The Plough, Sandiacre, Nottingham.
Alrighty, first food blog post with actual food in it! For my Dad's 41st birthday we decided (at last minute if course) to go out for a meal. When asked where he wanted to go to eat, he quickly (and a little smugly) pulled out some money off vouchers for The Plough. Never one to pass up a free meal when it arises I went along. Now, I've never really been a fan of pub food. It all kind of tastes a bit bland to me, it's never really memorable. That might just be my experiences though, I'm sure there's a lot of nice pub food around. I will find you...
We decided on just having a main and a dessert, as the food in pubs tend to be a tad on the filling side (that and we couldn't really decide on anything)
All American BBQ Combo - £6.29
My main was the amazingly massive All American BBQ Combo, and to settle my lust for chicken wings I got a starter of buffalo chicken wings as a side (I'm a hippo, I know). You might not be able to see all of it due to the poor camera quality and the fact that a lot of food is stashed away under those ribs. Basically, what you get in this BEAST of a meal is "Half rack of BBQ glazed pork ribs, southern fried chicken fillets served with corn on the cob, diced onion rings and BBQ sauce" this also came with chips. There was an option of going "KINGSIZE" which gave you a full rack of ribs. Good god, I couldn't even fathom that.
After a short wait, the waiter brought our food to our table. Mine came first, sizzling away on the hot skillet and looking oh so delicious. My dad and Eddie ordered the same thing, only kingsize which came after mine and immediately made mine look like a kids meal. We immediately began dismantling our mounds of food onto the side plates we'd asked for while salivating slightly over the smell of the smokey BBQ glaze.
A bit at a loss for where to begin, I start tucking into the chips which were actually pretty nice. I'd been worried they were going to be that awful soggy Fish N Chips type thing, but they were nice and crisp on the outside. The ribs were amazing, perfectly soft and juicy, the meat just fell off the bone so easily and the BBQ glaze was smokey and delicious. I have honestly never had ribs that good. The corn was another success, nice and soft, not too chewy, we asked for extra butter which the waiter happily brought over. The onion rings and the chicken were unfortunately over cooked, which made them a little too hard to eat so I left them after a few bites. All in all it was a great meal, just slightly let down by how dry the onion rings and the chicken was.
Chocolate Fudge Cake Mountain - £3.19
So, as if that massive skillet of food wasn't enough, we move onto desert. And when they say "Mountain" they mean it. This slab of cake was huge! As soon as it was set down in front of me I realise that my eyes are in fact bigger than my belly (maybe why people say I look like an owl). It looked pretty delicious but the cake was a little too dry, plus there was just so much of it. I managed a few spoonfuls with help from the warm chocolate fudge sauce to make it a little moister. But alas, I was far too full to eat even half of it.
Overall it was a pretty good meal, the main was awesome, but it was let down ever so slightly by the overcooked chicken and the onion rings. Though the ribs made up for it. Definately. The cake would have been a lot better if I wasn't to stuffed! I'll definitely be going back soon!
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