The Gun, Docklands

This Sunday, we headed East to Dockland's highly recommended,  The Gun. This waterfront pub is located on a quiet and very cute little side street and offers both indoor and outdoor seating. It's also more  in Vera and Roland's neighborhood than anyone else's.

Their Sunday Lunch menu is available online.

Joining us on the Quest today are Vera, Roland, Andy, Oscar, Darren, and Lev, who was having his Quest debut.


Dishes Ordered:

Starters:

Roast Cornish mackerel, green and yellow courgette,

confit balsamic tomato 

(Shared: Vera & Roland)

Heritage tomato, shallot and Jersey Royal potato salad,

goat's cheese beignets

(Oscar)

Smoked duck, pork & white pudding terrine, fig chutney 

and toasted sourdough

(Andy, Shared: Darren and Franc)

Half pint o’ prawns with mayonnaise  

(Lev)

Entrees:

Fillet of sea trout, leek fondue, fresh peas and girolles 

(Vera, Franc)

Roast belly of Kilvarock Farm pork, Yorkshire pudding,

roast potatoes, glazed carrots, green beans, homemade 

apple purée and pork gravy 

(Darren, Andy)

Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, fresh horseradish, roast 

potatoes, honey glazed carrots, green beans and red wine gravy

(Oscar, Lev, Roland)

Desserts: 

Marinated strawberries, truffle honey 
and yoghurt ice cream

(Lev)

Dark and white chocolate terrine, cherry compôte

(Andy, Shared: Vera and Roland)

Meringue nest, passion fruit and mixed berries 

(Franc, Shared: Oscar and Darren)

Cheese: (Shared: Darren and Oscar)

• St Maure de Touraine, France(soft, goat’s milk, unpasteurised)
• Gubbeen, Ireland (washed rind, semi-soft, cow’s milk, pasteurised)
• Caerphilly Gorwydd, Lampeter, Wales (semi-hard, cow’s milk, unpasteurised)
• Brezain, France (semi-soft, cow’s milk, unpasteurised)
• Cashel Blue, Ireland (blue, cow’s milk, pasteurised)

 

Observations: (collective and individual)

We didn't make eye contact w. the locals.

• The service was attentive (Franc)
• The starter (salad) was okay, but it would have been better with warm potatoes. (Oscar)
• The beef could have been a little more tender. I wish I had ordered the pork, it was awesome. (Oscar)
• The pork was amazing, juicy and succulent. The Yorkshire pudding was bland and cardboardy. (Andy)
• Roast Beef was very good, and the roast potatoes are (almost!) to die for. (Lev)
• Struggled to choose a dessert, and the marinated strawberries I went for turned out to be surprisingly tasty and unusual.
• Great place, convenient location (Roland)
• Great place, inconvenient location (Nearly the rest of us)
• The fish was quite nice and the roast beef was tender and delicious (Vera)
• Nice atmosphere with a lovely terrace and Thames view (Lev)
• The scoring makes this pub in a tie with our other highest rated pubs.

On to the scores: (awarded on these guidelines)

Our Updated Map of Eats:
*note: All Pubs visited including today's are noted with their scores in parentheses (see blog's sidebar map or enlarge this one for all pubs)

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