I think most of the pubs near me serve microwave meals!......

 

We have a good number of pubs that all do great food within a couple of miles of us

But there also the odd one or two that are so crap that one wonders how they stay in business

 

Most pubs down here serve great food. My local only serves locally sourced produce and the food is all made on the premises.

 

There's a reason it's so cheap to live in Nelson.

 

I had some pub food in Liverpool yesterday - was ok.

 

Not all pub food is shat...

Hand & Flowers, Marlow

The Hand and Flowers was opened in March 2005 by Tom and Beth Kerridge.

In less than a year they gained themselves one Michelin Star, 6/10 and Buckinghamshire Newcomer of the Year in The Good Food Guide, 3 AA Rosettes and one Egon Ronay Star.

In 2012, Michelin Guide for UK and Ireland, the Hand and Flowers is the first pub to have been awarded 2 Michelin Stars.

Tom was previously head chef at Adlards in Norwich (one Michelin star), and senior sous chef at Monsieur Max in Hampton (which also had one Michelin star).

Before then, Tom cooked at London restaurants including Odettes, Rhodes in the Square, Stephen Bull and The Capital.

The Hand &Flowers
SUNDAY LUNCH
STARTERS
Demi “En Croute” of Whole Baby Truffle with Foie Gras and Port.
Blowtorched Scottish Scallop with Beef and Mead Bouillon,
Summer Truffle, Nasturtium and Apple.
Crispy Pig’s Head with Rhubarb, Pancetta and Greek Cress.
Potato “Risotto” with Baked Potato Stock, Buttered Girolles and Samphire.
Pork and Mushroom Terrine with Dill, Pickles and Toasted Sourdough.
Lovage Soup with Bramley Apple, Smoked Eel, and Blue Cheese Tortellini.
Parfait of Duck and Foie Gras with Orange Chutney and Toasted Brioche.
Glazed Omelette of Smoked Haddock and Parmesan.
Salt Cod Scotch Egg with Red Pepper Sauce and Chorizo.
MAINS
Treacle Cured Chateaubriand of Lancashire Beef
with Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes and Red Wine Sauce.
Corn Fed Baby Chicken with Hops, Ale and Hay,
Thyme Roast Celeriac and Summer Truffle.
South Coast Sea Bass with Cep, Oxtail and Baby Gem “Tarte Fine”.
Tenderloin of Wiltshire Pork with Pickled Mustard Leaf,
Malt Glazed Cheek, Garlic Sausage and Potato Dauphine.
Essex Lamb “Bun” with Sweetbreads and Salsa Verde.
Spiced Tranche of Cornish Monkfish with Roasted Cauliflower,
Peanut Crumble and Verjus.
Slow Cooked Duck Breast with Peas, Duck Fat Chips and Gravy.
“Great British Menu 2010”
The Hand & Flowers Fish & Chips with Tartare Sauce.
Please be aware that some of the meats and fish are served medium rare. Some dishes may contain nuts
SIDES

Hand & Flowers Fat Chips
Bucksum Leaves with English Dressing
Broccoli with Hollandaise Sauce and Toasted Hazelnuts
Bucksum Bobby Beans with Aioli
Pomme Boulangère
Hispi Cabbage
DESSERTS

Selection of Cheese Served with Grape Chutney.
Tonka Bean Panna Cotta with Strawberries, Strawberry Jelly and Liquorice Meringues.
Glazed Apple Tart with Burnt Milk Ice Cream.
Sweet Malt Gateau with Malted Milk Ice Cream,
Yeast Tuile and Crème Fraîche.
Vanilla Crème Brulée.
Hand & Flowers Chocolate and Ale Cake with Salted Caramel and Muscovado Ice Cream.
Raspberry and Rosewater Soufflé with Caramelised
White Chocolate Ice Cream and Basil Sauce.

 

Speak for yourselves guys, I run a pub grub pub as you put it.

I am some what of a food snob and I eat my own food it's good, it's all about how it is prepared, cooked and served.
I do my food on a 2 for 1 basis that means 2 mixed grills for £14.95

This whole micro food thing is a misconception.

Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Anthony worrel Thompson, James Martin to name but a few pre produce food to be brought back to temperature in a convection oven which are 2-3000 watts as opposed to a microwave at 800 watts.

But what do I know I pour beer for a living lol

 

Yes your spot on. You go in to any restaurant and order say a lamb shank and its on your plate within 20 minutes. Takes far longer than that to cook, so its pretty obvious that they need to pre cook items like this and then wazz them up to order.

 

I'm heading there for my birthday next year, got a room booked as well so I can completely fill my boots!

Cannot wait!

 

It's very nice and good beer. Enjoy

 

Try the Pendle Inn at Barley. About a 15 min drive from Nelson and another world.

If you want serious food then try the food at Northcote (you will need to book 2-3 weeks in advance and dress in formal wear).

 

Wrong Nelson, I'm afraid.

The OP is talking about the one in S Wales.

 

Did you send it back?

Les

 

That sounds like the biggest load of ponciest bull$hit I have ever seen lol! You forgot to add that a trip to Maccy's D's afterwards is required as you'll still be starving hungry

If you want decent food that isn't made by some poncy chef (like the crap you see on 'great British menu'), pop across the Atlantic. There's a couple of places called 'America' and 'Canada that are pretty good. Alternatively, if travelling isn't an option, pop to your local takeaway where you'll pay a fraction of the price, enjoy the meal far more, the meal will actually fill you up and you won't have to dress up like a dogs dinner. Then again, you can't go telling people you went to a 2 Michelin starred restaurant.......not that I'm saying that's the reason you go obviously ;-)

Edit: I have just seen the reference in the menu to 'the great British menu' LOL!! Swear down I hadn't seen that before I wrote my post!!

 

And I bet it is nowhere near as big a sh1thole as the one in Lancs

 

There are many pubs that do brilliant food within a few miles of Barley (or Nelson in Lancashire). I never fancied Northcote and their ilk - keep it simple, decent, cheap and friendly is the way to go.

mb
p.s. Might try the Pendle Inn at the weekend?

 

I'm not surprised you are Large eating that much food!

 

Northcote is worth trying, even if its just the Sunday lunch - but it does book up way in advance and as you say its not cheap. But the standard of food is just next level - if you are a foodie then its well worth going for the tasting menu and there is a lot of local produce on the menu.

 

OH.

 

I'm not sure you'd win that bet...

 

Classic bit of inverted snobbery there - you are more than full when you leave there and of good food rather than a piece of wet cardboard in a sweaty bun. America, Canada, and Maccy D's being held up as paragons of good food - well...says it all really.

I like simple food as much as the next man, but it doesn't mean that I am blind to food done brilliantly either

 

Any thoughts on the Freemasons at Wiswell - i haven't been there in 30-odd years, so it has definitely changed (apart from the abysmal parking ).

Cheers,

mb

 

I used to cook in a pub and served quite a few famous people; all seemed happy ;-)

 

My mate is a Michelin starred chief who has run restaurants in France and now works in a local pub. I had a dinner party and he offered to cook. Well, all I can say is that it was fooking great. Whilst he's more than capable of the 'poncy' ****e, his pub grub is just that; great pub grub and is second to none at very affordable prices.

 

Really??? It must be like Afghanistan on a bad day then

 

We have Glas Fryn in our nearby town. Good garden for Summer outside etc. It does good food, and plays no music. Attracts artists, thinkers, expressives and executive class, and less or no chavs. Art of conversation is encouraged, so you hear ample chatter-chatter in the place while you eat. Good food for reasonable money, I say. Small portions for some, they say.

http://www.brunningandprice.co.uk/glasfryn/

 

Mattee,

Did you achieve your 3rd Michelin star or were you content with just the two?

 

Haha I was there last month as we had book one of the suites and a table for the evening, the food was out of this world as you would expect for 2 Michelin stars and the suite was really nice and had its own private hottube

Would happily go there again!

 

Well, put it this way- it used to be twinned with Kabul... until Kabul complained

 

Fairly basic stuff really but I still enjoy cooking.