Salt Malt, Chew Valley

Location -  
Wally Lane, 
Chew Stoke,
Somerset.  
BS40 8TF

Map link

Website - http://www.saltmalt.com/

Date of Visit - 07/03/2015

The Ploughmans itself.

10 -Pickled Onion
     Pickled Shallots, Crunchy, lovely flavour, not acidic. Wonderful.
10 -Pickle
     Probably artisan, soft, full flavoured,  not acidic. Wonderful
8 -Cheese / Ham
     Mature cheddar, lovely flavour, a good quantity, not stingy, but could have been more generous.
2 -Bread
    The bread let this dish down.  Soft, fluffy, dryish and lacking substance.  A real shame.....
4 -Spread packet butter, hard, but good quality. Could be a 3, but it was mostly let down by the bread, a rustic bread would have coped with the butter.
5 -Presentation

     Presentation was perfection!
5 -Salad, etc.
     The salad was fantastic.
4 -Originality
     This scores well on originality for the salad, and to boost the marks for the pickled shallot and the tracklements.

Food total: 48

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Beverages.

8 - Drinks
     I had tea. Good quantity, pot poured well. Good quantity of milk  Could have been more flavorsome, suspect water from machine not hot enough for good tea.

Drinks total: 8

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The Venue

7 -Service
     Service was tip top.  For the place, it was 100%, but it was counter service not table, but I am sad to drop the two points for this, as service was faultless and speedy. Especially impressive considering the popularity of the place.  Was a long queue to be served, but that was perhaps due to the stunning weather.
8 -Atmosphere
     Top notch atmosphere, for what is either a casual restarant, or a posh cafe.  If this place is the future, then, then I look forward to the future.
4 -Location
     Top location, easy parking, beautiful countryside.
4 -Toilets.
     Toilets were top quality!

Venue total: 23

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Overall score: 79