Is this our competition?

I went with Dan and Dave for lunch at a pub close to mine.  Can we call it competiton?  I'm not sure.  Anyway we sit and scrutinse the menu.  I for some reason aren't hungry and plumped for a BLT baguette, the lads however went for starters and mains.  Whilst we wait for the nosebag to arrive we can't help but analyse everthing they do from beers on tap to their Christmas menu offering. 

When the food arrived I actually said out loud...HOLY SHIT....I couldn't believe what I saw in front of me.  On a plate as big as we use to serve a main dish (12" dia.) was this baguette stuffed full of leaves, bacon was in there and the tomato offering were cherry toms cut in half.  To the left of this baguette was even more salad and I mean a lot of salad. To the right of this baguette was a pile of chips which on first inspection looked like the fat needed changing. To finish off this unbelievable mess was a lemon wedge?????
Dan's starter - deep fried brie, it was 2 massive wedges and a shed load of salad with a Lemon Wedge??????

Tasting notes - I can't eat all this cheese.

Dave's starter - sardines, skinless, grey and looking very limp and yes you've guessed a shed load of salad and the lemon wedge. 

Tasting notes - What's that yellow sauce Dave?

Needless to say the lads didn't eat much.

I couldn't eat much of mine, its all too much, its so off putting.  Then the mains came, well I thought I had seen it all.  A huge plastic whicker effect basket full of chips with a rather dark brown coloured batterred fish sitting on top of the chips.

Katie, one of the girls that works for me joined us and ordered the fishcakes.  Obviously frozen, loads of salad and don't forget the lemon wedge.

Tasting notes - from Katie - not as good as ours.

Competition? Are you sure?

Intro

I thought one day, well I have always thought about it actually, of keeping some sort of diary about my life running a pub. So I started this blog. Bit late in the day bearing in mind I bought the pub back in 2001. I've started it today nonetheless.
I took the main picture (below) back in the summer and I have to say it is probably one of the nicest places to sit, relax and enjoy a glass or two.