| Well we did the normal Bank Holiday Monday trip | | | | And so onto the food, well the menu read very well |
| around garden centres and DIY shops, god knows | | | | and at first glance did not seem to pricey, we opted |
| why we bother with all the queues when we can go | | | | for "A bowl of marinated olives" to start with, I feel |
| back to the same places the next day, and not have | | | | that the title was rather misleading and should have |
| to worry about all the hassle of all the bank holiday | | | | been called "A thimble full of olives" would have been |
| shoppers. | | | | more apt, as you only received no more than 10 |
| Lunch time was fast approaching and seeing as we | | | | olives, and at a price of £2.50 I felt that this was |
| were in the eastern part of Northampton, we | | | | rather overpriced, even if the olives were lovely. |
| thought that we would pop into "The Worlds End" or | | | | We then moved onto the Mains and I opted for the |
| TWE (as they like to be known as), at the lovely | | | | "TWE's famous steak & coriander burger, tomato |
| little village of Ecton. Now I have driven past the | | | | chutney & homemade chips", priced at £9.95, On |
| TWE hundreds of times and have never popped in | | | | arrival I was pleasantly surprised the burger was a |
| for a drink or a meal, but have always thought that it | | | | lovely large slab of meat and was cooked perfectly, |
| was a lovely looking pub, in a beautiful old building. | | | | very juicy and still just a little pink in the middle, the |
| We pulled into the TWE and walked into the | | | | downside though were the homemade chips, the |
| reception area where you can either go right into the | | | | TWE needs applauding for doing homemade chips |
| restaurant or left up into the bar area, well we opted | | | | and not copping out like most restaurants and using |
| to go straight to the restaurant just in case things | | | | commercially brought chips, but the chips were |
| started to get busy in there. We were greeted by a | | | | underdone by about 2 minutes, there just wasn't the |
| pleasant member of staff and shown to our table, | | | | crunch that I would have liked, and because of that |
| what surprised me most was the décor it really is | | | | they had taken on too much of the oil that they |
| stunning and not what I envisaged in such an old | | | | were cooked in so they were very greasy. |
| building, I know that the TWE was refurbished a few | | | | Bev had decided to go for the "Beer Battered Fish |
| years back and they have done a fantastic job, | | | | served with homemade chips and tartare sauce", |
| there were fresh flowers on every table, and lovely | | | | reasonably priced at £9.95 and again this looked |
| large angled mirrors on the walls which made the | | | | lovely, the fish was a good size, and the actual fish |
| restaurant feel even bigger, one person I know | | | | was cooked to perfection, but unfortunately once |
| commented that the restaurant looked like an IKEA | | | | you got to middle of the fish the batter was raw, |
| showroom, but that I feel is a little unfair. | | | | and you were left with the horrible taste of raw flour |
| Unfortunately I can't really comment on the | | | | in your mouth instead of the lovely taste of the fish, |
| atmosphere of the restaurant as we were the only | | | | it is a real shame as just another minute and the |
| people during the whole of our lunch, to be in the | | | | batter would have been perfect, the chips were also |
| restaurant which really surprised me for a Bank | | | | suffering from the same problem that I had, but on |
| Holiday Monday. The only thing that worried me | | | | the plus side the homemade tartare sauce was |
| slightly though, and I feel that this was partly due to | | | | lovely. |
| us being the only diners and staff having nothing to | | | | It is such a shame about the few problems that we |
| do, was that I could over hear all the serving staff | | | | had, because the whole building outside and inside is |
| giggling and chatting about there weekend antics and | | | | lovely, and there are some fantastic offers especially |
| Facebook page updates, which I found rather | | | | the Sunday Lunch offer which is priced at £9.95 for |
| amusing but perhaps other diners would not have | | | | 3 courses, which I reckon that we will have to try |
| found their conversations so funny. | | | | just so that the TWE has a chance to redeem itself. |