Top Notch Bangers 'n' Mash

I was in The Vestry for lunch again today. It's one of the more 'pleasant' restaurant/bars in Chichester as it doesn't get too crowded and the atmosphere is peaceful without seeming dead.

One of my best friends, Anita, is heading off to go travelling for three weeks and we thought we'd take advantage of the current 2 for £10 offer on main meals! I really want to try the pie there (and all the others in the world) but fear it may be a Slug and Lettuce moment with the pastry appearing on the top of the pie only, because of the way it's described on the menu. I can't handle another pie disappointment just yet.

So I went for good ol' bangers and mash and my goodness, I was pleased with my choice when it arrived:

It was steaming hot and the sausages were so juicy - I can taste it now as I look at the picture, mm! The gravy wasn't too rich at all, which I sometimes find because I'm not keen on red wine gravy in general. I think it was red wine gravy in the Slug pie too before which made it too rich for my buds. But this was lovely! And the sausages. The SAUSAGES! They were pork and leek and were just the perfect texture. I actually managed to eat them slowly to savour the taste instead of scoffing it all at once!

What was strange though was that I was also given a side dish of these roasted vegetables:

Neither Anita nor I had ordered them but when they arrived, we were just feeling too confused to question it! Anita had cod and chips which is what I had last Saturday for lunch so we knew it definitely could not have been the accompaniment to that!

But as I ate them with my bangers n mash, it just didn't 'go' at all! It was all a bit confusing, having these random roasted vegetables. We looked on the menu to see if it was a side order but it didn't seem to be on there. Anita reckons they just had some leftovers to get rid of! Well, they did taste rather nice anyway, though it did feel odd eating them in between bites of sausage!

I haven't eaten that often at The Vestry as I was put off by my very first experience eating there - I was with Anita again and it took ages for our food to come out even though it wasn't busy and my jacket potato arrived cold with lukewarm baked beans. The second time I ate there was when they brought out a special menu of all these different types of burgers - which had uber soggy bread and was very messy to eat!

But after today (and last Saturday's cod and chips!)? I want to try everything else on their menu now :-)