The Shoulder Of Mutton, Lichfield

My fiancee and I stopped off for a meal on Saturday evening (22/04/06). We ordered tagliatelli with chiorizo and a pint and half of Lichfield ale. Very nice fresh bread with an olive oil dip was provided before the main meal. A waitress delivered the tagliatelli dish and warned us that the plates were very hot. She was right - as was the tagliatelli - it was baked. I regret now that I didn't return it but instead, as I didn't want to make a fuss and we were on our way back home to Birmingham, we ate it. I don't know how the meal had been heated but the pasta was very dry on top but was more moist beneath the 'crusty' surface. The sauce was very rich in tomato - too much so but the mushrooms within it were nicely cooked. I ordered a further two halves of bitter and we finished our meal. Before we could start however I had to ask for a couple of spoons to replace the knives which had been provided! Sadly there was no parmesan cheese.
When the waitress asked how the meal was I told her 'very dry and baked'. She said that she was sorry to hear that and walked away. On receiving the bill we were charged for two pints of beer, not a pint and two halves as we should have been - the mistake was rectified. We quickly paid up and left never to venture into the pup again.

Needless to say we thought the meal vastly over-priced at �8.95

23 Apr 2006 15:21