Have we done this already?!
- Game terrine, ale chutney, sourdough
- Confit duck leg, thyme fondant potato, braised red cabbage, red wine jus
- Christmas pudding, brandy butter ice cream
Have we done this already?!
• Terrine of confit duck leg with homemade damson chutney, baby leaves and shallot vinaigrette, toasted sour dough
• Roast breast and leg of turkey with black pudding, apple and loveage stuffing, pancetta wrapped chipolata and a dry sherry pan gravy
• Selection of fine local cheeses with quince paste and homemade cheese biscuits
Turkey and black pudding. 10 on 10!
Why do Christmas work do menus always sound better than they actually end up being?
Skipping the main one at some dogshit fairy tale themed place in Holborn, but for the team one I’m having:
The menu has split the office along snootiness lines, with the particularly posh people turning up their noses at it.
Antipasta Della Cassa
Truffle butter rib eye steak
Torta Di Cioccolato
So, a bowl of olives, a steak, and a chocolate tart, then?
(they tart the names up better than this but basically…)
Cheese and onion soufflé with a salad
Tomato and red pepper risotto
Cheesecake
Stop ruining christmas you prick
Chicken wings as a starter eh. Tis the season!
Literally the only (probably) lactose free starter. I don’t even like chicken wings.
Ah I forgot about your ahem issues.
We aren’t having one this year.
we’ve done this
nothing because they’ve picked somewhere that won’t cater to allergies/requirements. last year the same thing, and i didn’t eat anything. year before they had a proper kitchen so actually catered to me and the other person with allergies. year before that i gave all my food away.
Team dinner
WHITE ONION SOUP
Tarragon, creme fraiche, chestnut shavings
BUTTERNUT SQUASH RAVIOLI
Charred sweetcorn, red pepper oil
RICH CHOCOLATE AND CHERRY TRUFFLE TORTE
Company do
Canapés and pizza later in the evening
Seeded goat’s cheese roulade with red wine poached pears, sugar coated pecans, baby kale and honey.
Slow roasted pork belly with fig stuffing, caramelised plums, parsnip purée, shaved sprouts with jus.
Welsh honey, medjool date, fig and pistachio frangipane with clotted cream.
Fuck off parsnip pureé