Life on the Road III

Photo © A Garland

The joy of lunch near the water.

A Sunday lunch at that.

Here: https://thelarderhouse.com

This is my second visit & my friend called ahead & requested the same table we ate at before.

The food, the service, the setting - second to none.

It felt like time had stood still from the two years since our last visit. Our server (& we think one of the owners) was the same jolly, extremely helpful & friendly woman we'd encountered before. How's this for honesty .. I was treating us to a bottle of bubbles & asked her, of the three bottles of Cava on the drinks menu, which would she recommend.

"The cheapest, it's the house bottle & my favourite. Having said that, my husband doesn't like it. I'll bring you a bottle, try it & if you don't enjoy it, no problem, I’ll get you something else.”

We tried, we liked, we had it.

Your Sunday menu looks like this ..

Photo © A Garland

Photo © A Garland

Photo © A Garland

Photo © A Garland

Photo © A Garland

Roasts

Marinated Pork Collar

Marinated Breast of Somerset Saxon Chicken

Lentil and Vegetable Wellington 

All served with Sopley Farm Roast seasonal Vegetables, Potatoes  & Gravy

Extras

Asparagus in Blankets

Cauliflower Cheese 

Yorkshire Pudding 

I vowed not to have bread pre-roast. Then another server arrived offering what he called 'Good Bread' .. 

"It's a mix of focaccia & ciabatta with some spices .."

It was warm.

There was beef dripping on the side as your butter.

Vow? What vow?

Only a small piece. Or two. We took the rest home with us.

Everything, I mean everything from the welcome to the drinks, the roast to the farewell was perfect here.   

We got the bus back to Poole & secured seats on the top deck, at the front. 

The sun was still shining.

We all had mini-naps on the journey home.

We'd deserved them.

AMM