Results tagged “Punchbowl” from Birmingham Mail - Restaurant Spy

I hate to decry culinary ambition, but I've begun to wonder if the gastro-pubs of this area really know what they are about.

Let's put this in context. Famiy business took me, my wife and our two sons to the Lake District today and we decided we'd eat lunch at a pub in that area.

I googled gastro-pubs and came across several candidates with menus that reflected the area in which they were situated. They served straightforward, hearty food based on good local produce.

We chose the Punchbowl in Crossthwaite and had a simple but very enjoyable lunch - stuff like toad in the hole with onion gravy, roast lamb and mint sauce, battered fish, chips and mushy peas, sticky toffee pudding and suberb cheeses.