insideKENT Magazine Issue 92 - November 2019 | Page 63

CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS IS COMING… CONT. The Captain Digby // Broadstairs www.captaindigby.co.uk The Bell Hotel // Sandwich www.bellhotelsandwich.co.uk The Duke William at Ickham // nr Canterbury www.thedukewilliamickham.com/christmas SAMPLE MENU CHOICE: Starter: sauté wild forest mushrooms on a toasted ciabatta with garlic cream Main: pan fried duck breast on a bed of dauphinoise potatoes with a rich black cherry sauce Dessert: baked mince pie and apple crumble Price: £62.95 per person SAMPLE MENU CHOICE: Starter: parsnip, sage and white bean soup Main: roasted rib-eye of British beef, horseradish, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and, pancetta and bourguignon sauce Dessert: passion fruit tart, sherry sabayon, mascarpone and fresh raspberries Price: £79.95 SAMPLE MENU CHOICE Starter: Duke William king prawn cocktail, bloody mary rose sauce Main: honey and wholegrain mustard glazed gammon, charred hispi cabbage, creamed potatoes, and gravy Dessert: Ada Sargeant's christmas pudding with brandy custard Price: £70 per person Ashford International Hotel // Ashford www.ashfordhotel.co.uk/festive SAMPLE MENU CHOICE: Starter: ham hock and pea terrine Main: carvery meats with sage & onion stuffing balls, chipolatas wrapped in bacon, roast potatoes, cauliflower & broccoli cheese, steamed sprouts, roast winter root vegetables Dessert: Christmas plum pudding with brandy and double cream sauce Price: £75 per person The Smugglers // Birchington www.smugglersbirchington.co.uk SAMPLE MENU CHOICE: Starter: chef’s traditional French onion soup Main: slow roasted duck with a sweet Kirsch and cherry reduction Dessert: chocolate orange roulade Price: £85 per person The Windmill // Hollingbourne www.thewindmillhollingbourne.co.uk Hempstead House // Sittingbourne www.hempsteadhouse.co.uk SAMPLE MENU CHOICE: Starter: wild mushroom soup with truffle oil Main: roast turkey served with bacon wrapped sausage, apricot and pistachio stuffing Dessert: white chocolate and raspberry tart Price: £95 per person Hengist // Aylesford www.hengistrestaurant.co.uk/food-drink/ SAMPLE MENU CHOICE Starter: smoked duck and watercress salad clementines and pomegranate Main: turkey paupiette pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, yorkshire pudding, brussel sprouts, roast carrots, root vegetable mash and red cabbage Dessert: spiced apple strudel with vanilla custard Price: £85 per person SAMPLE MENU CHOICE: Starter: baked tomato galette with goats cheese, black olive tapenade and pumpkin seeds Main: roast free-range Norfolk Bronze turkey, duck fat roast potatoes, sage & apricot stuffing, honey glazed carrots, roasted brussels sprouts, marjoram jus Dessert: chocolate fondant, salted caramel ice cream, white chocolate sauce Price: £85 per person Leaf Hotel // Dover www.leafhoteldover.co.uk SAMPLE MENU CHOICE Starter: pea, ham and mint soup Main: buffet including cranberry glazed roast turkey and all the trimmings Dessert: buffet including mince pies, yule log and Christmas cake. Price: £74.95 per person Rowhill Grange Hotel // nr Dartford www.alexanderhotels.co.uk/rowhill-grange/christmas-at- rowhill-grange/ SAMPLE MENU CHOICE: Starter:beetroot cured salmon and beetroot sorbet, pickled baby beetroot and sunflower seeds Main: traditional roast Black Feathered turkey, confit turkey leg sausage roll, curly kale, and gravy Dessert: dark chocolate mousse with poached pear and pear sorbet Price: £115 per person The Bull // Wrotham www.thebullhotel.com/christmas/christmas-day/ SAMPLE MENU CHOICE: Starter: game and foie gras terrine, artichoke piccalilli, treacle bread Main: slow cooked beef cheek, dauphinoise potato, caramelised shallot puree, carrot and swede mash, meat jus Dessert: apple and cinnamon doughnut, bramley apple and lemon curd, salted caramel Price: £99 per person 63