Aa went for the big kill and settled for a 1kg lobster. It was huge !!!
This giant prawn fared much better than the tweenie langoustines.
I firmly believe that the hallmark of a
good seafood restaurant prides itself on sourcing the freshest seafood. For me, Maccullum's almost hit the mark if not for its langoustines.
If you like fish, this place should not disappoint you.
MacCallum’s of Troon Oyster Bar
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Harbourside
Troon,
Ayrshire
KA10 6DH
