The thing about mussels is that no matter where you get them from, they seem to taste the same every time, with the only real indicator of quality being the level of food poisoning / diarrhoea you find yourself with the following morning. Because of this, I rarely bother with them even though I find mussels incredibly tasty, but The Mussel Inn's lunchtime deal was just too good to resist on a recent visit.\n\nTo be controversial, I actually went for the chowder instead of the mussels, and found it to be utterly fantastic and full of fishy goodness. I wasn't in the mood for wine so just had a coke while E-Bot slugged back her glass of white, but with a big bowl of fries on the side as well, the \u00a37.50 price was an absolute steal.