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Footfall is limited on that stretch - good for them for doing what they can to stand out.
For anyone that's yet to try it, the Scandi-influenced food is really good - good quality ingredients, cooked fresh. A definite cut above their nearby competitors. Great roasts too.
There's a pop-up from Holy Schnit this Saturday (a side project from their chefs, I believe, that's in residence at their sister pub The Rose & Crown). Menu here:
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personally i can't imagine any such thing could exist.
So far, for me the best roast is the one from the W.B Yeats which is amazing.
Price - Often ignored in the grand scheme of what is a good roast meal. It might be remarkable, but if you're taking piss then every mouthful tastes bitter. The Old Dairy currently does Roast Beef at £17. Outrageous
Number of roast potatoes - Less than 3 decent sized, and its a refund or Michael Douglas in Falling Down moment
Boiled Vegetable options - Need at least 2-3 in addition to potatoes. Would be looking for something orange, something green
Sundries - Chipolata, stuffing, Crackling, Yorkshire pudding, roast parsnips. Just because a Yorkshire pudding takes up half the plate, doesn't mean that you scrimp on the rest.
Gravy quality and quantity - This can make or break your roast meal if the balance isn't right. Not a lot of very nice gravy doesn't work, thin and swimming doesn't either.
Meat - Where the cost is, but for me, as long as we're talking 2-3 sized decent lean cuts i'm not too fussy.
For example. A Toby carvery delivers nicely on the volume and price argument, less so on the quality. This would deliver a 3.7 out of 5.
Also, bread sauce, regardless of the meat. And English mustard or horseradish.
I have a terrible weakness for a carvery when you can make all this happen yourself, but then I'm from the Midlands where such establishments are everywhere and held in high esteem.
The added croquette that one gets from the Brave, though, raises the whole thing to a high art.
I have a similar passion for Brussels sprouts - they have to be very overcooked to render them inedible for me (although my preference would be under, obvs.
I had a Reyki burger, my wife had a chicken schnitzel (aka I had a whole burger and half a schnitzel) and both were very tasty.
My initial glances at the menu before I ate there had me thinking, interesting but maybe not for me, but was really good. Keen to go back and try more.