Hand & Racquet

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Greene King Local Pubs | Hand & Racquet pub in Wimbledon

http://www.handandracquet-wimbledon.co.uk

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Restaurant review: The Bird in Hand at Knowl Hill | Local restaurant ...

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Taken for granted by many, but capable of bringing food experience rapture to others, writes Jan Raycroft So there we were, virtually dancing in the aisles of the Twyford Waitrose – me and the by chance coeliac disease suffering member of staff restocking the ‘Free From’ section with expensive bread that actually tastes like ‘the real thing’ and snacky sweet things (much of which have far too much fat and sugar).

When it’s fish and chip shop time at my place it means someone is despatched to the takeaway for everyone else, while I cook my own gluten-free version.

Youngs, the frozen fish people, still make their gluten-free fish fingers, but they are no substitute for the battered fillets which used to be part of the product line but seem to have disappeared.

But gluten-free fish and chips, eating out?

But it doesn’t inspire confidence if every time you ask a usually young member of staff if a particular menu choice is available gluten-free they um and ah and disappear to the kitchen to eventually return with good or bad news.

Restaurant review: Bird in Hand | Long Ashton, Bristol | food ...

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VISIT for dinner dictated by the fields.

You’d be hard pushed to find a menu that switches things up as often as it does here, and it’s the result of chef owner Toby Gritten’s passion for foraged goodies.

When he’s not rocking the pass at one of his three dining pubs, you’ll find him out in the surrounding countryside picking ingredients.

Day to day, the kitchen is in the capable hands of new head chef, Felix Rayment.

INSIDER’S TIP Swap tired sarnies at the terminal for a slap up pub lunch: the Long Ashton pit-stop is just 10 minutes from Bristol Airport.

North Wales restaurant review: The Hand at Llanarmon, Llanarmon ...

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And to be fair as we walk into the inn, all the classic ingredients are here, old beams, roaring fireplaces, a casual mix-and-match of pine and oak furniture, a foaming pint at the bar being consumed by happy chattering locals and visitors alike.

The menu’s food aims please, whether it’s local sausages and mash with cabbage and gravy, ploughman’s or Helen McArdle’s renowned steak and ales pies.

I go for the old classic favorite of pie for my main, however this version of gammon and chicken with a delicious cream and leek sauce was supplied from the local butcher McArdles of Chirk.

The side vegetables also prove this point, as the red cabbage and sweet potato were a cut above the usual fare with a delightful creamy green cabbage and sweet onion only adding to the great flavours, For dessert, I opt for Valrhona dark chocolate delice with vanilla ice cream.

This gem of a country inn is so much a part of village life that locals and visitors mix in unaffected harmony, de-stressing, reading newspapers, having a pint or even wolfing down a pudding.

The Hand and Flowers, Marlow, Bucks, restaurant review - Telegraph

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The Hand and Flowers , 126 West Street, Marlow SL7 2BP Contact 01628 482277; www.thehandandflowers.co.uk Price Set lunch, £12.50 for two courses, £16.50 for three (no choice in any course).

À la carte: three courses with side dish, wine and coffee: £60-£70 Heart-stopping excitement gripped the land a few weeks ago when, in handing out its stars for only the second time this year, Michelin awarded two to a pub for the first time ever.

The pub is The Hand & Flowers in Buckinghamshire, and its owner is a young West Countryman called Tom Kerridge who, going by his television appearances, is absolutely my kind of unponcey, traditionalist cook.

Whatever the explanation, nothing between that whitebait and superb sourdough bread at one end of the meal and a sublime soufflé at the other whispered, let alone screamed, “two stars”.

As the plates were cleared, the WQ was rendered irrelevant by a high-powered strimmer clipping the grass outside, while the man opposite spoke for the first time to complain about the dirty windows (in fact condensation between the double-glazing).

The Hand & Spear Hotel Review, Weybridge, Surrey, England | Travel

Victoriana reigns at this 1830’s boutique hotel, where vintage retro artifacts and Secret Garden wallpaper feature alongside plant-filled terrariums, comfy wing chairs, blue-and-white willow-patterned porcelain and a copper bath.

Vintage Port and Rocky Road sweetmeats are a novel complimentary nightcap.

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Welcoming a handful of the best British chef to The Shed by The Hand & Flowers during 2018.

Tom Kerridge and the team behind The Hand and Flowers are delighted to announce the beginning of an exciting new series of private dinners, with Michelin starred chefs; the dinners will be hosted at their very own private dining space “The Shed” just a stone’s throw from The Hand and Flowers in Marlow.

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