My Good Food Review - update

If you read my previous review which included one of the Tiffin Teahouse And Eatery in Clevedon you may recall that I had not had the opportunity to eat there at the time of the review.

I was lucky enough to make a return visit for lunch, and what a pleasure that was. As before, the welcome was as warm and inviting as the restaurant itself.

On reading the menu nothing jumped out as being the one thing you just had to try, instead, almost everything fell into that category. Even applying the backup rule of choosing something you wouldn't normally have at home failed because so many items were embraced by the rule.

On asking our waitress for her recommendations she proved knowledgeable about the menu and composition of the dishes and despite making everything sound equally delicious we eventually made a decision on the Goats Cheese Croustade and the Warm Camembert with bread and spicy pickle.

Both were excellently cooked, the salad that came with the Goats Cheese Croustade a real pleasure with a light salad dressing. The chunky bread that came with the warm melting Camembert was delicious and every piece was eaten smothered with the warm cheese. The spicy pickle on the side made an excellent accompaniment.

Our only recommendation to the waitress afterwards was that the plate that came with the Camembert could be bigger in order to stop the crumbs from the crusty bread cascading over the table and it would do well to be accompanied by a portion of the same green salad that made up the salad with the Croustade.

The coffee (White Americano) was  excellent although we thought that charging extra for the milk on top of an already top priced coffee was stretching it a bit far.

Overall though we had an excellent lunch and would thoroughly recommend you to check out Tiffin Teahouse And Eatery.

Goats Cheese Croustade

Sunset Over Clevedon

On a final note, I missed from my previous piece the lovely Lovely Drinks people who supply home made drinks to Tiffin and also Strawberry Line Cafe who I mentioned in my previous piece as well as many other establishments. If you see their drinks on sale I can't recommend them highly enough - delicious.

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My Good Food Review (or some good places to eat)

Anybody who knows me will know my pet hate is pubs, cafes and restaurants that provide poor service, value for money or just serve up cold food.

I had the pleasure of visiting three excellent local cafe / restaurants over the Christmas period and I thought I'd give them a mention here.

Britannia Spice is an Indian restaurant housed in what used to be an estate agents office in Backwell. It seems somewhat strange to be eating in a restaurant at almost the exact same spot in the building where I signed for my first house when I moved to the village.

Despite the fact that the staff thought I wasn't buying enough food to keep us going we were served with politeness, the food was very hot and tasty and I just loved the Lamb Nagashori. Well worth a visit.

Tiffin Teahouse and Eatery in Clevedon is a small teahouse right on the seafront. Despite it being cold outside it was warm and cosy inside and again we were well served. We only had tea but the English Breakfast Tea, Earl Grey and Oolong Shui Xian we sampled were all superb. The food we saw looked well presented and very tasty.

The Strawberry Line Cafe is a community project setup at Yatton Railway Station, a junction for the southwest mainline trains and a now defunct branch line turned into a cycle path called "The Strawberry Line".

Set in a totally refurbished railway waiting room we were really very surprised at just how good the food was. We'll be visiting again as soon as we can.

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I totally enjoyed my visits to all of these and if you live locally or are passing through then I thoroughly recommend you try them out.

Sweet Shot Tuesday 2812

This shot comes from the Tiffin Teahouse and Eatery in Clevedon, North Somerset.

To me the shot reflects the nature of the establishment. Warm and cosy, smart and relaxed.

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