First of all, the Hoste Arms. My wife and I had eaten here before, many many years ago. BC in fact (Before Children), and loved the food back then. Of course, staying in the area, we decided to eat there again. And loved it so much, we ate twice. It is a bit posh, but eating there mid week, and getting there at noon, there was plenty of tables for us to feed the kids. Being in a village, there was lots of places to get the kids to walk while we waited for the food, and one of the two times we ate there, a waitress even came out to get us!
But the food... I remember that when I ate there, the food was great. But after several years, we returned, to find that our memories were correct. The food was brilliant. Full of flavour and of course with children, they had the right sort of food that a four and a two year old would want to eat. Great for adults and for children, if you are willing to take the kids out for a walk outside the place. My only gripe was that I was the drive and therefore did not get to drink! The wine list went well with the food, though of course, I was more interested in the beer which sadly, I did not get to drink.
But during the week, between the two times that we ate there, we took the kids out to several places. To the beach of course, they loved that. The beaches at North Norfolk are amazing. When the tide goes out, it goes a long distance out. With beautiful sand, it was great for us, and of course, the two kids loved the sand. Loads of sand castles made, and of course, we were 'forced' to help them make some!
They got to see a crab on the beach, which considering they had been to a sea life sanctuary earlier on the week (and loved that) my daughter loved. Instead of seeing one in an aquarium, she got to see it trying to hide from us (in case we were going to eat it).
Anyway, time for the next post...
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