Fox & Hounds

Ok, so we decided on the Friday that we'd go for lunch here on Saturday. For a treat. Well, initially the greeting was friendly, we were taken to our table and given menus. After a short while our drinks order was taken. We sat, as a family, talking and passing the time. Half an hour passed. Our food order was taken next and our drinks chased. Yep, we had been that distracted as a family we ended up waiting half an hour for 3 pints. Now to the food, 40 minutes after ordering it arrived. The order was simple. A burger and chips, Some slow cooked pork and chips and a mixed grill. The burger went down a treat. 6 out of 10. The bacon was the smoked streaky kind and it was a bit limp... this is where it lost points. The pork, bang on in fact. 8 out of 10, could have been bigger. The mixed grill. When the order was placed a question was asked. If the steak is out of a fridge then I'd like it medium. If it's room temperature I'd like it blue. What I got was a grey looking bit of meat with no apparent searing mark's, lines etc. Inside, no blood. None. It had been cooked in a pressure cooking I think, likely too given the time it took to come. The chicken bit, dry and flavourless. The gammon, yep, ok. The egg, runny yoke is best, this one was not of runny yoke. The sausage, very over cooked, crunchy on one end in fact. Probably been kept warm for too long. The black pudding; besides the Gammon & chips, was the next and only other nice bit of the plate. Thankfully we only had to pay for our drinks because of vouchers. Why didn't I complain? Frankly I just wanted to go home. Will I go back, no!