On returning home, having been very pleased with last night's pizza topped with tomato sauce made from San Marzano tomatoes, I decided to try again to track down a UK supplier. I was successful with the Google search for 'san marzano tomatoes uk'. Amongst the search results which included recipes, instructions for growing from seed, articles on the excellence of San Marzanos were 4 UK suppliers. There are probably more which I will search out when I have time. The suppliers can be found by clicking on the 'PIzza' tab. I ordered a dozen cans of the Annallisa brand from Lupa Foods.
At 11:00 I headed off for the Three Brooks with my Toshiba netbook, mobile phone etc. for breakfast and to write up this blog. The Three Brooks provide free wi-fi. I ordered a 'Big Breakfast' and a coffee. It seems they include a standard filter coffee with milk in the price of the breakfast, so I paid a very reasonable £5.60 for all of this.
It was warm in the pub (I sat by a radiator which was pumping out the heat) and there was some pleasant background music. The landlord came and lit the log fire near where I was sitting, which was nice. There were just a handful of people in the bar. One man commented to me that he thought I wasn't going to be able to finish the breakfast. I only just managed it. At 12:00 the bar started to fill up with people on their work lunchbreak. I ordered a half pint of Peroni and continued blogging until 1:30 when I packed up and left for home. A very enjoyable time. I must do it again very soon.
In the evening we went to the White Hart at Iron Acton with Suzanne and Howard.
At the moment the pub has a 2 for £20 offer of a free bottle of house wine when you order any two meals from their special menu. The offer is valid on Monday to Wednesday evenings 6 - 9 pm. Sue and Suzanne chose red snapper, with rice, mange tout and a chilli sauce. Howard and I both chose Thai green chicken curry and rice. I was expecting to receive small meals, but this was not the case. There was so much chicken in the curry and it was a nice bottle of red wine.
