"Sunday lunch with my daughter. We arrived early but were able to sit at our table straight away, nIce pub with friendly staff. We ordered roast beef and the porcini roast pork washed down with a glass of Pinot Grigio and a...**** Mary Food arrived suprisingly (maybe suspicously) quickly and it looked impressive on a large palte with the biggest yourshire pudding ever, could this finally be the best roast lunch I have ever had out? The proof would be in the eating. The yorkshire pudd was good, couldn't fault it, it was large, crispy with enough lightness without being a puff of nothing. I ahd large generous cuts of beef but it was shrouded in fat which I had to ask if I could have a small plate to cut off and put aside. The beef tasted average and one slice was chewy and had to be put aside. Not a great start. The veg was shredded cabbage, very nice, rather lumpy swede; I'm not sure if was being served diced or mashed; and a large sliced carrot which promised to be good but was in it's attempt to be crunchy but was just hard and undercooked. Finally the deal braeker...the roast potatos, just rather on the large size and dissapointing. Tasted old and very pre-cooked. I have yet to sample a good roastie in any of my eat out roast lunches; Chefs and cooks should take note that you need a floury potatoe and not too big and need roasting at high temperature after par boiling and fluffing on the pan. Anyway, it was average and the oub surrounding was nice and the drinks reasonably priced."
