CHRISTMAS EVE

Arrive from 2pm and indulge in an afternoon tea served in the comfort of our lounge. We start the evening off at 5pm with just a two minute walk to the Aldeburgh Cinema where you will enjoy a short festive film, followed by canapés, carol singers, mulled Aspall cider and mince pies in the foyer before you return back to the hotel. From 7.30pm you will sit down to a sumptuous 5-course dinner served in the splendid Victorian-themed James Cable Room. After dinner, enter into the house party spirit and dance to our live band, Pea Green, until midnight. Midnight Mass will be celebrated at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, five minute’s walk from the hotel. Return for a hot beverage or night cap served in the Bar.

DINNER MENU

Amuse Bouche *** Cured Suffolk ham and pea soup with parmesan croute *** Smoked trout, lemon, honey and dill yoghurt tartlet with soused cucumber *** Sutton Hoo chicken, maple bacon and quail egg salad with cranberry vinegar dressing *** Bucks Fizz sorbet *** Roast fore-rib of beef with garlic and thyme potato cake, buttered savoy juniper cabbage and sage jus

OR

Candied shallot, lemon thyme and butternut tart tatin with pomme anna and buttered seasonal greens *** Mint chocolate cheese cake with Baileys ice-cream *** Selection of continental and Suffolk cheeses with Suffolk chutney, celery and water biscuits *** Coffee and petit fours

NON-RESIDENT ADULTS £79.95.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

A Bucks Fizz breakfast will be served in the Brasserie from 8 to 10am. At 1.15pm, all of our guests sit down together for a traditional 3-course Christmas lunch with all the trimmings served in the Brasserie. Christmas lunch for non-resident guests will be served in the Victorian-themed James Cable Room at 12.30pm.

LUNCH MENU

Sutton Hoo chicken broth *** Maple bacon, black pudding,
poached egg tart glazed with bernaise sauce *** Pink Champagne and strawberry sorbet *** Roast lemon and thyme bronze turkey
with all the trimmings and red wine jus

Braised skate wing, parsley caper lemon butter,
new potatoes and seasonal greens

Horseradish, thyme, honey glazed beef, roast potatoes,
herb buttered vegetables, Yorkshire pudding and madeira jus

Binham blue cheese and mushroom pithivier,
new potatoes and creamed leeks *** White chocolate and raspberry mousse
with grand marnier dark chocolate sauce

Christmas pudding with brandy sauce
and stem ginger ice-cream *** Coffee and vanilla fudge

NON-RESIDENT ADUlTS £79.95 NON-RESIDENT CHIlDREN £34.95

A traditional hot and cold buffet will be served in the Bar & Brasserie for our resident guests from 7-9pm.Throughout the evening, our pianist will play some festive classics.

BOXING DAY

Breakfast is served in the Brasserie from 8-10am. At 11am, wrap yourselves up warm and watch a group of swimmers, including our General Manager, Peter Osborne, as they brave the freezing North Sea to raise money for charity, or in a few cases, for the sheer fun of it!

LUNCH MENU

Parsnip and apple soup with nutmeg croutons

Hot roast salmon and crab tart with lemon and dill hollandaise

Pork, prune and armagnac terrine
with onion marmalade and toasted brioche

Goats cheese pannacotta with sweet pickled beetroot salsa *** Roast fillet of cod with herby mash, white wine
and mussel sauce and buttered greens

Confit duck leg with sweet pickled red cabbage,

Dauphinoise potatoes and Cointreau jus

Braised fennel, celeriac and baby onion wellington
with tarragon and peppercorn sauce

Ox liver with sage and onion mash, crisp pancetta,
savoy cabbage and Cumberland sauce *** Boozy trifle with homemade shortbread

Cointreau orange syrup sponge pudding with dark chocolate sauce

Banoffee tart with banana and honeycomb ice-cream

Egg nog crème brulee with shortbread cookie *** Coffee and petit fours

NON-RESIDENT ADUlTS £24.95 NON-RESIDENT CHIlDREN £13.

Boxing Day lunch for non-resident guests will be served in our Victorian-themed James Cable Room, where our pianist will play traditional Christmas tunes.

BOXING DAY NIGHT

For our resident guests, enjoy an informal evening of fantastic
food and music from our pianist in the relaxed setting of our
Bar & Brasserie. Dinner this evening is your choice from our set
3-course Bar & Brasserie menu.

thursday 27TH DECEMBER MENU

Breakfast will be served in the Bar & Brasserie from 8-10am.
We hope that you will have enjoyed a fantastic Christmas
with us and that you return home feeling thoroughly refreshed,
pampered and relaxed.

THREE NIGHT CHRISTMAS BREAK
24TH – 27TH DECEMBER 2012

Inland double or twin room £520. Seaview double or twin £577.

Superior double room £660. Inland single £520. Seaview single £577.

Stay an extra night on the 23rd December for £80 B&B.

Prices are per person and inclusive of VAT.

Single occupancy in double room will be charged at 75%
of the full double occupancy rate.