It’s all about the Yorkshires in this village pub, voted by OFM readers as their favourite spot for Sunday lunch
We’re very Yorkshire about our Sunday roasts,” says Annie French, who runs the Queen o’ t’ owd Thatch in South Milford with her partner Kirsty Cheetham. “That means that every dish is served in the same way: you’ll have your meat, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and gravy on the plate and your vegetables on the side.” This contrasts with roasts in other parts of the country where one might encounter “a belly pork option with crackling and apple sauce and no Yorkie”. French shakes her head, mystified. “I don’t get that at all.”
The primacy of the Yorkshire pudding is a fact of life here. “We have customers who order a Yorkie with gravy for their starter and then it will still come with their main,” says French approvingly. “Even though they’re the size of someone’s head, they’ll still always have that second one.”
Related: OFM Awards 2018: Best Sunday Lunch – runners-up
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