It is not hard to write a piece about another visit to the Wildmoor Oak Inn at Wildmoor near Bromsgrove. I need merely to state that it is excellent. It’s a joyous place - wonderful, welcoming friendly service, a lovely location and a splendid, atmospheric building, a business perfectly run and conceived and best of all, food that one really looks forward to going to eat, the work of Chris Jackson, former Head Chef at Carter’s of Moseley and Brad Carter’s brother-in-law. Food, too, which one is also feeling very happy about when leaving the pub while at the same trying to work out how soon one can return there.
This most recent visit did not disappoint as my lunch companion and I purred happily at the pleasures we had just consumed as we left the little garden across a fairyland bridge over a small babbling brook, as clear as glass, to return to the car park. We ate from the recently adopted summer menu and as a starter I had chosen a gorgeously gooey crab rarebit crumpet with a splendidly crispy crust with the joyous flavour of brown crab meat and nicely textured and tasty little brown shrimps and perfectly textured samphire. A hit! A palpable hit!
The main course, which we both chose and were glad to have done so, was fabulously tender and delicious Blythborough pork Milanese with parmientier potatoes and a nicely moderately-flavoured aioli. The soothing summer taste of tomatoes permeated the meal and caused great pleasure which complemented the excellence of the cooking of the pork. Ruthlessly and joyously rustic fare. Such things are dreams made on.
The dessert which again we both opted for was from the Specials menu and again was exquisite without being overwrought. This was a strawberry mille feuille. The pastry was excellent and the accompanying vanilla icecream delivered the flavour of vanilla most pleasingly.
Wildmoor Oak Inn is excellent. I want to move in there. Time for the established food guides to recognise it as somewhere very special.
Rating:- 🌞.
27 June 2025.
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