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| Front garden Kings Arms |
If any of you don't know Cardington it is a beautiful little village nestled just outside Bedford in the shadow of the magnificent air ship hangers.
The Kings arms has had a mixed past. I remember it years ago when it was inevitably run by some awful chain pumping out microwaved cardboard-esque gruel.
However, more recently under new ownership and after a long overdue make over the gastro pub has really come in to its own.
It’s less a pub and more of a restaurant (still a chain) now and is beautifully decorated inside and out. I have spent countless Sunday afternoons sitting out in the garden with a cool drink and warm wholesome, freshly produced meal. The menu has a home cooked feel about it. However, it is a far cry from anything the average cook could rustle up in their kitchen. The food is more often than not brilliant. I think I would say they do simple food really well. Things like their fish and chips and Sunday roasts are always very good. That is of course when they have the ingredients! As last Sunday I went at about 4.00pm and there was only one out of the four roast dinner options to choose from. It was beef, not my first, second or third choice but I have to say it was cooked to perfection being tender and full of flavour. The vegetables and potatoes were also seasoned well and very moreish.
The restaurants does all kinds of courses (which I must say I wasn't aware of until I looked at their website) like two for £10 and three to £13 on certain days of the week; full details of which are available on their website.
Hi BC!
ReplyDeleteLoved your blog. However I have found a couple of MAJOR inaccuracies in your flawed blog.
Number 1 - The Kings Arms is owned by Mitchells and Butlers (a huge national pub chain group), and therefore you fell into the trap of believing it was independent, many would to be fair).
Number 2 - Freshly produced?! Pah! Delivered from a grotty warehouse, frozen food!
A little research never goes amiss but i enjoyed reading all the same.
Cheers.
The blog clearly states the restaurant is a chain, but has the local independent feel to it. Also, the food is fresh! It certainly isn't frozen warehouse rubbish! An easy way to tell is, apart from the look, feel and taste of the food, is if popular dishes aren't on the menu at the end of the day! Like the roast dinner on a Sunday evening. I happen to think its a great restaurant and have been there many times myself and I can vouch that the food is fresh! Book criticofbedfordcritic and hurrah bedfordcritic!
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