SOMETIMES in our busy lives there isn’t time to grab a minute let alone a chat with one of my long time neighbours.
Often my neighbour Anna and I go for weeks without so much as a wave from the car or a quick chat when passing her house while walking the dog.
So we decided it was definitely time for a catch up and headed out Holmfirth way for a meal out at The Huntsman Inn, the popular pub/restaurant which sits high above the town and is the last stop on the Greenfield road before Lancashire.
Even though it is close to home, it’s been a long time since I had been in The Huntsman Inn and I was surprised to see that today it has an extensive and quite contemporary menu featuring dishes from around the world, as well as traditional favourites, winter warmers, chef’s specials, grills and steaks.
I was also surprised to drive into the large car park on Monday evening and see how busy it was in this current credit crunching climate.
Initially we thought these vehicles might belong to people staying in the adjoining accommodation but actually a lot of the occupants were inside eating.
The Huntsman Inn is a big pub/restaurant with an equally big and extensive menu.
You can either eat in the bar area or in the restaurant itself.
After studying the menu, we decided on starters of pâté served with salad and toasted malted bread and goats cheese crostini, cheese and homemade red onion chutney served on ciabatta bread and served with mixed leaves.
Both were delicious, but Anna said she would have liked the options of a dressing for her salad and I could have easily eaten another piece of bread to finish off my pâté, but then I suppose I would have been complaining I was getting too full.
When it came to main courses I decided on the dish of salmon and dill penne pasta which came off the special fish menu. Anna chose the Vegetarian Sizzler, oriental vegetables in a sweet chilli sauce served with rice and a tortilla wrap.
My dish of salmon and pasta featured large succulent chunks of salmon in a lovely creamy sauce.
