White Horse, Parsons Green, London

[limster]

Beautiful food, thoughtful cooking and comfortable setting.

Plump sweet scallops, perfectly grilled, ripe coral intact. Crispy, salty bacon for a smoky backdrop, gently dress (romaine?) lettuce for a bitter edge, nuanced sour of soft artichoke hearts -- impeccable balance in a dish with impeccable ingredients and execution.

Very nice sausage, lots of rosy meaty flavour, could be a touch more tender but that's a quibble. Backed up by awesome sweet caramelized onions, beet crisps, excellent mash and a savoury gravy. Also a great dish.

The sausage and mash was paired well with and Adnams Broadside, rich, and round with good hoppy bitterness.

A fine treacle tart with dense gorgeous vanilla cream (dotted with real seeds, not essence).

If my experiences were typical, I'd pick this over the Anchor and Hope in Southwark.

[Simon Majumdar]

The White Horse is particularly known for its selection of real ales

What else did they have on apart from Adnams which is pretty widely available

S

[limster]

Can't remember off the top of my head...but they might list it on their website.