Christmas parties at the Herb Garden café

Your Christmas Evening Dinner at the Herb Garden Café
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Have the place to yourself any evening in December from 1st to 23rd inclusive (except Friday 16th, which will be one of our Thank Goodness It’s Friday specials).
Minimum booking 12 adults. £19.50 per head or £16.00 for two courses. Beverages extra.

We are fully licensed. We look forward to serving our usual range of moderately-priced wines by the bottle or glass, and beer by the bottle. We don’t usually stock aperitifs or spirits but we’re happy to discuss whatever you’d like. In this menu V stands for vegetarian; V* means vegetarian and can be made vegan if you tell us when you book.

Starters
  • Cranberry, Madeira and mushroom paté with Parmesan toast V*
  • Oak Roast Salmon with dill mustard and wholemeal toast: fresh salmon lightly cured, roasted in hot oak smoke – rich and moist and tasty.
  • Warm goats’ cheese salad V Creamy, tangy goats’ cheese on a crostini (grilled slice of ciabata bread rubbed with garlic, seasoned and drizzled with olive oil). Served with mixed leaves and a lemon salad dressing.
  • Chestnut risotto cakes V* The risotto mix comes in a crisp pastry case and is served on a bed of baby spinach drizzled with brandy herb butter (or a dairy-free alternative).
Main courses (all served with seasonal vegetables)
  • Traditional roast turkey with all the trimmings: our accompaniments include bread sauce, cranberry sauce, our own deliciously piquant sloe jelly, and two stuffings – one made of apricots, the other chestnut and sausage meat.
  • Chestnut and cranberry ring V An apple, cranberry, leek and chestnut loaf with goats’ cheese melting in the centre, all wrapped in crisp puff pastry.
  • Roast butter nut squash V* with chestnuts, garlic mushrooms and a red wine gravy.
  • Italian venison stew: made with local venison, this is an Agrodolce dish - cooked long and slow in a sweet-and-sour marinade of honey, sweet wine, dried fruit, vinegar and spices originating in Roman times.
  • Roast loin of pork with honey, cloves and ginger, served with a purée of apples and ginger.
Desserts (all suitable for vegetarians)
  • Christmas pudding V* Individual puddings made to a secret Herb Garden recipe. Very fruity but light and fresh-flavoured. With brandy sauce.
  • Damson and white chocolate terrine
  • Chianti-poached stuffed pears V* Whole pears poached in a spicy wine syrup and stuffed with a Christmassy mix of nuts and dried fruits.
  • Chocolate Stollen: a chocolate version of Stollen (a traditional, light Christmas cake from Germany) this has flavours of almonds and dried fruits soaked in rum and orange zest.
To book, call in at
5 Spa Centre, Station Crescent. Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 5BB
phone 01597 823082
or email sally@herbgardencafe.co.uk

Do you want music at your party? See our music system

Page created 5th October 2011.

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