We went to Salisbury for the weekend and had lots and lots of really lovely food.
We called at The Air Balloon near Gloucester for lunch on our way down. We knew that we would be eating at The Swan in the evening so decided not to have substantial lunches. I was tempted by the ploughmans' platter (cheddar, ham, bread, pickles, apple) - but then I noticed the deli platter which had shropshire blue, chicken breast, ham, bread, pickles, salad, and which was 50p cheaper. I had that instead. And very delicious it was too.
It was lovely to be back at The Swan in Stoford. We haven't been for ages (Dorset and Edinburgh intervened!). They've got a new chef in the kitchen. And he delivered the most scrumptious lobster linguine in a creamy bisque sauce. I really, really shouldn't have had the bread and the chips before hand!! It really was delicious. The new chef also doesn't appear to have the previous chef's devotion to highly salted food. I didn't come away with a raging thirst and indigestion. Although - I suppose the lack of raging thirst meant that we didn't require a second bottle of wine (which might also account for the lack of indigestion), so I suppose the salty chef might have had method in his seasoning habits!!
No need to discuss breakfast. Breakfast at The Swan is always a treat. Although they have additional things on their breakfast menu which looked quite tempting.
We had lunch with The Builder's mum at the Spread Eagle in Stourton, just outside the Stourhead gardens. He and she had roast beef - and declared it to be more than satisfactory. I didn't. I was rather surprised to find a roast scallop salad on the menu - and had that. The scallops were lovely. (The salad was fine too, but the scallops really were lovely, and there were lots of them.) The only downside to sitting outside in the cobbled courtyard and eating our lunch in the sunshine was the wasps. There were hundreds of them and the wasp traps weren't working all that well. Should have taken the Aeroguard!!
No comments:
Post a Comment