On the 9th December we all gathered in the bar of this eminently comfortable hotel. We had booked a private dining room to celebrate my father-in-laws 80th Birthday.
The hotel is tucked away on the edge of the Cotswolds and is slowly becoming a favourite in our house. I have been here on several occasions, and just pulling up in the car park brings back so many wonderful memories.
On this occasion I chose:-
Deep Fried Tomato Risotto Balls, Rocket and Balsamic Mayonnaise
Chicken Saltimbocca with Parmentiere Potatoes and Braised Red Cabbage *
Warm Chocolate Brownie with Raspberry Sauce *
Tiramisu
Coffee and Mints
The dinning room is elegant warm with friendly and efficient staff. One of them was obviously under 18 as he was unable to serve us with alcohol but was polite and helpful at all times. The food as always was prepared with care and the menu choices were more than sufficient for the 26 people who were invited.
My choices were tasty, of good size and thoroughly enjoyable…except that is, for the dessert. I had originally ordered the tiramisu which turned out to be all I thought it would be…yum...unfortunately my youngest daughter had ordered the brownies which unbeknown to her had walnuts in….which she is allergic to…guess who ended up with the brownies? They were over cooked, dry and pretty tasteless unless you smothered them with the raspberry sauce they came with but I didn’t complain as everything else was spot on.
We all had a fantastic time and will defiantly go there again for our large family gatherings, they coped with the large number wonderfully…most other places struggle to seat us on one table and serve us all together (the stories I could tell you). All this for £14.95 per person plus £95 for the private room hire, it was worth every penny.
The wines we chose were
MERLOT CABERNET DEL VENETO2003, ITALY at £14.25
SAUVIGNON BLANC 2002. RAOUL JOHNSON, BORDEAUX at £16.50
A big thank you goes out to Debbie Green who worked closely with me to organise the occassion with as little fuss as possible.
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