RESTAURANT critic Giles Coren has praised an Oxfordshire pub for serving him ‘the best mouthful of his life’.

In 2016 the writer was damning in his criticism of a cooked breakfast he consumed at The Randolph Hotel in Oxford.

But he was very impressed with a recent visit to The Bell Inn at Langford, a country pub near Burford, telling readers he had enjoyed ‘not just the best mouthful of the year but the best mouthful of my life’.

As well as appreciating the pub’s sourdough pizzas, Mr Coren particularly enjoyed a sliver of ‘fat, gamey sirloin’.

The columnist said this was one of three roasts served and he spread the meat with fresh horseradish, then laid it into garlic bread, folded it over and dipped it into a steel pot of ‘sticky veal reduction used for gravy’.

He added: “Best mouthful of the year, best mouthful of my life more like.”

No one from the pub, run by Peter Creed and Tom Noest, was available for comment.

Mr Coren added: “This guy Noest can really, really cook.”

He said the pub was ‘a destination restaurant that also wants to feed hungry locals four or five times a month’.

In 2016 the columnist said he could not help but laugh when staff at the Randolph dished out the ‘revolting’ breakfast during his trip to the city.

He claimed the £21.50 dish was ‘unfit for consumption’ but the hotel denied this, saying it served only the highest quality produce.