Here’s a surprisingly little story about a pub called The Union.
What wasn’t a surprise was my train being delayed in the morning.
But at least I was on my way for my weekly trip to the office to collaborate by myself because all my meetings had been moved to the next day.
Oh well. I collaborated with myself in choosing to go to The Union, a slightly garishly modern “pub”, with exposed air vents, and far too much bright red for a pub. A spacious place though, and plenty of empty tables to make a solo diner comfortable enough.
The more interesting things were probably on the starters menu, quite how I eschewed the chorizo croquettes I’m not sure, plus I ignored the Greek salad, honey and sriracha chicken (gosh I love sriracha), halloumi, avocado on toast…yet I didn’t even look at the starters until I’d ordered.
My eyes were on the chicken schnitzel – it seemed kind of not too unhealthy for a lunch. Maybe bar the truffle mayo.
And then the surprise happened. Really fresh tomatoes and actually tasted like tomatoes that you get abroad – not just the mass-produced Greenhouse shit from the UK.
The fennel worked really well together with the rocket, along with some lemon juice.
Oh and the truffle mayo was banging. I thought I was done with truffle. I wasn’t.
Finally, the chicken schnitzel – well, I’m guessing it was probably re-fried as I’d had fresher fried chicken, but I still enjoyed the crunch of the chicken, it was juicy inside too.
There was no pecorino though. Not sure what happened there.
Lunch including an apple juice and service charge came to £21.38.
Surprisingly good pub food, but then again…maybe it isn’t a pub. My rating is an 8.10 out of 10. I will be going back in due course.