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I have been to The Larwood and Voce on many occasions<br />
and was therefore looking forward to going following the<br />
relaxing of the lockdown measures at the beginning of July.<br />
U<br />
pon arrival I was greeted by Emma<br />
the assistant manager (donning<br />
her face shield) who upon entering<br />
took my temperature, which whilst<br />
may feel strange initially, but these are<br />
indeed strange times and therefore upon<br />
reflection does give the re-assurance<br />
that the management have taken the<br />
necessary steps to ensure not only the<br />
customers, but the staff’s safety seriously.<br />
We were asked if we would like a table in<br />
the bar or restaurant or a table outside<br />
on the external decking, Due to the<br />
understandable nervousness of some<br />
people, they have also set aside some of<br />
the car park and added additional seating.<br />
Emma, showed us to our table and asked<br />
us what we would like to drink, this was<br />
our first difficult choice, as with its sister<br />
pub The Wollaton, they offer an extensive<br />
range of gins and cocktails and therefore<br />
I decided to go for a Warner’s rhubarb<br />
gin and tonic. My colleagues, went for<br />
a mocktail and the other a more simple<br />
sparkling water.<br />
For those not familiar with The Larwood<br />
and Voce, it sits under one of the stands<br />
of the Trent Bridge cricket ground, and<br />
therefore is a great place to visit if you are<br />
going to watch any of the cricket or indeed<br />
going to watch Nottingham Forest play,<br />
however, in the case of the latter only home<br />
fans are allowed in. It was at this point that<br />
Emma pointed out that they had installed<br />
a web based ordering system from their<br />
home page, this allowed customers to<br />
order and pay direct from their table for<br />
both food and drink to take away the need<br />
to go inside and therefore limit the<br />
number of the people circulating in the<br />
pub. Simply create your account, enter<br />
your table number, and order and pay<br />
and the drinks or food will be bought<br />
straight to your table, this is for both<br />
inside and outside which is a brilliant<br />
way to put at ease those that are<br />
nervous about going out.<br />
Onto the more important stuff, food. We<br />
were served by Matt, the front of house<br />
manager. Matt ran through the menus<br />
including the daily specials. I went for<br />
goats cheese & heritage tomato salad,<br />
pumpkin seeds, green sauce, croutons<br />
(£6) and my colleague went for the chicken<br />
and ham hock terrine with chicory, pear,<br />
hazelnut and blue cheese (£7), both were<br />
generous portions delightfully presented<br />
with amazing tasting goats cheese, with<br />
the freshest of tomatoes.<br />
For mains, I went for the buttermilk fried<br />
chicken fillet burger, hot sauce, bacon<br />
mayo, Monterey Jack, pickle, chips & slaw<br />
(£13.50), which again was delightful, my<br />
colleague decided to go for the salmon<br />
escalope, fennel, coriander & parmesan<br />
crust, new potatoes, sprouting broccoli<br />
& hollandaise (£15). The chicken burger<br />
was incredible moist chicken coated in<br />
a crisp breadcrumb served in a brioche<br />
bun with just the right amount of heat.<br />
The salmon escalope was again cooked to<br />
perfection accompanied by a lovely crust<br />
with delightful vegetables on the side.<br />
For dessert, although probably not<br />
required, I went for the vanilla panna<br />
cotta, served with Starkey’s raspberries &<br />
honeycomb (£6) and my colleague went<br />
for the Southwell strawberry pavlova &<br />
Chantilly cream (£6) both delicious. Mine<br />
was perfectly set with the freshest of fruit<br />
served on the side. My colleague’s pavlova<br />
again looked amazing, perfectly cooked<br />
meringue covered in the strawberries<br />
with a generous dollop of cream on the<br />
side. Congratulations to Nikki, the Head<br />
Chef/General Manager.<br />
In summary I couldn’t fault The Larwood<br />
and Voce either on the steps taken in<br />
these unusual times or indeed the food.<br />
The food and service were both faultless.<br />
Sarah Cooper<br />
TO WIN A £50.00 MEAL<br />
Just answer the following question:<br />
Under which cricket ground does Larwood & Voce sit?<br />
Answer:..................................................................................<br />
Name:....................................................................................<br />
House no.& Postcode:...........................................................<br />
Email:.....................................................................................<br />
Contact Number:...................................................................<br />
SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO: 5A STANHOPE CRESCENT,<br />
ARNOLD, NOTTINGHAM NG5 7AZ<br />
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offers and discounts.<br />
DEADLINE<br />
30 th November<br />
<strong>2020</strong><br />
FOX ROAD WEST BRIDGFORD NOTTINGHAM NG2 6AJ<br />
0115 9819960 | www.larwoodandvoce.co.uk
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