I-Tavern ye-Ship ingomnye wabantu abadala kakhulu baseLondon. Ukubekwa endaweni ecaleni, abantu abaninzi 'kwindawo eyimfihlo' yokuphuza isiphuzo, kwaye yindawo enhle yokutya isidlo sasemini okanye isidlo sakusihlwa.
Imbali ye-Ship Tavern
I-Tavern ye-Ship ihlala kwindawo yaseHolborn malunga neminyaka engama-500. Kwaqala nje ngekona, eKrotstone Park, kufuphi neLincoln's Inn Fields , kwinqanaba elincinci lezakhiwo. Amasimi asasaza phambili emva koko kwaye ukupapashwa kwakuthandwa ngabantu basefama.
Kanye nokuba yindlu kawonkewonke, i-Ship Tavern iye yanceda ezininzi injongo. Ngexesha le-16 leminyaka uKumkani uHenry VIII wahlukana necawa yamaKatolika waza waqala ukuguqulelwa kweNgesi. Xa iBandla laseNgilani ladalwa, amaKatolika ayemelana nomthetho. I-Tavern yeShiphi yasungulwa ngowe-1549 yaye yayisetyenziselwa ukubamba iinkonzo zamaKatolika ezifihlakeleyo nokufihla nokukhusela abafundisi bamaKatolika.
Xa iinkonzo zaziqhutyelwe khona kubakho ababukeli bangaphandle bekulungele ukuthumela igama kumbindi ukuze umbingeleli angene kwindawo yokukhusela, ukuba kuyimfuneko. Abanye abefundisi abazange bahambe ngokukhawuleza kwaye, xa babanjwa, babulawa khona. Yingakho i-Tavern yeService ibonisa ezininzi iimpapasho malunga ne-London.
Kukho neendumiso ezithi uShakespeare uvakatye kwi-pub. Oku kunzima ukuqinisekisa nayiphi na indlela, kodwa wa tyelela izindlu ezininzi zaseLondon. Into esiyaziyo kukuba i-Ship Tavern yahlanjululwa njenge-Masonic lodge 234 ngo-1736 yi-Grand Master, i-Earl yase-Antrim, kwaye yakhiwa ngo-1923.
Ngoko konke akukudala njengoko kubonakala ngathi.
Indawo yoThutho lweShiphu
I-Tavern ye-Ship yehla kwinqanaba le-side, ngaphandle kwekona le-Kingsway ne-Holborn emva kwesikhululo se-Holborn tube. Kukufutshane neLincoln's Inn Fields apho kukho iMyuziyamu kaSir John Soane, iMyuziyam yeMyuziyam, kunye ne-Old Old Curiosity Shop.
Kusondele kwiCovent Garden kunye neeLondon zeWest End ezenzelwe ukhetho olufanelekileyo kwisidlo sangaphambili.
Igumbi lokuTyela lokuThuthuka
Nangona kukho ibha engezantsi, umgangatho wokuqala 'I-Oak Room' inomnyango ohlukeneyo wokukufumana ngokuthe ngqo kwindlu yokudlela epholileyo kunye nomlilo ogqumayo.
Iindonga ezimnyama ze-mahogany, iingubo ze-antique, kunye nekhandlela zokukhanyisa zinika igumbi elithi 'Dickensian', ukuba lithandwe nezibini, nakuba zikwazi ukufumana amaqela amakhulu. Ukukhanya okuphantsi ngokuqinisekileyo kwongeza kwimoya esondeleyo, okwenza ukuba uzive ngathi ufumene intsimi efihlakeleyo.
Iyakwazi ukukhala ngokukhawuleza ngokuxoxa ngokuqhelekileyo ngexesha lokutya kodwa indawo yokuhlala yokuhlala inceda ukugcina ingxoxo phakathi kwakho kunye nabahlobo bakho.
Imenyu yonke malunga neklasi yaseBrithani yamacandelo kwaye kukho ibhodi ye-specials nsuku zonke. Izidlo zizityebi kwaye iziqhamo ziyanelisekile kwaye zizalisekile. Ubhengiso obungenakudla ukutya okufanelekileyo kule mihla nje aluyi kuphila eLondon.
I-Pan Fried Sea Bass yayinentlanzi epholileyo ephuhliweyo eneepatato ezithandekayo ezintle. Ngokuqinisekileyo kukho iinguqu zanamhlanje kwiitya zakudala zaseBrithani, kodwa konke kwenziwa kakuhle.
Amaxabiso abonakala ephakamileyo xa usondla isidlo sasemini kodwa ubala kwindawo yokutya.
Ukuhlwa kwaSonto kudla kakhulu, ngoko kuya kubhala phambili. Kukho i-jazz ephilayo kwi-bar ngeSonto ukusuka ngo-4.30pm kuya ku-7.00pm.
IService TavernBar
I-Tavern ye-Ship i-pub ekhangelekayo, yendalo. Kukho i-oak ephantsi kunye neendawo zokuhlala zendawo epholileyo.
Kanye kunye nezithandathu ezithintekayo kwipompo (ezimbini zijikelezayo ngeveki nganye) zikhona iingubo ezingaphezu kwama-50 kwi-gin kwikhabhinethi, kunye nohlu lwewayini olubanzi.
Ukuba igumbi lokudlela lizele kukho imenyu yebhayibhile ekhoyo kunye nee-classics zangempela zaseBrithani ezinjengeengulube zeengulube, amaqanda okucoca, i-sausage rolls, iiqanda ezikhethiweyo kunye ne-anyanisi kunye ne-cockle kunye ne-mussels.
Idilesi: I-Stavern Tavern, 12 Gate Street, Holborn, London WC2A 3HP
Inombolo: 020 7405 1992
Iwebhusayithi: www.theshiptavern.co.uk
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