It has felt like autumn since about the 2nd week of June. Now at least the leaves and trees have caught up just in time for the record temperatures of 30 degrees in October!
It has been months since the last WSJ and I have no excuse save for being spread a little too thinly across our various enterprises. Don’t often find me and thinly in the same sentence. The highlights of the non- existent summer have been our continued involvement with the second OSfest, our weekend aside the lake at Glansevern as the restaurant for the Welsh Food Festival and several forays into spectacular outside catering.
Still, there's no rest for the wicked and we find ourselves staring down the barrel of a quickly-approaching Christmas season!
However, we're feeling reasonably confident that we are pretty well organised; the menus and order forms are ready and - generally - we think we know what we are doing. You can take a peek at all Christmas information on the web-site
Thankfully, as usual, demand for Christmas Day lunch is very healthy and, as we publish this, we have around 30 spaces left.
In a departure from the last few years we are not going to open on Boxing Day. New Years Eve is to follow the established format of a civilised dinner and home for cocoa or champagne before midnight.
There is so much to learn about this age of technological advancement. We are now up and running with our new internet shopping site.
I’m certain that Amazon, Ebay and Google are absolutely terrified and alarmed at our move into internet retailing. Our cleverly top secret wine and gift shop - Pssssst! - hidden away in mysterious Woolpack Alley, next door to The Willow Cafe & Gallery is now loaded on to web for a fully-fledged armchair shopping experience.
So far, a trickle of orders have followed my initial test order of 6 wine glasses ( as yet not delivered) and we are gearing up for a torrent over the festive period.
We are putting together a succinct and VFM range of hampers and Christmas drink packages, starting with the “Ebeneezer”. We have expanded our range of the brilliant Branche d’ Olive cosmetic, soaps & fragrances, taken on other lines from the expanding Sloe Motion catalogue – their sloe whisky is brilliant.
Dan Lepard, the famous Master Baker, comes to The Walls 5th of November!
We are very excited to have been asked by those magnificent people, the Morris family from Booka, to muscle in and help with hosting two shows by this well-respected TV personality.
As the poster below says, Dan is in huge demand and has a significant following among professional chefs. Spaces will be limited and please note that tickets are available only from Booka.
Booka proudly presents
The ultimate baking demonstration
Dan Lepard
the country's foremost baking guru...
Saturday 5th November 2011
at The Walls, Oswestry
11:00am: Bread making
2:00pm: Cake making & decorating
Each demonstration will be followed by a book signing and chance to meet Dan.
Tickets £15 per demonstration
(includes refreshments and £5 off the price of Dan’s book)
Dan Lepard’s innovative and earthy approach has made him the baker that every top chef wants in their kitchen, and with ‘Short and Sweet’ his utterly dependable how-to-bake book you’ll be baking cakes, pastries, breads and cookies like never before.
If baking is therapy then Dan is your life coach. He’ll show you how to improve, what to work on, how to take what is just ok right up to brilliant, without a sweat. No wonder he is the country’s cutting-edge baker.
In between the two demonstrations we are offering a lunch menu @ £17.50 for three courses:
Brown bread & onion soup, Gruyère cheese
Croustade with prawns & Boursin
Bruschetta with artichoke, mushroom & pesto
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Thai green chicken with naan bread
Our own wholemeal pizza with green salad
A French toast sandwich with ham & cheese Seasonal vegetables
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Chocolate bread & butter pudding
Shortbread stack with berries
Cheese & Frank Smith's bread
Coffee & mints £2.50
To book a table for lunch, call The Walls.
Libby Glicksman, Tribecca & Synergy
We have 3 very exciting musical evenings coming up.
LIBBY GLICKSMAN
First up and following a very successful Sunday lunch appearance, we have the very talented Libby Glicksman. Libby is a local girl ( her mum and dad own & run the brilliant kitchen shop, Upstairs Downstairs) and she’s coming to entertain you on Friday the 14th of October. There is no ticket requirement, simply come for dinner, Libby will start at around 8.00pm.
TRIBECCA
The 4TH of November sees the return of the ever popular jazz trio, Tribecca. Every time they play their reception gets better & better. They are a class act and play sophisticated easy listening jazz standards with consummate ease. Again there is no ticketing, just book your table.
SYNERGY
In the spirit of taking absolutely no chances, we are also inviting back the hugely popular Synergy on the 18th of November for an evening of largely Spanish music and entirely Spanish menu.
Synergy are like 3 of the Gypsy Kings in dinner suits- one of them spent some time in X-factor boot camp this summer.
To Begin
A plate of Tapas ~ Spanish ham, olives, cheese, bread with oil & tomato, livers & chorizo
Main Courses:
Arroz con Pollo- chicken with rice & peas
Cochifrito- Fricasse of Lamb with lemon & garlic
Besugo al Horno- Red snapper baked with potatoes
Charcoal roasted roots & green vegetables
Puddings
Flan de Naranja- orange caramel custard
Queijadas de Evora- Sweet cheese tartlets
Spanish cheeses
Dinner & show to include a glass of Cava on arrival and coffee after dinner £27.50 If you want to book a table but eat from our everyday menus and see the show, there will be a £5.00 charge. They are a very entertaining and professional outfit. Come and see.
Libby Glicksman, Tribecca & Synergy
The Walls, Welsh Walls, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1AW.
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