"This was my first visit to The Fighting Cocks, although my wife and local ladies eat there regularly, also my friends. To begin with the decor and ambeience was excellent and l looked forward to my meal. The waitress recommeded an ale to me which was very good and we selected our meals from the menue. The starter was superb and as good as most restaurants around us, but this is where my experience ended, as the duck l ordrered was teribble and so tough. l tried cutting it to small pieces, but this was very difficult with a blunt knife and tough meat and eventually put a piece in my mouth and tried to chew it. After masticating it for some time l swallowed, but it stuck in my throat and would not go down despite drinking some beer. Being in some discomfort l was eventually forced to go to the gents and try to regurgititate it in order to remove or swallow it, all of which was an unpleasant experience. Eventually after several attempts it finally went down and l was able to return to our table, but no longer wanted to consume any more and we paid the bill and left. l have had problems with tough meet before and should probably not have ordered duck, which is often very chewable. l have to accept part of the blame as l am not a big meat eater and your staff and restaurant is very nice. This has obviously coulored my judgement somewhat, however it would not put me off revisiting The Fighting Cocks or recommending it to other sand my wife will continue to enjoy meals there. My wife and l eat out a great deal, mostly top class restaurants (Rules in London, The Coach House at Ruxley, Dua Mici Chistelhurst, Giacomo 's Weald, Bartella 's Meopham, Harrods and others so appreciate good food, so am happy to put this down to an unfortunate experience with duck, which has to be cooked well to be tender. Please accept this as fair critcicsm with no wish to cause you trouble. Regards. Brian Edwards."
