What's Lancashire tapas? HINT: it's not calamari / potatoes bravas and omelette cooked in Lancashire instead of Spain. It's actually Bury black pudding, sausage and cauliflower fritters with mustard. The Brits do it best - oh yeah!
There must be a really good chef in this pub as I had a wild boar pie for a main course that was clearly cooked from scratch. It was served with not once, not twice but triple cooked chunky chips that were crunchy on the inside and deliciously smooth in the middle. My mother had a 'chippy tea' with fish, chips and some addictive mushy peas that were flavoursome and a gorgeous chunky consistently (not too mushy).
The atmosphere is really friendly and you can tell it's a place that gets lots of regulars from the local area as we stood out a bit as being southerners. But the staff showed interest in where we'd come from and why we were there (a family wedding) and we ended up feeling like we had a new family. Is it friendlier up North?
If I ever venture up North again, I'd re-visit here for the delightful tapas. Bury black pudding is divine. read more