Lunch at the village local

Emsworth is a quite coastal village in the south of England

Emsworth Yacht Harbour

Where you can find the Coal Exchange and one of the best home cooked pub lunches on the South Coast

Best pub lunch on the English South Coast

They offer an extensive but simple menu which includes all the popular wholesome pub meals. Generous portions of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, a large beer battered cod fillet served with chips, baked ham egg and chips or steak and ale pie.

Large beer battered cod and chips Emsworth Hampshire

To be finished off with something sweet homemade and drowned in cream

Homemade puddings in Hampshire

Midhurst Tea Room

I had an hour to kill in Midhurst. So I settled myself into a tearoom run by Neil and Theresa Cannings.Home cooked food in Midhust

Tilly’s of Midhurst fronts onto Rumbolds Hill so you can’t miss it. But it is far enough away from everything else to make it a little different. They serve breakfast, light lunches and traditional afternoon teas.

Red Bush tea Chichester

I was tempted by the home cooked Gammon Platter but settled for a bowl of soup with a thick slice of bread as it was still a bit early for lunch.

Homemade soup Midhurst Chichester