Sampling English Village Pub Fare: Dining on Garden-to-Table Food at Cricketeers outside London with Savvy Mom Ruth Paget
Laurent
and I went out with his work colleagues to a village garden-to-table restaurant
called the Cricketeers outside London, where we were staying.
Once
we sat down at the table, Laurent and I started our meal with a simple and
delicious bowl of potato and leek soup to warm our bodies in the damp
countryside.
After
that, Laurent ate a sole meunière with lemon that was so fresh that it still
tasted of the sea according to Laurent.
I ate a pink-fleshed sea trout stuffed with shrimp and capers.
The
capers gave the stuffing a little tang to the fish, which appealed to my love
for slightly sour foods. We drank a
crisp German Riesling with this meal.
The
vegetables are what impressed everyone.
They were served on platters to pass, and reminded me of the way Chinese
restaurants in the US serve dishes “family style.”
The
green beans were firm without being soggy.
Sautéed baby corn ears, zucchini, and green and red peppers made up my
favorite dish and reminded me of dishes from the Southwestern US.
I
liked the potato cubes that came out of the kitchen with hot butter and melted
cheese on them, too. The steamed
cauliflower in tomato sauce and the baby snow peas in butter also gave me many
ideas for cooking at home.
The
entire meal had been so good that we just had to have dessert. Laurent ate a chocolate terrine. I ordered a fruit salad that came with a
cup-sized pitcher of cream that I poured over the fruit salad.
I
knew I would burn off the calories on my 5- to 6-hour walks around London.
By
Ruth Paget, Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
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