Why oh why is the food in independent pubs and hotels (Exception is (pub) The Black Prince @ Woodstock) so standardised, Fish and Chips, Ham egg and Chips, Gammon steak, oh, and chips and the occasional pie that isn't, to my mind a pie should have enclosing pastry not just a bought in top, it's bloody winter and being English I would appreciate some home type food after all every pub/hotel I look at says it is home cooked and it obviously isn't.
Maybe (as I said) a proper pie or a shepherds pie or a stew and while we're at it a veggie dish that isn't an after thought just so to have a V symbol on the menu, I understand that proper chefs are as rare as hens teeth but surely it isn't that hard.