The Trusty Servant, Minstead

We visited this pub over the bank holiday weekend and had a lovely time. We came here two years ago and things had changed dramatically.......for the better we thought.

For starters my wife ordered grilled goats cheese dish and I had Parma ham with figs, both starters were top quality. Good clean flavours and modern presentation.

Main courses where Butternut squash and I opted for the burger, again both very good, the burger wasn�t your bog standard frozen jobbie, it was the real deal full of meat and juicy with melted cheese covering the top with a fresh salad on the other half of the bun.
The Squash dish was a butternut squash cut in half filled with saut� potatoes and wild mushrooms, it looked fantastic even for a vegetarian dish.

Deserts where no disappointment either, I had a crumble and we ordered a peanut butter parfait as well, out of curiosity really. The Parfait was a delight, it tasted like a snickers ice cream and was topped with honey comb dipped in chocolate my only criticism is it could have been bigger, although it was quite rich. The crumble was nice, fresh vanilla gave it a touch of class, very good.

We finish our meal with coffee and sat in the garden before visiting the church near by and a beautiful forest walk after.

Will definitely go back and look forward to the next visit.

8/10

6 May 2009 20:06