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The Double Red Duke, Bourton Road, Clanfield, Bampton, Oxfordshire OX18 2RB (01367 810222). Snacks and small plates £7.50-£16, large dishes £12-£35, desserts £9, wines from £27
Later, I would think of it as the redemptive scallop; as the bivalve that made amends for the tragically broken promise of the one that had gone before. Then I would hate myself for allowing the ludicrous phrase âredemptive scallopâ into my head. At the time, though, all I thought was: âDamn, there are three of them. That means I have to share the other one. Why, God, why?â It came on the shell, under a thick drift of crisp, golden breadcrumbs which in turn had been drenched gleefully in wild garlic-flecked butter. The scallop had been cooked to a glossy mother of pearl within, and there, like a showily tinted comma from an illuminated manuscript, was the brilliant orange of the coral. Eventually, I took to scraping at the ridge
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With travel across Britain back, Harriet Compston visited the Double Red Duke in Oxfordshire.
The Double Red Duke is a wisteria-clad, 17th-century inn in the sleepy Cotswolds village of Clanfield, is the third outpost of Country Creatures, founded by Georgie and Sam Pearman (former owners of The Lucky Onion).
There are 19 restful rooms at the inn ours was charming and tucked away with French doors leading out to the garden. Cotswold-based natural 100 Acres products filled the bathroom and neighbouring Kelmscott Manor former home of William Morris provided inspirations for the interiors: khaki-olive and floral-papered walls and plenty of plants. The fabrics and furniture have all come from great British brands, including Fermoie, Catchpole & Rye and Roberts (of radio fame).