The Great Pie Theft

[Harters (John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)]

@shrinkrap

Isn’t that what they all say on those UK crime shows?

Yep. It’s become a theatrical representation of a suspect exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves. I bet it’s become so entrenched that real criminals have started to say it in interviews. But, of course, I’ve no first hand info.

By the by, we’ve eaten at Bank’s restaurant.

[Oldstead, North Yorkshire] Black Swan

Back in 2017, Tripadvisor rated the Black Swan as the best restaurant in the world. Now, that tells you much more about Tripadvisor’s rating algorithm than it tells you about the Black Swan. But it may be a genuine contender for best restaurant in North Yorkshire, although it doesn’t now even make Tripadvisor top 50 restaurants there. Must depend on your own algorithm, I suppose. So, that was a moan about Tripadvisor. Let me get a couple of moans about the restaurant out of the way. No, it’s no…

Bank’s senior sous chef, George Birtwell, is currently a semi-finalist contestant in Masterchef - The Professionals.