Thursday, 17 October 2024

Garden Hermit Goes...Without Tequilla For Lunch

 

 

 Luckily I've never been a fan of tequilla and so I am unable to personally fact check whether this warning is true.  

And when I and Mrs GH saw this sign at our visit to The Silver Hind, Sway, New Forest we didn't like to ask for verification.

 The Silver Hind is a dog and family friendly New Forest pub, which, on perusal of its website,  seems to have a community ethos, with 'whats happening' announcements for meat draws, quiz nights, cheese and wine afternoons, darts night, race nights etc.  

 To tempt in those from outside the village there is also an offer to pay your local parking charges when visiting the pub for a meal.

Our visit was for a bite to eat on a midweek lunchtime, though we found a free roadside parking space next to the pub.

Inside the pub looks like a typical dining pub, one large space separated into 2 or 3 areas and laid out with chairs and dining tables.

The large wood panelled bar had two cask ales, Greene King's Abbott Ale and Hardy Hanson's Kimberley Bitter.  

 I decided on a pint of Kimberley Bitter (3.9%), which was a nice session bitter.

 The pub was fairly quiet, with just a few other diners coming in while we were there.  The food was excellent and the beer battered haddock and chips, which I had, was very filling.


Mrs GH's salmon was nice too




Unfortunately we were too full to try desserts, but this is a great pub for quality food - highly recommended.  The cask beer was good too and I don't recall coming across cask Hardy Hansons in these parts ever before, so that was a nice surprise.

As for the beneficial, or perhaps just unexpected effects of the tequilla, I cannot vouch for, other than to say...

...no clothes were lost in the making of this blog post!