Two NI venues make list of BEST spots for Sunday Roasts in the UK

Two popular local restaurants have been ranked in The Guardian's list of the 30 best places to grab a pub Sunday lunch in the UK.

Following "the trail of great pub lunches from the Isle of Skye to Hastings" The Guardian have picked just two NI spots, one in Belfast and another in Donaghamore.

Everyone's favourite family tradition...you can't beat a good old Sunday roast!

Both restaurants have been praised for their local produce, creative use of flavours and "crowd-pleaser' menus.

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The Morning Star, Belfast

The Guardian describes The Morning Star as "the glamorous but frayed old queen of Belfast pubs, with a huge ground floor bar and a lounge with dining tables upstairs."

Their review online reads: "The pub sources seriously good vegetables, seafood and meats, all locally, some from its own garden, and the menu changes according to what’s available. One winner is prawn boxty – lush Kilkeel langoustines in a fiery tomato sauce served with a traditional potato-based pancake. If the oysters are on, a half-dozen make an unbeatable lunch with a pint of stout."

The Brewer’s House, Donaghmore, Co Tyrone

When Ciaran McCausland returned to NI after living in London for some time, he transformed his family’s staid old pub with a new kitchen.

"Among crowd-pleasers such as fiery chicken wings, soups and burgers are fresh Strangford mussels; roast saddle of monkfish with a cassoulet of butter beans sexed up with ’nduja and madeira; goat’s cheese tart; and rump of Sperrins lamb with mint risotto.

"Chef Tommy Mangan watches the seasons like a weatherman and matches the menus to it every couple of months. Close to the Sperrin Mountains, this is an area popular with cyclists and hikers, who as winter comes are glad to find this place and put their boots up to the fire."

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