日曜日のランチは、Brasserie Blancに行きました。ホテルからぶらぶら歩いて15分くらいでしょうか。橋を渡ったあちら側。
On Sunday, we went to Brasserie Blanc for lunch. It took us probably about 15 minutes to walk there slowly from the hotel.
レストランのすぐ前でフードフェア?のようなものが催されていたので、ぐるっとみて回りました。美味しそうなものが色々で、ここでランチできたねなどと言いながら見ましたが、寒かったので外で食べるのはどうかな。
There was some sort of food market near the restaurant, so we had a little look and saw a lot of tasty looking food that we would have wanted to try, we could have had it for lunch instead of going to a restaurant but then it was quite cold so maybe not.
Brasserie Blancは、レイモンド・ブランさんのカジュアルなレストラン(ブラッセリー)のチェーン店で、2週間ほど前にチチェスターの支店に行きました。この日は日曜日だったので、通常メニューにローストが加わっていました。
Brasserie Blanc is one of the chain of casual restaurants of Raymond Blanc and we’d been to a few including the one in Chichester recently. As it was a Sunday, the menu had roast as well as their usual dishes.
前菜はなしで、夫はバーガー、わたしはローストポーク。ポークは焼きすぎ感が否めず、ドライで今ひとつでしたが、お野菜はどれも美味しかったですし、ヨークシャープディングもグレービーも美味しかったです。
We didn’t have any starter, my husband had Burger and I had roast pork with all the trimmings. The pork was quite dry as it was over-cooked but the vegetables were very tasty, so was the Yorkshire Pudding. The gravy was also very nice.
ランチの後は、ぶらぶらと1時間くらい辺りを歩いてからホテルに戻りました。この前日わたしは眠れなかったので、お昼寝をしたような気がします。
After lunch, we walked slowly along the Thames for about an hour, then got back to the hotel. I have a feeling I had a nap in late afternoon as I wasn’t able to sleep much on the day before.