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Those of you who know The Lavender House know that we don't often go in for deals: it's just not the sort of place that you'll find two for one or all you can eat! However, following on from last year's promotion, we are repeating the 2011 offer throughout January: the opportunity to dine from the 9 course tasting menu for the price of the regular dinner menu, £39.95 (available Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights). Just click on the Menus page to view the January Tasting Menu.
We are also revamping the Sunday lunch service to offer a traditional roast sirloin of local beef with family service vegetables and jugs of gravy; and we are also offering a monthly retro Old Beams Classic on both the Sunday lunch and the dinner menus. January sees the return of the Veal Holstein!
Despite all the doom and gloom, 2011 proved to be a very successful year for The Lavender House. With The Pigs and The Assembly House well under control, all our attentions are focused back on our flagship. I'm cooking every service and enjoying it more than ever, and with 2012 being our tenth year here, we are planning a very big year indeed!
Regards Richard
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To appease all of our disappointed customers who couldn't get a table in January, we have decided to extend the current offer throughout February: a chance to dine from the 9 course tasting menu for the price of our regular dinner menu, £39.95. Offer must end at the end of February, so book your table for Thursday, Friday and Saturday (offer excludes February 14th).
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Open for Dinner Valentine's Night
£150 per couple, 7 courses, Champagne on arrival. We are filling up very quickly, so book now at one of The Times' "Most Romantic Restaurants in the UK". The menu can be viewed on our Menus page. You can also have a bouquet of flowers, arranged by Ali Calver, florist at The Assembly House, to be delivered to your table on the evening. Please call or email us for more details.
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HarperWells Fine Wine Evenings 2012
Thursday 19th January
The guys at HarperWells have selected some extraordinary wines to bring a bit of mid-winter cheer into January. And we're going big for the January Wine Supper! Big bold flavours on the plate, full-flavoured wines with plenty of depth and oomph, and plenty of good chat. Expect some spicy dishes, some classic European feast-style plates, as well as some punchy cheeses and a special winter dessert. We'll even round the evening off with a warming 10 year old Armagnac to make sure you don't catch cold on the way home. £55.00pp includes all food and wine. 7.00 pm arrival for 7.30 pm. Details of the menu are on the Menus page.
Thursday 18th April
With special Guest of Honour, Andrew Gunn, owner of the Iona Estate in South Africa. Andrew is a great winemaker and the Iona wines are amongst my favourite from the Cape. HarperWells have offered them since they started their business.
"The wines of Iona come from a dramatically unique site in the Cape Winelands. The vineyards are on a mountain plateau, 420 metres above sea level, surrounded by the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, and overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. In a country where cool sites are precious, these vineyards are like gold - the grapes ripening up to two months later than other Cape vineyards and in perfect balance. Iona is South Africa's coolest vineyard site. Andrew Gunn and family acquired this beautiful, but run-down, apple farm in 1997. It was renamed "IONA" after the remote, spiritual island off the west coast of Scotland. We Gunns can trace our ancestry to the Vikings that landed in Scotland in the 900's, hence the Viking longboat emblem on our labels. Since our first release in 2001, the wines of Iona have quickly made a name as being among the finest in the world."
5 courses, matched with some of the finest wines in the world! £55.00pp.
Next Dates:
Thursday 12th July
Thursday 11th October
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Wednesday Night Supper Club
It's the end of the month ... you need a night out ... we have the answer. On the last Wednesday evening of the month we are hosting Norfolk's first supper club: a themed dinner, served on communal tables, with a selection of wines under £20, all for £25.00pp. We already have a core of customers who have block booked every last Wednesday in the month!
2012
25th January: Comfort Food Classics
29th February: A Taste of the Sea
28th March: French Bistro
25th April: The Norfolk Showcase
30th May: The Italian's Table
27th June: The Tapas of Spain
25th July: A Celebration of the British Summer
29th August: South of France
26th September: The Authentic American Cookbook
31st October: Great British Classics
28th November: Winter Warmers
Don't forget ... if you're looking for that special present, log onto our Cookery School website www.richardhughescookeryschool.co.uk or just drop some really big hints for yourself!
Richard