25 Nov

Mum saw a 2-course meal special at a restaurant for ₤6.95 somewhere around the Minster. We were going to go there for lunch, but couldn’t find it later. I thought it was just after we exited the roman wall, but it wasn’t. So instead, we went into Crossed Keys, which is a pub. Mum and I got grilled salmon with mash and peas and garlic butter sauce, dad got rump steak with mash and peas and A2 got two Belgian waffles with chocolate sauce and ice cream. The...

12:56 / British / England / Food / Restaurants / The Crossed Keys / Travel / United Kingdom / York
25 Nov

After visiting York Minster we wandered around town a bit more. A2 got a café mocha from Starbucks. On a bench there were shakers for cinnamon, vanilla, chocolate and nutmeg that people could add to their drinks; A2 added all of them. A2 and I saw three different Starbucks outlets around the old town. [gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2"]...

12:54 / England / Food / Restaurants / Starbucks / Travel / United Kingdom / York
25 Nov

Around the old part of town some of the roads were quite narrow and mainly for foot traffic. From a small bakery we bought rye and caraway bread for ₤1.60, and later got a traditional (beef and potato) pastie for ₤2 from an ‘award winning’ cornish pastie shop. The bread felt quite heavy for a 10cm x 20cm loaf and tasted a bit strange; a little minty. It also put me off caraway for the rest of my life. The pastie had big thin slices of potato inside. The pastry...

12:48 / Bread / British / Cornish Pastie / England / Food / Restaurants / Travel / United Kingdom / York
22 Nov

We ordered grilled cod and fried haddock (which mum thinks is blue grenadier). The grilled cod came with new potatoes, which were yellow inside and tartare sauce. The fried haddock came with mushy peas and tartare sauce. The mushy peas were actually quite nice, though I’m not sure what was put inside apart from peas. The fish was around ₤7.95 each. The coffee there was cheap (around ₤1.50?) and mum said it was good coffee. I forgot to take a photo before we ate it. [gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2"]...

12:42 / British / Camden / England / Food / Pier 1 Fish and Chips / Restaurants / Travel / United Kingdom
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