Monday Morning

On our last day in Shrewsbury we decide not to eat breakfast at the B&B but to try somewhere in town, this turned out to be a great decision. We discovered Poppy's Tea Rooms and both ordered a English breakfast, it came with black pudding, two sausages, two rashers of bacon, grilled tomatos, baked beans, fried potatos, mushrooms, toast, with tea or coffee. It was well cooked and the food was very tasty and portions were very generous, it definitely set us up for the day.

Again, we spent the day sightseeing, until lunch time when we decided that we finally had some room to spare for lunch. We decided to go to Mad Jack's, we had been tempted by the evening menu but had run out of time, so felt that we should give the lunch menu a go. The interior of the restaurant was modern and stylish, with muslin napkins, tables properly laid and very luxiourious toilets. We ordered a bottle of Chenin Blanc and we were offered water, we requested tap water and almost instantly a jug of iced tap water was bought over. The bread came informally on two small chopping boards and offered a choice of ciabatta or seeded granary. Hubby's decided to try the steak, he ordered it rare, and it came char grilled on the outside and then evenly rare throughout, it was served with homemade chips that he swore blind were cooked in dripping; he could find absolutely nothing wrong with his steak and was in heaven by the look of him. I decided to order the lobster and crayfish tart with samphire and salad; I was astonished when it arrived and was a large thick slice of a tart, I had assumed it would be a small dainty dish, and the salad was a generous bowl full. The tart was very delicous but the crayfish and lobster were very spread out within it, so in someways I would have perferred having a smaller tart but with a more concentrated amount of filling. The samphire was delcious and I would have gladly exchanged some of the generous salad for more samphire. In all my meal was delicious and I really enjoyed it, and hubby was verging on having an affair with his steak. The meal came to around £45, which is dear for a lunch but seemed fair in regards to the quality of the ingredients and surroundings.