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| Lunch at Home
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I had a grilled cheese sandwich, baked chips, and strawberries for lunch.
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| Dinner at The Coat of Arms
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We had dinner at the Coat of Arms, a British pub in
downtown Portsmouth (NH). I'd perhaps give it a 2+ on my scale; my parents
liked it a little more and would give it a 3-.
Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the entrance or interior. They
were what one would expect. (The restaurant also had a snooker
table--I'm not sure if I expected that.) We sat next to a large
wood-burning furnace which, sadly, was not on.
| Clam chowder: very good; the best dish of the night. There was no
filler (e.g., potatoes) in the soup, as fact made obvious as we finished
the bowl and saw tons of clams and such near the bottom of the bowl.
The chowder was cooked with bacon, though we didn't find many bacon
pieces in the chowder itself.
| A salad: perfectly fine.
| Fish (haddock) and chips. The huge piece of fish, with its good
breading, wasn't greasy in the least, and worked great with tartar
sauce. Due to the size of the fish, it required work to keep the
fish-and-breading balanced in each bite.
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| Smoked haddock and leek pie: novel, with an interesting taste. I was
originally surprised that it worked--smoked fish in a pie?--but it makes
sense in retrospect. (Smoked salmon and onions on a bagel works. Thus,
this dish, with similar types of ingredients, though not similar in
flavor, works as well.)
| "Mushy peas." We tried this dish for the sake of trying a British
classic, and learned it was aptly named. At first, the texture reminded
me of poorly cooked lentils, but then my mom pointed out it effectively
was baby food.
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The restaurant's got a pretty decent of beers, but what most surprised
me about the drink menu was the long list of mixed drinks of two or more
beers poured together. We had one of these. (I forget which one.)
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The total was $16/person including tax, tip, and the (one?) drink.
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