Bronte Restaurant at Ring O' Bells

Yorkshire pubs really do have a way with food and the Ring o' Bells is no exception. They are not bad on views either and again the Bells score, high up on the moors above the village of Thornton, birthplace of the Brontës. This is a traditional, family-owned Yorkshire pub, where friendliness is endemic, and the winning of Awards almost an incidental.

In dining room or bar the menu is much the same - expect to find roasted belly pork on a haggis mash with a red wine sauce, or smooth chicken and liver pate served with redcurrant jelly and toast. For a little padding try either a loaf of garlic bread or an extra warm granary loaf.

It would not be Yorkshire without roast topside of English beef, with rich gravy and the famous Pudding. Slow cooked lamb tagine served with vegetable cous-cous give a nice Mediterranean touch, or there is home-made steak and kidney pie with various forms of lid, including shallot and herb suet crust or puff pastry.

The sea yields its customary harvest with a mixed fresh seasonal fish pie, or perhaps poached prime fresh haddock gratinated with a prawn mornay sauce. Pan fried King prawns come with garlic butter and topped with a Thai caramel on lime and coconut risotto, and pineapple, mango salsa.

Desserts follow the same robust pattern with a traditional home-made steamed suet jam roly-poly with vanilla custard, or an only slightly less challenging sticky toffee Guinness cake with Tia Maria ice cream.

The wine list does not pull any punches with a Chateau Latour '83 at £395, a few bottles of which would go down well after an exceptional day at the races. A nice little selection of half bottles is appreciated by many, and for that sparkling occasion the Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin-yellow label is excellent value for such elegant drinking.