Last year a local farmer's daughter came home on summer break from culinary training and talked her dad into turning their unused barn into a pop-up diner. The diner was so popular last year, she made it back this year for round two of the Hay Bale Diner, her one-month, weekends-only diner on her parent's farm. A bunch of us had heard how good it was last year, so we booked ourselves a table and had a grand old time!
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| Barn turned diner |
Upon arrival, we checked in at the barn and had a quick look around the barn. The atmosphere and weather couldn't have been better or more gorgeous. In the picture below, the school on the hill is a private Yorkshire day school that is supposedly quite fancy. To me it looked like Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!
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| View from the pop-up diner |
Five ladies (three of our guys are behind their partner's right shoulders) from our group enjoying the elderflower cordials everyone received as a kick-starter for the evening.
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| Pre-diner elderflower cordial |
The inside of the barn was super-cute, done up in gingham, bunting, and old timey candles.
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| Getting seated for diner |
And of course there was wine!
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| Some of our table mates |
While we were still milling about outside, we enjoyed an amuse-bouch that was delicious, but I completely forgot what it was. The main course included scrumptious pulled pork, and apple slaw that was the best slaw I've ever had, a pork dumpling, and spinach. Each bite was delicious!
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| Dinner - YUM! |
The dessert was a dark chocolate brownie with cherries, a cherry sorbet, and a salted pistachio brittle that was crazy delicious. I could have eaten my weight in that brittle!!
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| Dessert - DOUBLE YUM!! |
The view from the barn was nothing short of amazing, even after sundown. I certainly hope the culinarily-inclined farmer's daughter returns next summer - if Bill and I are still in Yorkshire, we will definitely return!
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| End of night view from barn turned diner |
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