We spent the bank holiday weekend, which the whole family had off work {a rare occurrence}, just mooching, resting, eating out and eating pie, oh! and rescuing a young squirrel from next doors cat, who is a champion hunter and requires numerous rescuing of small mammals, some make it sadly some don’t. But this squirrel allowed us to feed it, then he or she spent a couple of hours at the patio window, not a good idea as our Patterdale terrier Megan is not to be trusted near small animals as she is a recuse dog once used for badger baiting, we then had to move him/her to another garden and up a tree for its safety.
On Saturday we visited Chorlton to stock up at the Unicorn supermarket this place is the best, it’s a vegan supermarket and the fresh produce is either grown organically by them or with a few food miles as possible there is always an abundant choice and they can’t restock the shelves fast enough, we picked up some lovely bread from Trove. We decided to dine at the Horse and Jockey while we were near, this is a proper old pub with log fires in the winter and and eclectic mix of furniture. There is a area that is dog friendly, they also have a book group and a monthly Farmers Market on the green outside. The menu has a varied choice for the plant based/vegan diet and its clearly marked {although just be careful as a dish on the special lunch menu at the moment is labeled as vegan and its not as it has egg in it} I had the burger with chips sadly the fries were not up to muster {I normally order the skinny fries but forgot}. Mr. Kind Kitchen had a Chicken Kiev and reported it to be a little dry! I would though highly recommend the Horse and Jockey for atmosphere and a good choice of food. Sunday lunch was had at Damson Media City which was lovely, the kitchen were very accommodating we had pea, mint and asparagus risotto with chips, the restaurant has a lovely view of media city and the Salford Quays and a great atmosphere, a very relaxing Sunday lunch, love this much more in depth review on the fantastic blog dollybakes, check out her blog for much more sweet inspirations. I have really been craving sweet things lately which must be my body telling me winter is on the way as there are already leaves ready to fall on the trees on our road and a definite nip in the air this morning walking Miss Megan which means Autumn is just around the corner. One afternoon treat was this Black Cat Cakery Vanilla Chai cake from the Unicorn which I have had before at a restaurant in Manchester {Black Cat Cakery supply shops and restaurant only unfortunately} but the unicorn one has no sugar so had lots of added coconut, enjoyed in the garden reading. Hope you had a lovely weekend as well.
Susan x
Susan x
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