Month: January 2025

Close to Brighton, not far from Henfield and Hurstpierpoint.

The Glass House restaurant at Wickwoods in Albourne is a stunning venue set in a landscaped gardens with beautiful views of the countryside offering the very best Yorkshire puddings and a Sunday roast which is hard to beat.

The Sunday Roast is taken very seriously at the Independent. Which is why it is one of their busiest days.

There is a choice of different roasts served with potatoes and seasonal vegetables, all drenched in a deep rich gravy.

But it is always the Yorkshire pudding which is the decider. Crisp on the top, slightly soft and stodgy towards the middle. Perfect.

Closely followed by the potatoes. Neglect the spuds and you ruin the roast.

But not here.

The pub is run hands on by the owners who bought what was previously The Walmer Castle. They are fiercely independent of any brewery or pub chain and it showsin everything they do.

It has taken me a while to find. But sometimes one wants to save the best to last.

When it comes to roasts, the Chefs at the Riviera Restaurant in Selsey,  lay on a feast of tender, hand-carved meats with all the trimmings; cauliflower cheese, golden roasties and plenty of freshly prepared veg, all crowned with proper gravy. They serve five types of meat; honey roast gammon, succulent roast beef, soft turkey, juicy pork and tender Welsh lamb all cut and served from the carvery bar.

One is not spoilt for choice when looking for a traditional Sunday roast in and around Chichester. And although one carvey is much the same as another, its the Yorkshire pudding that turns an average Sunday lunch into something special. When the Chef gets it just right, light and crisp, brim full of real gravy.

I have yet to find a better carvery in Chichester Harbour.

Perfect roast pork, crackling and apple sauce

At The Gravy Boat which is situated opposite the harbour in Littlehampton.

Offering a choice of meats with all the trimmings. We chose a cold windy day to wander along the harbour wall and it was an easy decision to settle in for what was an excellent meal.

Crispy succulent roast potatoes and an appetising array of vegatables soon assured that our plates were full to over flowing.