We had dinner at one3one in Paeroa.
131 refers to it’s street number
It was on the site of a pub called “The Fathers Tavern” and let me tell you that used to be an experience. The last time we went their with some friends we walked in, and in the wild west cowboy style the bar went quiet as strangers walked in, true story, we ordered a couple ‘jugs’ of beer, brought the barman a drink and everything became sweet-as. True Story.
Wind the dial on a few years, there is now a Maccas in town, but there isn’t a roundabout and nor is there traffic lights. Something shouldn’t change.
One3One. A modern establishment. Central island bar set up, to the left high tables, the right 4 top tables, a couple of booths. Wallpaper like wooden fence paling, menu’s kept in beer crates.
Let down by the industrial quality carpet on the floor to be honest when wood or polished concrete might have been better.
In a major change the one beer garden has been sacrificed for more floor area, and the smokers and other outside dwellers get a concrete corridor. I don’t smoke so no loss to me.
Two people chose the CHICKEN BREAST
Oven roasted chicken breast stuffed with basil & wrapped in streaky bacon, served with herb roasted potatoes and topped with a tomato & herb sauce
I had LAMB SHANKS
Slow cooked tender lamb shank on creamy mashed potatoes with a rich gravy & kumara wafers
And one of us had LAMB AND FETA SALAD
Sliced marinated lamb rump with feta, cherry tomatoes, caramelised pumpkin & salad greens, dressed with minted yoghurt
Lets cut to the chase and critique this.
The biggest biggest problem by far was that the main meals had no seasonable vegetables on the plate. OK if you colour me me stupid that the menu description din’t call this out, but you know that the whole experience would have been magnified to great if the plate had a carrot or a floret of broccoli on it.
Sides are called out on the menu, but these weren’t offered up by the wait staff.
Specifically calling out the lamb shanks that I had, these weren’t browed before cooking. One of them stringy and tough, the other soft and fell off the bone. The gravy was watery and insipid.
Calling out the lamb salad as looking awesome!
One3One has a couple of things going for it, and in no particle order:
They could improve things here and there of course, to suit me, but this sets a new standard in Paeora and the others need to take note.
Abbey Dubbel
Abbey Tripel
Abt/Quadrupel
Altbier
Amber Ale
Amber Lager/Vienna
American Dark Lager
American Pale Ale
American Strong Ale
Baltic Porter
Barley Wine
Belgian Ale
Belgian Strong Ale
Belgian Style Wit
Belgian White Witbier
Bière de Champagne / Bière Brut
Bière de Garde
Bitter
Black IPA
Bohemian Pilsener
Brown Ale
California Common
Cider
Cream Ale
Czech Pilsner
Doppelbock
Dortmunder/Helles
Dunkel / Munich Lager
Dry Stout
Dunkler Bock
English Pale Ale
English Strong Ale
Flanders Red Ale
Foreign Stout
Fruit Beer
German Hefeweizen
German Kristalweizen
Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Grodziskie Lichtenhainer
Heller Bock
Imperial Stout
Imperial/Double IPA
Imperial/Strong Porter
IPA – India Pale Ale
Irish Ale
Kolsch
Lambic
Low Alcohol
Mead
NZ Pale Ale
Old Ale
Pale Ale
Pale Lager
Pilsener
Porter
Premium Bitter/ESB
Premium Lager
Red Ale
Russian Imperial Stout
Sahti
Saison
Schwarzbier
Scotch Ale
Session IPA
Smoked ale
Sour Red/Brown
Sour/Wild Ale
Specialty Grain
Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Stout
Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Sweet Stout
Traditional Ale
Weizen Bock
Wheat Ale
Wit Beer
Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
American Beer
Australian Beer
Austrian Beer
Belgium Beer
Canadian Beer
Chinese Beer
Danish Beer
Dutch Beer
English Beer
French Beer
German Beer
Icelandic Beer
Irish Beer
Italian Beer
Japanese Beer
New Zealand Beer
Norwegian Beer
Peruvian Beer
Polish Beer
Russian Beer
Samoan Beer
Scottish Beer
Singaporean Beer
Spanish Beer
Swedish Beer
Tahiti Beer
Ukraine Beer
Wales Beer