The Oast & Squire

Today we invited Matthew, one of my Grandchildren who is twelve years old, to join us for breakfast and try out a vegetarian option for us.  This review is all his work.                                         Margaret

Today we visited the "Oast & Squire" for breakfast. The Oast & Squire is situated at No.2 Peak lane, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1RJ.

The Oast & Squire's breakfast menu consists of 4 items, including a vegetarian breakfast and an ultimate vegetarian breakfast, the ultimate vegetarian breakfast is more or less a larger version of the normal vegetarian breakfast.

The normal vegetarian breakfast consists of a Hash Brown, Baked Beans, either a Grilled Tomato or a Tinned Tomato, 2 eggs cooked in a way of your choice, mushrooms, and 1 delicious vegetarian sausage. Whereas, I presume, the ultimate vegetarian breakfast simply consists of larger quantities.

The Hash Browns were cooked to perfection - they were lovely and fluffy and moist on the inside with a beautiful crispy coating cooked to perfection under the grill. Similarly, the Baked Beans were deliciously fluffy and cooked perfectly over a low heat. Personally, I opted for the grilled tomato s I personally think they are EPICally delicious, (sneaky little youth word there) have your own opinions, but I LOVE grilled tomatoes. Anyway, the grilled tomato was grilled to the extent that the juice started to come out but was whipped off the grill so that it was lovely and juicy to eat. It was also cooked so that there were lines on the skin from the grill but grilled so that the skin was moist from the juice about to seep out. It was DElicious! As I said, I did not have the Tinned Tomato, but they looked fairly large and very juicy. As for the two eggs, you had a choice of how you wanted them cooked, so, for the purpose of the review, I decided to have them scrambled as I'm pretty sure everyone knows how a fried egg tastes and it is hard to go wrong with a fried egg, whereas a scrambled egg requires more skill. And I DEFINITELY did NOT choose scrambled because I adore them......

Anyway, the scrambled eggs were lovely and fluffy, although they could of used a little longer on the hob as they were still quite moist. Never the less, they were delicious and a joy to eat. Unfortunately, as I can not eat too many mushrooms, I could not eat the mushrooms, so you will have to see for yourself about the mushrooms, but they looked moist and in a decent amount. Leaving the best 'til last, the vegetarian sausage was divine! It was a delicious blend of vegetables and and a slight kick of a spice or about a gram of light chili, all coated in a thin crispy layer of breadcrumbs that tasted delicious with the vegetables.
The restaurant itself was fairly quiet when we arrived at about 10am, but it soon started to draw a crowd by about 11:30am. Also the waiters and waitresses, one waitress in particular, were fantastic and served us to our every need, she was also always up for a chat and was everything you want a waitress to be!
Matthew

The total cost for the three of us including meals, coffee and juice, and toast & jam was £14.25.  Very good value.  Thank you Matt for doing this, you did great.  It is the best description of a brekkie I have ever seen.
Margaret