I had been here for coffee and drinks in the past, but it was only yesterday I tried their food for the first time. \n\nOur preferred seating is at the corner close to the traffic lights, where there are small tables (French bistro style) with some stylish chairs (if you're lucky enough, you might get advantage of the arm chair!!). That sitting area is a bit higher than the rest of the pub, nice thought! \n\nMy drink of choice was a dark ale, but my goldfish memory is missing its name, look for a dark one (not the Caledonian 80) and try it!! Rich and only slightly bitter, and bit creamy. \n\nThe waitresses were as if they were competing with each other: first one brought the menus and took the drinks' order, while the other one brought over cutlery and took the food order and the other one was caught by surprise!! (a pleasant surprise that is!) Totally worth of a good tip!! \n\n(all the dishes we ordered had their pics taken and posted already so no pics here) \n\nMy friend ordered the vegetarian (non-meat) balls with pasta and sauce, where although the vegetarian balls were tasty but nothing special and the tomato sauce felt a bit plain. \n\nMe, on the other hand, was treated to the pork cheek with apple mash, broccoli and gravy!! Oh my, that was so mouth watering!!! The pork was super soft and well cooked, it made great combination with the gravy and the mash. I was hoping more apple-flavour in the mash, but it felt more like potato-mash. \n\nAfter we both stuffed our faces (I had a bit of the mash left on my mustache), it was dessert time!!! My eyes landed immediately on one of the reasons I'm a big fun of UK: STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING!!!! I had to try it!! It wasn't served with custard cream, but it plays well with ice cream too. My friend ordered the melted chocolate brownie. \n\nBoth of our desserts came into big plates, and I'm kidding you not, there was a few seconds of silence... It felt as we were both very protective of the one we chose and didn't want to let the other one even try it, but ... good manners won!! Let's start with the brownie: I would rate the brownie itself 7 out of 10, and the melted chocolate, oh my, that was heaven!!! 9 out of 10!!! I almost felt jealous of my friend!! \n\nBut I had my sticky toffee pudding in front of me!! And all that melted toffee! And it was shaped like a Burger!!! Two pieces with the ice cream sitting on the bottom part instead of the beef! :-) That was a first!! I admit this was one of the best puddings I've tried in my 8+ years of life in the UK!! If only it was served with custard cream!! \n\nThe interior of the pub as a whole gives a nice feeling, pictures on the walls, massive big windows, high ceiling. I was a bit surprised when I noticed they have plastic sinks at the mens' washroom. \n\nI will definitely try more of their dishes in the future!!
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