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www.nigoodfood.com | Guide 2013 119Old School House InnWOWListed in The GoodFood Guide 2012Not many places are still going strong after 30 years, but the Old SchoolHouse is actually going from strength to strength. Overlooking thestunningly beautiful Strangford Lough and a stone’s throw from CastleEspie in Comber, it’s recently been refurbished and looks the business!Chef Proprietor Will Brown has a serious pedigree. He started hiscooking career in London with Marco Pierre White at the Mirabelle inMayfair. He was just 17. Then he worked at Roscoff under Paul Rankinand also did a three year stint at the 2 star The Square restaurant inLondon. Gordon Ramsey was his boss at one stage too.Will is all about seasonal ingredients cooked to perfection. That’s thebackbone of his cooking philosophy and his customers love it. HisSchoolhouse Classics are the ultimate comfort food using scrummylocal Portavogie prawns in the risotto and Fermanagh bacon chopswith calves liver.His tasting menu is a taste sensation. You’ll read Foie Gras, Pigeon,Sea Bass, Beef, Chocolate and Lemon on the card but you’ll eat theequivalent of a thousand words in terms of texture, balance andflavour.££Get there: 100 Ballydrain Road, Castle Espie, Newtownards, BT23 6EAGet in touch: t: +44 (0)28 9754 1182 e: Info@theoldschoolhouseinn.comw: www.theoldschoolhouseinn.com