To Twickenham for a meeting with the MoJo master (it is true). I had to find some lunch, and there are zero coffee bars along Twickenham Green. There are pubs and a shop that sells Star Wars outfits for serious dudes.The only place I could find was the Prince Blucher.
I found this comment on another review which I reprint here
"It’s unusual to find a British pub named after a German who wasn’t also a British royal, but Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt (1742-1819), enjoyed a fan following here for contributing to the defeat of Napoléon as the commander of the Prussian forces at Waterloo. He had a locomotive named after him as well as pub" http://desdemoor.co.uk/prince-blucher-tw2/
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There is a fair selection of bar meals, concentrating on meals rather than sandwiches and bar snacks.Check out their web site www.princeblucher.co.uk . From other reviews that I would agree with they are clearly aiming at the gastropub clientele rather than the local trade, and in fact, another place I tried said curtly that there was no food served at all (almost unheard of these days).
Just needing a small bite, I opted for the soup of the day which was described as wild mushroom with leek and potato with ciabatta bread. Very gastro pub, at the gastro pub price of £4.95 which if pretty much the price that would have been paid in tourist central London.
I have mixed feelings about what came. The soup was very hot (9.5 on the CHOF) scale, but lacked a distinct flavour, being masked by potato content. It was fresh and seemed home made, and the bread was fresh, soft in the middle with a crisp outer. It filled the gap. Interesting to note that for a Friday lunchtime there were only another couple of diners, and it may be that most of the trade is evening trade or weekend trade. According to the web site, it is a traditional 'rugby' pub. Other reviews suggest it is for families and serious beer drinkers. I shan't even attempt to find out.
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