Our guide to a proper good Sunday roast in Oxfordshire Sunday roasts are serious business. Crispy potatoes, rich gravy, good meat, and the kind of plates you want to linger over. We are often asked where to go for a really good roast in Oxfordshire, so here is our current round-up of places we love, places worth a special mention, and a few firmly on our hit list for … [Read more...]
Review: Part & Parcel Roast Dinner
Hats off to the Dodo Pub chain, which just keeps on giving. From their Burger Monday nights (burger and fries for £7.99) to their Rotisserie Chicken Wednesdays, and now their newly launched Sunday Roast menu, they’re the kind of neighbourhood pub that just gets it right. We went along to try it, and they’ve absolutely smashed it. They’ve kept things intentionally … [Read more...]
Review: Silverstone Escapade
Silverstone Escapade is a restaurant and bar with a panoramic view of the Silverstone track. It is open to the public, but from the moment you enter the grounds, it feels like a VIP experience. You wind your way around the track to the restaurant, which also sits alongside some very striking hotel rooms. As soon as you step into the reception area, you are met with the most … [Read more...]
Review: Garth Park Kitchen, Bicester
I rarely start a review with a humble brag, but here it is: roasts and steaks are two things I usually think we can cook just as well at home. We’ve mastered them, and too often when you go out, something doesn’t quite hit right: not enough gravy, potatoes lacking crispness, vegetables slightly under or overdone, and Yorkshire puddings that never quite reach that perfect … [Read more...]
Review: Sunday at The Port Mahon
Have you checked out The Port Mahon since it was taken over earlier this year? It's had quite the makeover and is now one of our fave spots for a cosy drink or two (still haven't tried their £5 Negronis.. genius/dangerous - you decide). We were invited to try out their Sunday roast, which I'm always intrigued by as I often think nothing beats a home-roast. Here … [Read more...]
