Lunch at White Hart Hotel
Today decided to dine in style.
Lunch at the White Hart Hotel in Bailgate.
For starters, wild mushroom risotto with truffle oil.
The starter was a meal in itself.
Followed by rib-eye pork steak. A very impressive steak knife, an implement of quality.
Ingredients sourced locally, with a list where sourced from. A pity more do not follow this excellent example.
The rib-eye pork steak was sourced from the butcher in Bailgate, Redhill Farm Shop, from where I obtain their excellent ham and Lincolnshire sausages.
Compliments to the chef, the food was excellent. The vegetables, at least the cauliflower, could have been cooked a tad longer.
I was warned the rib-eye pork steak would be slightly pink. Fine for steak, but not pork, I asked that it be cooked a little longer.
I noticed an adjacent table had Lincolnshire sausages, sourced from Fosters, not the butcher in Bailgate. These were under cooked.
I would recommend if The White Hart Hotel wish to serve the best quality Lincolnshire sausages, either source from the butcher in Heighington or from Redhill Farm Shop in Bailgate.
I later popped into the butcher and asked of rib-eye pork steak as not something I had come across before.
The offer of a coffee was declined. There are far better places for a coffee in Lincoln, Makushi aka Base Camp on Steep Hill, Madame Waffle in the High Street and Coffee Aroma just off the High Street near The Stonebow.
I had a window seat. I would not have liked to be in the main body of the restaurant as too much like a chain restaurant.
I was very impressed by the steak knife. An implement of quality.
