The Anchor is at the end of our street and it’s a great pub with a truly tasty steak. It was apparently the best pub food in 2011 according to the Good Food Guide.
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Great pub food, great steak
Oxford – out and about
Here’s a pic of the condo where we’re staying. It’s next to a canal and a cemetery. We can’t see the cemetery but some apartments overlook it:
I wouldn’t want to live on one:
because it’d be pretty noisy with all the quacking:
And one of the stranger tourist attractions in town:
Cotswold pub food – fail
Based on consistent reviews on Trip Advisor we ventured off to the Horse and Groom in the typically English sounding name of Bourton-on-the-Hill. Here’s a picture of the food from the restaurant’s web site. Looks good. Sadly, what we got was a Cornish seafood soup with no evidence of any ingredients that lived in water, and a passable lamb casserole that was described as 4 hour slow roasted lamb shoulder. Disappointed.
Parking conditions in Oxford
Have a close look at the exorbitant rates and conditions:
The Fat Duck
Of all the TV chefs and 3 star Michelin restaurants, Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck in Bray is the one that is the most theatrical. Having seen almost all his TV shows it was a thrill to finally get to eat there. We also bumped into Heston when we arrived in the car park. Bonus! Here are a couple of pics from the 14 course menu. More photos here.
