IT might not be a traditional "liquid lunch", but for Sian Harris it certainly looks good enough to eat.

When the mother-of-two was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2013, she was told by doctors that she could no longer eat solid food.

Since then the seemingly normal treat of going out for food has proved more of a mission.

But staff at one bar took it upon themselves to make life a little easier - by preparing a liquefied version of a full English roast.

Ms Harris has worked at the Carpenters Arms in Middle Barton as a cleaner since the bar reopened at the end of last year, working a couple of hours a week.

And after staff heard about her condition, they surprised her by coming up with a non-solid form of the traditional Sunday classic for her last weekend.

Ms Harris, from Enstone, said: "If I'm going out to restaurants I always have to pre-plan and take food, something that I can have.

"You learn to live with the condition really."

After coming in for dinner with her two girls, the 44-year-old, who works as a barber, was offered a selection of bowls including favourites carrots, parsnips, red cabbage, cauliflower cheese, broccoli, potato and roast turkey.

In terms of meals, the lunch was a leap into the unknown for Ms Harris, who often orders soups when she goes out for food.

She added: "The staff have been so kind, they always give me any leftovers from the food I can eat as a lot of the food gets thrown away.

"What they have done before is make me soups, they can be good but sometimes it can be a bit the same and it's good to have something else.

"The meal didn't really taste any different really.

"It's the meat I really enjoyed, as when you have soup often they will just use stock in it.

"I will definitely be eating there more often as they have gone to the trouble to make it."

Landlord Tony Bass, who has run the pub since December, said: "Sian often pops in here for food and we know all about her condition.

"We had discussed how we could do the roast dinner, and to stop the gravy overpowering the taste we decided to put it in separate bowls.

"We didn't speak to Sian before about it and I think she was a little overwhelmed."

"We would do the same for anybody really if people want to phone in beforehand.

"In this business you have to do something different to stand out and we put a lot of emphasis on trying to please our customers."