Sunday Lunch – The Fox and Roman

By puboholic on Oct 28, 2014 in Blog, Sunday Lunch | 0 comments

Sunday Lunch - The Fox and Roman Having visited The Fox and Roman a few weeks earlier and being pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food from a chain pub I was keen to return to try out their Sunday Lunch on my quest to find York's Best Sunday Lunch. If you visit their website there is usually a voucher on the homepage and I grabbed the £10 off a £40 spend. What's on offer? You are spoilt for choice on the Sunday Roasts: Sunday Lunch 28 day aged prime rump of beef Roast turkey Herb crusted loin of sweetcure pork Roast half chicken Mushroom, leek and cashew nut suet roly-poly (v) Vintage Sunday Roast Platter These are nestled amongst a full a la carte menu including steaks, fish and chips, and some classic pies. The final option on the Sunday Roasts list is the "Vintage Sunday Roast Platter" which can be ordered for two people to share and includes a couple of slices of the beef, pork, and turkey with stuffing and pigs in blankets. On the side is a Yorkshire pudding each, some "duck fat roast potatoes", seasonal veg, parsnips, and a large jug of gravy. What worked? Sharing from a platter brings a more homely feel to the meal and the huge jug of gravy was very welcome. The trio of meats were delicious, the turkey standing out as being full of flavour and cooked to perfection making up for the well-done beef, I suppose someone has to get the end slice. The Yorkshire pudding was just as I love them, fluffy on the inside with a crisp shell, nothing special but perfectly well made. If I had been at home I would have had at least three of them, so with just one each I had to ration it out. We had just enough room to share a desert and I wouldn't have wanted any larger portions. What didn't work? My mouth watered at the prospect of "duck fat roast potatoes", my mind conjuring images of spuds crisping off in bubbling duck fat creating a shell of tasty crunchiness encasing a fluffy, buttery centre. What arrived were limp, tasteless, waxy quarters with a blackened chewy outer layer. I probably wouldn't have...