ROLL UP! ROLL UP! Midlands area Christmas Dinner/Get-together: Friday 3rd December

[LunarSea]

Midlands area Christmas Dinner is booked - please come along and join us.

Date: Friday 3rd December
Time: 8pm
Place: Bear Inn, Berkswell
Location: Close to J6 of M42, near the NEC - see map here
Cost: £19.99

Menu:

Roasted Cherry Tomato & Butternut Squash soup laced with Basil (served with half a crusty baguette & butter) OR Smoked Salmon, Creme Fraiche & Crab Parcel (served with brown bread and butter) OR Warm Salad of Crispy Duck, Walnuts, Spinach & Pomegranate (with a balsamic raspberry vinaigrette) OR Port & Stilton Rarebit (garnished with cherry tomatoes)

Traditional Turkey & Honeyed Ham (served with sage & onion stuffing, bacon, chipolata sausage, cranberry & bread sauces)
OR
8oz Sirloin Steak with Bearnaise sause
OR
Fresh Haddock set on Walnut & Stilton crushed new potatoes (garnished with wilted herbs, capers, cherry tonmatoes and rocket pesto)
OR
Half a Roast Duckling (served with a winter berry and cassis sauce)
OR
Mediterranean style roasted Vegetables, Spinach & Brie Calzone (a folded pizza parcel filled with vegetables, olives, spinach & cheese)

All served with a selection of fresh seasonal vegetables

Christmas Pudding & Brandy Sauce OR Festive Berry Pavlova OR Tarte au Citron (served with a raspberry coulis)

Coffee, mini mince pies & Bittermints

Accomodation nearby: Travel Inn at Balsall Common - we should be able to fix transport to/from if people want to stay overnight.

HOWEVER... I do need deposits (£10 each) by next Thursday to confirm the booking. We may be able to add extra people on to the booking later, if they still have spaces, but no guarantees. I will also need your menu choices in advance of the meal (although not necessarily as early as next week.

Can anyone who wants to come either CAT me or send an email to
Midlands_Xmas AT mail2uk DOT com
and I'll get back to you with details of where to send cheques to.

Probables so far:
jampot (Solihull)
NomDePlume (Worcester)
GeorginaA (Worcester)
LunarSea (Leamington Spa)
Ailsa
Ronniebaby (Tamworth?)
MumtoLaura
whimsy (North Birmingham)
clary (Derby)
CHRIZ (South Birmingham)
Mum2girls (Coventry)
MadameButterfly (Burton?)
Lavender2 (Cambridge)

would love a munch RB

Hi RB - would love to do something in the new year - especially if it was the week of 10th-14th Jan, as dh is away in Italy all that week so I'll probably be desperate to get out before the end of it! MiL will probably have ds overnight for one night to let me have a break if I ask nicely.

hi thanks for sorting out the despoits there will sort out hwta i owe wed

ttfn

Cheers Ladies, well you'll all be very welcome, the kettle will be on, bickies in the tin.

LS anytime.

Well I know its a long way yet, but if I dont make it I hope you all have fun, altho I'll post closer to the date anyhoo

p.s. DH goes out Thursday nights

Hi - sorry I've not responded sooner - I'd have loved to come but we go to Eurodisney on the Sat morning (5th) and I know I'll be up to my ears in packing and trying to get two very excited DDs in bed....hope you all have a great time...would've been lovely to put a few faces to names

hi mum2girls

hope you have a lovely holiday there

may be meet up in the new year

yes ronniebaby jaffa cakes please

I'm coming !

Would be nice to meet Lav too... Is she coming ?

not sure NDP - Hopefully Lunar will be back on here in a bit - she may have heard

Don't forget if anyone wants to stay over I have a twin room booked at the Innkeepers lodge and only me in it at the moment.

LunarSea has my mobile number if anyone is interested in sharing the room and cost (the room is £39.95 for the night)

hi there

looking foward to it there

Haven't heard from Lavender2 (have tried CATing but she's requested no mail). Lavender - can you post again if you're still interested. Or anyone else for that matter!

so what's the story, where are there places to stay? and does anyone fancy sharing with a lav?

Lav - 3 posts down : MB has booked a double room and there's only her in it!!! Get in quick

MadameButterfly....would you mind if I shared with you? is that £39.95 and when do I have to pay by?

Its £39.95 for the room lav so presumably £20 each

amgoing to say yes, include me please Madame Butterfly (and when do you need the money by?

there is only one hitch...and that is if dh gets posted to Scotland I'm buggered as wont travel all that way for a night...fingers crossed and will let you know asap..

Lavender - can you send an email to
Midlands_Xmas AT mail2uk DOT com
and I'll send you details of where to send a deposit. Afraid I need £10 up front to reserve the meal.

Also I need menu choices by 2 weeks before the meal (i.e a fortnight today) from everyone.

My menu choice:

Smoked salmon
Turkey
Tarte au Citron

please...

My menu choice (but please, for gods sake make a list per name and remind me on the day - I am notorious for forgetting and then confusing ALL the servers at pre-chosen menu parties... save me from myself!):

Roasted Cherry Tomato & Butternut Squash soup laced with Basil (served with half a crusty baguette & butter)

Traditional Turkey & Honeyed Ham (served with sage & onion stuffing, bacon, chipolata sausage, cranberry & bread sauces)

Tarte au Citron (served with a raspberry coulis)

Roasted Cherry Tomato & Butternut Squash soup laced with Basil (served with half a crusty baguette & butter)

Traditional Turkey & Honeyed Ham (served with sage & onion stuffing, bacon, chipolata sausage, cranberry & bread sauces)

Festive Berry Pavlova

Smoked Salmon, Creme Fraiche & Crab Parcel (served with brown bread and butter

Tarte au Citron (served with a raspberry coulis)

hi here are my choices for main and pudding

tc

8oz Sirloin Steak with Bearnaise sause

sorry missed the main 1st was the starter lol

Hi there.

I don't fancy any of the starters listed.

Main course: Turkey
Sweet : Christmas Pudding