Pennyhill Park Hotel, Bagshot

I'm going to be honest; I wasn't expecting much of a response after suggesting new gift shop ideas last week. However it's always nice to come home to an email from a hotel so I've tried a bit harder this week and touched on a problem that many come across, particularly if their usual night out involves food from a bucket or eating in the car from a brown paper bag.

I may be giving away more about myself than I intended to, there.

Message to the Pennyhill Park Hotel, Bagshot

"Dear Sir/Madam/proprietary type,

I am writing to confirm the arrangements in your restaurant for meals such as Sunday roast which feature a prominent serving of meat accompanied by an array of vegetables normally selected by availability. It is my eleventh wedding anniversary next month and I am selecting an establishment to occupy with my wife by the answer provided so I hope you will pay suitable attention to my enquiry.

My conundrum is thus; do you serve the meat with the vegetables surrounding such on the dish covered in a healthy helping of stock/gravy or are you of the persuasion whereby vegetables are brought out in a separate dish and diners are left to help themselves? My reason for asking is that I was brought up in an environment where my brothers and I were expected to finish our meals wholly before exiting the dinner table and I recently visited a restaurant employing the latter technique. Dish after dish of vegetables were brought out to satisfy my needs, however I tried to alert the staff that I had completed my course only to be faced with yet another bowlful of veg that I felt obliged to consume. Eventually I was tranquilised like a roaming bear and escorted off the premises on a makeshift stretcher and blacklisted as a guzzler when my intention was completely innocent.

I hope that you can provide Mrs L and I with a hearty dinner that doesn't alert the junior journalists of the local paper and, should your answer satisfy our needs, I will be sure to add you to a shortlist of possible locations.

Many thanks for your time.

Kind regards,

T. Lander, esq."