Castle Farm Café, Midford Road, Midford, Bath (07564-783307)
This delightful restaurant is housed in a “ramshackle” metal shed on an organic farm just outside Bath, says Tom Parker Bowles in The Mail on Sunday. There are worn concrete floors, corrugated-iron walls and a charming Good Life vibe. But if the surroundings are on the rustic side, the “cooking is anything but”. A peach and mozzarella salad to start is “utterly fresh and joyously simple”: the fruit charred to luscious softness; hazelnuts and sunflower seeds to add crunch; nasturtiums lending a flash of colour. This is River Café-level quality “at about a quarter of the price”. Next, a superb pizza: the crust thin, crisp and chewy, with molten cheese spread thick over a sharp tomato sauce. Then “things get better still”, with…
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