Stay in and get the sprouts on now

We are going out for Christmas lunch - 14 of us - nice menu, £45 a head

no we need to do lunch out this year. We get power outages every bloody year. And we also need a change of scenary

Well if you will respond to those ads on certain German sites.........

What do you want to eat for Christmas dinner? something non traditional? Try some sort of ethnic restaurant (indian, thai etc) you may get a better choice

ooooops - £49.95 a head ....

STARTERS
Spiced parsnip soup
with parsnip crisps, bread & Somerset butter (v)
Loch Fyne smoked Scottish salmon
with king prawns, horseradish mayonnaise, salad leaves & bread (&dagger
Colston Bassett Stilton, port & pear tart
with dressed salad & balsamic glaze (v)(&Dagger
Smooth duck liver & apricot terrine
with mulled plum chutney, bread & Somerset butter
MAIN COURSES
All mains served with British root vegetables, Brussels sprouts, mash & roasted potatoes
Hand-carved free-range Norfolk turkey & Norfolk ham
with all the trimmings
Basil & Parmesan crusted loin of hake
with a tomato, pepper & white wine sauce (&dagger
Aged Scottish fillet steak
with red horseradish & mustard sauce
Roasted woodland mushroom, cashew nut, chick pea & butter bean Wellington
with Provençal sauce (v)
Pan-seared Barbary duck breast
with a wild blueberry & balsamic sauce
DESSERTS
Christmas pudding with brandy sauce (&Dagger
Winter berry & brioche pudding
Sicilian lemon tart with berries & double cream
Belgian chocolate cheesecake with double cream
CHEESE
Local speciality cheese, Taw Valley Extra Mature ‘Tickler’ Cheddar & Shropshire Blue
with grapes, onion confit & biscuits
COFFEE & TRUFFLES
Adult £49.95 Child £15.00

I know, I normally get an invite to either my brother's or my niece's. Nowt's been said yet. And I've got away for a few years with being invited out for tea on Boxing Day. I don't think I'll be able to this year

oi you

not something non trad as such just sick of the same stuff. I'd like a nice piece of steak or beef of some sort & a proper vegetarian menu. Not just pasta crap (cheap bastards).

TBH, I wouldn't thank you to go out on Christmas Day for dinner

Rexi - definately not our cup of tea

Look at my menu Abo - it's a Greene King pub ... I had a great steak there last year

Got a Greene King near you???

Ah well ... more for me :rubs tummy:

i might have egg and chips

we really need something different this year. TGI's would have been fine but their staff don't even know what day it is s & they're not open either

What a good idea *nods*

Nah me either.

It's not polite to undo the zip on your waistband in a restaurant to make more space for pudding either is it?

Inadvertent knicker flash to the staff

I'd love to go out for Christmas lunch, but 50 quid a head is just a bit too mental

PMSL Leccs  I know what you mean tho

saying that I think we may just buy a few pizzas from Pizza Hut & reheat them on Christmas Day. Thats how disallusioned (sp?) I'm feeling with all the British crap.

Step out of your comfort zones people

Plus you can't do the trumpet voluntary when you're out

but thats why you pay soooooooooooooo much

says who?

Can you not cook?  

My mum pays

Although this year my in-laws are coming too for the first time, and we have to pay for them. Mind you - we can take them home straight after, so it's £100 well spent to me

Look at the prawn cocktail you could have  

Just had a proper look at that menu, looks lush

Every cloud

Worth £50 though Karma? Then again I guess it's the staff labour you're paying for too

I can cook pretty much anything edible but like I said our power goes out every christmas day without fail & I'm sick of worrying about it

I'm having the smoked salmon, then steak ... can't decide what to have for my pudding yet

Not impressed then Abo?

It might be worth looking into local pubs. A few years ago I went out for a Christmas lunch with a couple I worked for occasionally. They had steak and the veggie option was a hazlenut and goats cheese terrine with a choice of veggies, some traditional, some not.

Not that I could have the terrine, being vegan! But the thought was there. I know what you mean about the pasta though

It does, nice to hake on a menu too...too many places rely on haddock or cod when they do white fish.

It's the 'not sitting around for hours listening to the in-laws droning on' that I'm paying for.

I'd pay double

 Very True. The restaurant we sometimes go  during the year to has Xmas dinner at £50..... and not a lot to show for it really

I hope you get my sense of humour (NOT)

shithead watch it you

I've got a bit more time off this Christmas than in recent years, and I'm planning to stay home and enjoy it

I can't eat meat (unless I want to be really sick for a couple of days) & am allergic to a lot of additives & stuff so was just hoping to find something different. And I know what you mean about the vege options. They are pathetic & useless.