Last night I had the pleasure of dining under a beam where they used to hang criminals. The "George and Dragon" pub is the oldest in the county of Kent, and has been standing tall for 801 years. Crusaders gathered here back in the day, and you can see carved out wedges in the stone walls where they used to sharpen their swords. The pub owner took me upstairs to see "the dodgy bits" of the building. The main beam across the ceiling apparently came from an old ship, which makes sense when you see how it's arched in the photo below. That also happens to be the beam they hung the Parish Vicar from...I wonder what he did??? There are tunnelsleading out from the cellar where smugglers would come and go as they pleased. It's a charming place, really.
I wanted some good ole local food, so I went with the recommendation to have "battered cod with hand cut chips", which was amazingly delicious. The fish was fresh, tender and flaky. The batter coating was crispy and rich in flavor, perfectly complimented by the salted chips on the side. A bubbly glass of pink champagne was a refreshing sip now and again. The whole dinner party ordered dessert, so i didn't feel at all guilty following the meal up with a brownie topped by caramel honeycomb ice cream. The food was only enhanced by the intriguing ambiance, and it made for quite the evening.
Last night I had the pleasure of dining under a beam where they used to hang criminals. The "George and Dragon" pub is the oldest in the county of Kent, and has been standing tall for 801 years. Crusaders gathered here back in the day, and you can see carved out wedges in the stone walls where they used to sharpen their swords. The pub owner took me upstairs to see "the dodgy bits" of the building. The main beam across the ceiling apparently came from an old ship, which makes sense when you see how it's arched in the photo below. That also happens to be the beam they hung the Parish Vicar from...I wonder what he did??? There are tunnelsleading out from the cellar where smugglers would come and go as they pleased. It's a charming place, really.
I wanted some good ole local food, so I went with the recommendation to have "battered cod with hand cut chips", which was amazingly delicious. The fish was fresh, tender and flaky. The batter coating was crispy and rich in flavor, perfectly complimented by the salted chips on the side. A bubbly glass of pink champagne was a refreshing sip now and again. The whole dinner party ordered dessert, so i didn't feel at all guilty following the meal up with a brownie topped by caramel honeycomb ice cream. The food was only enhanced by the intriguing ambiance, and it made for quite the evening.
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