Just seen this on a sample menu for a hotel we are visiting soon

Also called Beurre Noisette it is butter heated (gently) up to v hot to the point where it starts to go brown, foam and separate. I sometimes add a drop (literally) of lemon juice. You have to keep an eye on it and use immediately. Delish.

I thought skate wings were difficult to buy these days, being one of the many endangered species.

Skate wings with black butter are delicious ?

Nonsense isn't it.

There used to be a dish called skate wings with black butter - never fancied it.
www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/recipe_directory/s/skate_with_black_butter_and_capers.html

Funny you should say that as I was thinking along similar lines only last week.

Note to all restaurants, just describe the food in plain English, forget the flowery superlatives.

And also, to tell me that I'm eating black faced heather fed lamb is just too much information. I don't want to think about my dinner having a face!

Is it "burnt butter" or "burnt butter hazelnuts" which could be a posh name for toasted hazelnuts? 'A toasted hazelnut by any other name would taste as sweet.' Or not..... I hate pretentious food too.

Some butter that the chef has taken a blowtorch to?
Am a bit tired of all this pretentious stuff on menus, don't know about anyone else.