点评:We've eaten at The White Hart in Pool many times over the years, but never on a Sunday. If we ever go on a Sunday in the future (unlikely, based on this experience) we'll definitely be avoiding the 'Roasts' options.
Tough beef, overly-fatty pork belly (the fat hadn't been rendered sufficiently), roast potatoes that were neither fresh nor crispy, carrots and parsnips that a school dinner lady would be ashamed to serve, bread sauce that had the consistency of ready-mixed cement and stuffing that was...beyond words. Oh, and 'crackling' you could build a garden shed with.
Perhaps it was our mistake having a mid-afternoon table, but surely the quality control should be the same no matter what time you're served? It seemed like the standards the kitchen adheres to for the rest of the week had been tossed aside for Sunday lunch. Frankly, we'd have been better off at a Toby Carvery.
The White Hart should remember the first rule of restaurants: If you can't do it well, don't do it.
翻译:这些年来,我们去过普尔的白鹿餐厅(The White Hart)很多次,但从来没在周日吃过。如果以后我们周日再去的话(这次经验看来不太可能),我们绝对不会点“烤肉”这道菜。
牛肉很老,五花肉肥得过分(肥肉煎得不够),烤土豆既不新鲜也不酥脆,胡萝卜和欧洲防风草,连学校的女服务员都不好意思端上来,面包酱的稠度像预拌水泥,馅料……简直难以形容。哦,对了,还有那种“脆皮”,简直可以盖个花园小屋。
或许我们把餐桌安排在下午三点左右是我们的失误,但无论什么时间上菜,质量控制应该都一样吧?厨房似乎把一周其他时间都遵循的标准,在周日午餐上就被抛到了一边。坦白说,我们去托比烤肉店(Toby Carvery)吃会更好。
白鹿酒店应该记住餐厅的第一条规则:如果你做不好,就不要做。