NFRC: Heading to London for a month

marilynfl said:
Apparently, “Sunday Roast” is a thing here, so I opted to try one at a restaurant inside the train station next to my hotel: The Betjeman Arms.

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The big Ascot hat-looking thing on the top is Yorkshire pudding. It was actually good, considering I thought it would be very eggy. It wasn’t. The edges were crispy, yet airy. Odd but in a good way. It came with a bunch of veggies underneath the Yorkshire pudding and meat slices: hispi cabbage (a Mary Berry thing and on almost all meals I’ve seen), carrots, potatoes, celery root and “lashing of gravy.”

Aye, me matey!

I caused a bit of consternation when I asked if they could wrap up the “other two-thirds” of my meal that I couldn’t finish. Turns out they don’t do take-away boxes, so I told them that was okay. A sous chef came out and asked if foil was okay and I said YES! It was tasty and it was expensive and I have room in my hotel mini bar, next to the obscenely priced wine, beer, candy, chips, and booze.

Sunday Roast: Done and done.

Then I had dessert by soaking up Millais, Sargeant, Waterhouse and Rossetti at the Tate Britain.
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I saw lashing of gravy and thought, oh, another one of those weird sayings you have to be local to understand.
 
Oh…okay, I looked back at the menu and that is listed with the Sunday roast: Chicken.

So, per BBC, bread sauce:
www.bbcgoodfood.com

Bread sauce

Our traditional bread sauce recipe is the perfect creamy accompaniment to your roast dinner. This easy bread sauce is sure to be a Christmas favourite
www.bbcgoodfood.com
 
Tomorrow, at an obscenely early time, I’m off for my “I think I’ll pop over to Paris for day” day.

Eurostar at 6:01 AM (I have to be there at 5:00 AM for Customs and passport control)
then…
Sainte Chapelle
Louvre
Notre Dame
then…
Eurostar back to London for a nightcap and possibly hydrocortisone (due to walking over 100 miles so far, resulting in a vicious attack of exercise-induced vasculitis, AKA Disney Rash, AKA Golfer’s Rash)

Bon voyage, mes amis.
 
marilynfl said:
Tomorrow, at an obscenely early time, I’m off for my “I think I’ll pop over to Paris for day” day.

Eurostar at 6:01 AM (I have to be there at 5:00 AM for Customs and passport control)
then…
Sainte Chapelle
Louvre
Notre Dame
then…
Eurostar back to London for a nightcap and possibly hydrocortisone (due to walking over 100 miles so far, resulting in a vicious attack of exercise-induced vasculitis, AKA Disney Rash, AKA Golfer’s Rash)

Bon voyage, mes amis.
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But shopping!! Where is the shopping in this plan?
With that adventure, I can really help.
 
marilynfl said:
Oh…okay, I looked back at the menu and that is listed with the Sunday roast: Chicken.

So, per BBC, bread sauce:
www.bbcgoodfood.com

Bread sauce

Our traditional bread sauce recipe is the perfect creamy accompaniment to your roast dinner. This easy bread sauce is sure to be a Christmas favourite
www.bbcgoodfood.com
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Well. That is something completely new to me. Thanks.
Have fun in Paris.
 
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