Our summer of multitudinous matrimony is over - and its heads down and push on through to the New Year.
Gratifyingly, my determination to be very grown up and get menus and prices out early has paid off and we are in the happy position of having sold out all of our prime time in December. Christmas Day is massively popular again and we have a large cancellation list. We will of course be continuing to offer Christmas party packages into January with very competitive and good value prices.
However, there is still availability for New Year's Eve. Call us now on 01691 670970 for a booking form for this fantastic celebration. Booking is strictly by deposit and we are filling up fast! Ticket price is £65.00 (per person) and includes Bucks Fizz on arrival, a fab three course meal with coffee and – most importantly – a brilliant band to get you partying into next year!
Starters
Our own tomato soup with lentils orange and Drambuie
Smoked fish terrine ~ smoked salmon, mackerel and halibut with prawns
Melon, Parmesan and figs
Asparagus and wild mushroom risotto cakes with sweet pepper coulis
Mains
Sirloin of beef Wellington with Madeira sauce
Crispy roast duck leg with pink breast, orange sauce
Cracked black pepper salmon with vermouth and crayfish sauce
Double baked cheese soufflé with baked tomato and aubergine salad
Puddings
Green and Blacks double chocolate truffle mousse cake
The simplest lemon cheesecake
Passion fruit posset
Cheese and biscuits
PAMPERED CHEF
3rd and 4th December 2007
‘Pampered Chef’, a concept long-dear to my heart... Us chefs, whilst not always being the most deserving of causes, usually respond very well to bit of pampering.
Anyway, by way of an explanation, this particular concept is a chance to solve a raft of your Christmas shopping issues AND to see an educational and enjoyable presentation of the benefits of high quality cookware at the same time. So, this is ‘Ann Summers’ for Stove Slaves.
Over two days (3rd and 4th December) two of Pampered Chefs most ebullient and knowledgeable consultants will host 3 shows a day at 11.00am, 2.00pm and 7.30pm, show-casing their range of products and then taking orders which we are assured will be with you in heaps of time for Christmas.
No admission charges – just turn up!
Cottage Bookings
On our website are details of our very pretty and comfortable cottage, a little over a mile from The Walls. From early December it is available again. The only new condition being a minimum of two nights occupancy and weekly lets over Christmas and New Year. It makes an ideal base when attending events at The Walls, an overflow for family or friends visiting, or any other foray to Oswestry. Please see website for all details.
BARRY MAISEY ART EXHIBITION
All of a sudden, having not seen a painting of a poppy in years, bam! our old friend Trish phones and asks to hang some pictures (of poppies) and a most engaging and talented artist Barry Maisey arrives with a whole bus load of them. Then all of a sudden it’s Rememberance Sunday – even more poppies.
Barry’s exhibition is staying with us deep into December and they’d make seriously dramatic Christmas presents for anybody who has everything apart from a poppy painting.
From the heat of high summer days to more sombre moments at this time of year, poppies can evoke a gamut of emotions.In these paintings, Maisey expresses the joy and significance of these wild flowers through his use of rich colour and zesty brushwork.
There will be an artist-in-residence day on 25th November 2007 and a private view on 25th November 2007. All are welcome.
BARRY MAISEY ART EXHIBITION
Smoking Salon
aka “The Coughin’ Shed”
In an attempt to soften the desperate blow to you poor beleaguered nicotine addicts of no longer being able to make our soft furnishings, staff clothes and hair smell revolting; no longer being able to burn black holes in our floor boards and sofas; no longer being able to fill up our house plant pots and fireplaces with fag ends, Kate has made you a ‘nicotine cathedral’ – a glorious construction of wood and glass – nice and airy and equipped with ‘wall mounted’ ash tray and fairy lights.
Although on past form, it seems highly unlikely that all of you will get the hang of putting your fag ends in the right place and we’ll still have a sea of butts to wade through most mornings.
Now all the government has to do is ban drinking and eating and we can all go home! It’s coming - last one out switch the lights off. Kate says the above rant is that of a thwarted ex-smoker…
Better Bridge
Improvers Class: Wednesday 10.30am -12.30pm
with Mike and Sarah Amos
I am sure by now that all of you are aware of the importance of an active mind in prolonging one’s quality of life. So for all levels of bridge player a new series of Improvers Classes began on Wednesday 9th November.
Anyway, by way of an explanation, this particular concept is a chance to solve a raft of your Christmas shopping issues AND to see an educational and enjoyable presentation of the benefits of high quality cookware at the same time. So, this is ‘Ann Summers’ for Stove Slaves.
