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There is something reassuringly robust about The <br> <br> Punch Bowl Inn. Not just in the old-fashioned bar, where the Wainwright Gold is well kept and a huge leather sofa sits before a blazing wood burner; or in the dining room, solid and comfortable, with its <br> <br> old beams, well-trodden wooden floors and tables unadorned with <br> <br> cloths; it's in the menu, too, mainly British with a Gallic burr, that makes full use of the magnificent <br> <br> local Lake District larder.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Stornoway black pudding with crispy egg and bubble and squeak: ‘pure <br> <br> Cumbrian comfort by way of Lewis', is Tom's verdict<br> <br> <br> <br> We're here with Peter Gott, that great Cumbrian hero, and the man behind Sillfield <br> <br> Farm, who has invited me up to cook at the Westmorland County Show; also chef Phil Vickery, who certainty <br> <br> knows his alliums; and the force of nature that is Lorraine Stanton, something <br> <br> of a legend around these parts. But first dinner, and <br> <br> a sublime twice-baked Mrs Kirkham's cheese soufflé, the texture as light as a sigh,<br> <br> the flavour profoundly, lasciviously rich. Mrs Kirkham's, <br> <br> now made by her son Graham, is one of the world's great cheeses, and this is a soufflé of quiet majesty.<br> <br> A mushroom soup is equally splendid, managing to be both light and gutsy, while Stornoway black <br> <br> pudding with bubble and squeak and a deep-fried egg <br> <br> is pure Cumbrian comfort by way of Lewis.<br> <br> <br> <br> There's a fundamental generosity here, matched by assured technical precision. Duck à l'orange sees a plump breast <br> <br> cooked rare, the skin crisp, the sauce just the right side of bitter.<br> <br> It comes with a fat potato fondant and cabbage spiked with shards of smoked bacon. I <br> <br> eat rump of lamb, four vast just-pink slices, drenched in the stickiest,<br> <br> most gloriously intense of gravies; by its side, <br> <br> a tiny shepherd's pie, one bite of pure ovine brilliance.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Puddings are every bit as fine: a lemon tart, <br> <br> beautifully sharp, with damson sorbet (this part of <br> <br> the Lake District is famed for its damsons); along <br> <br> with a banana soufflé, this time the classic version but ethereal, served with <br> <br> vanilla ice cream and a pot of sticky-toffee sauce to pour deep into its molten centre.<br> <br> This is good old-fashioned food, immaculately done, in the sort of pub designed for lingering.<br> <br> It's getting late now, and we've an early start.<br> <br> <br> <br> But first, another bottle of wine. Dinners like this are too rare <br> <br> to be rushed.<br> <br> <br> <br> About £45 per head. The Punch Bowl Inn, Crosthwaite, Cumbria; the-punchbowl.co.uk<br> <br> <br> <br> ★★★★✩ <br> <br> <br> <br> Also visit my site ... จัดดอกไม้งานขาว ดํา ราคา - http://Rlu.ru/4fPYH
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