Crazy Bear NIght
November 22, 2015 at 7:14 pm,
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So last night The LLI and I went to Crazy Bear in Stedhampton and as a Brucie Bonus, he booked a lovely B&B just down the road. It was the perfect treat!The room we were in was called the Moroccan Room which had elements of Moroccan bits in, not to mention the massive sunken bath which I really wanted to try but I was too scared I wouldn't be able to get out! It was more like a miniature swimming pool than a bath but it did look rather lovely and the light was gorgeous!
LLI is rather good at finding B&B's and I have decided that I prefer them to the Hotel as you get all the local gossip.
We went to the Crazy Bear via taxi and the driver clearly was the owner and somehow knew the population numbers of Stedhampton, Didcot AND Hungerford. HE was very posh too actually but I would like to know how he would know random population figures.
We were given a Crazy Bear experience by LLI's daughters which was their signature 7 course dinner.
We started off with Virgin Mary shot (Bloody Mary without the Vodka) which was not a good start to be honest but you could tell it was blended and seasoned nicely but try as I might, I don't like tomato juice- even with a bit of celery stuck out of it.
This was followed by ham hock terrine with parley jelly and salsa verdi, then smoked salmon which was smoked on the premises and wasn't your thin sliced stuff, it was big chunks of it.
Sorbet to follow and then we had our main which was lamb rumb and then a ball of lamb shoulder in breadcrumbs shaped in a ball (looked like a scotch egg) on a crushed potatoes thing. Dessert then cheese. it was all very nice and we are hope the girls didn't pay full price for this which was £75.00 per head (thereabouts anyway) becauce whilst it was very nice, it was a great experience...it was not £150.00.
The staff were really nice and we met some of the locals.
The ceiling was like an enormous wine rack of empty bottles
Good isn't it?
What wasn't so good was the toilet...I didn't like the toilet but the cistern was fascinating- I thought it was fish tank at first with rocks in and then I was concerned that there were actual fish in it (there were not)
The above cistern was half flushed- no goldfish were harmed in this photo but still didn't like the toilet.
The owner, apparently is a bit of a rogue, he just does what he wants to the buildings (there is more than one Crazy Bear), the planning officers go berserk that he has altered a listed building, fines him, he pays the fine and does it all again. He's a bit cheeky like that.
The B&B were at only had two rooms and the other couple came down for breakfast and they too were at the Crazy Bear only they stayed later than we did (and they were in the Thai part, we were in the the English) but whilst they were there, there was an enormous fight. Somebody's wallet went flying with about £2k flying out, their 'Ladies of the night' grappling on the floor picking it up as the brawl was going on above their heads. Apparently it was all very bizzare.
It was a short break but it was just the ticket