A lovely country pub: The Green Man Eversholt
Earlier this month, Oly and I had the pleasure of visiting The Green man pub in Eversholt. The reason? A meeting with Tin pot theatre company to discuss ideas for this year’s bonfire night at Blackpit! Not needing a second excuse to visit a pub, we headed over after work with the comfort of knowing the pub had Cloud Nine on permanently.
They say it’s the people that make a good pub and that is certainly the case with The Greenman. Upon entering we were greeted by a group of familiar faces sitting at one of the tables enjoying an early dinner. There’s no better feeling than bumping into friends unexpectedly especially when you’re a fair distance from home!
Candice Brown, pictured here with Ben & Oly at the Festival of Beer, owns The Green Man with her brother, Ben
Candice giving a talk at The Festival of Beer about growing up in pubs and cooking with beer!
After a quick catch up, we made our way to the bar and were greeted with a warm and friendly welcome from Becks, the bar manager, and her team of staff. The scene was set before we had even looked at the food menu and had it not been a Tuesday night there would have been a strong chance Oly and I would not have been seen at home again until the morning!
The pub is owned and run by Candice Brown, winner of The Great British Bake-off 2016, and her brother Ben. Both have an active and hands-on role with the running of the pub and it really shows. There’s a real community feel to the pub and given it was a Tuesday night it was hugely warming to see it so busy!
The place is billed as a serving ‘great pub grub’ however this is almost an injustice to the creative and tasty menu on offer. We kicked things off with a portion of pork belly bites to share which had been recommended to us earlier in the evening by Candice’s husband Liam. I am not exaggerating when I say these were the best bites I’ve ever tasted! Seasoned perfectly and amazingly tender.
Oly then opted for the minted lamb steaks with Butternut squash Puree whilst I kept it simple with a fillet steak. I have to admit I was a little jealous when Oly’s plate arrived and this jealously only intensified when he confirmed that the dish was pretty special! My jealously did subside however when I tasted the steak. It was cooked beautifully and the other flavours from the blue cheese stuffed mushroom and garlic butter complimented the steak brilliantly.
All the desserts are inspired by none other than Candice herself and it doesn’t need me to tell you how good these are!
Whilst we didn’t have a bottle of wine, a quick glance of the wine list demonstrated a well thought out and extensive range of wines from all the popular regions. Sauvignons from Marlborough and Malbecs from Argentina with the odd belter such as a Beaune 1er Cru from the Burgandy region.
In summary, this is a pub you can see yourself stopping at for a quick half and bite to eat at lunchtime only to find yourself there many pints later ready for dinner; Something Oly, Duncan and Myself have all enjoyed doing on more than one occasion!
Cheers,
Ben
Director
The Green Man’s address:
The Green Man, Church End, Eversholt,
Milton Keynes, MK17 9DU.
01525 288111