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Reviews: Giles Coren has the best mouthful of his life at the Bell Inn while Fay Maschler explores a new take on Indian food at Indian Accent

15 Monday Jan 2018

Posted by Guide Girl in Celebrity chef, Chefs, Food Critics, Hotels, Menus, Michelin-starred restaurants, New restaurant launches, Restaurants, What the Critics Say

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“On the final day of 2017, I had not just the best mouthful of the year, but the best mouthful of my life” Giles Coren of the Times says about the Bell Inn, Oxfordshire.

The pub is old and small and cosy. Sixteenth century, in fact, so built halfway between the foundation of the church (called St Matthew’s, Langford) and now. In fact, very possibly by the same guys who put the two flying buttresses against the north side of the north aisle at the behest of some long-dead Tudor benefactor.

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