Monthly Archives: June 2011
Amelie and Friends opens 7 days a week
We have been listening to all our customers so from Monday 4 July we are going for it and we will be open 7 days a week. Supper will be served late from Thursday to Saturday and it will be a sharing experience. Similar we hope to the Spanish way of doing things with everyone tasting from each others plates and lively conversation. Opening Times Monday – Wednesday: 9am – 7pm Thursday – Saturday: 9am – … Continue reading
Remember you’re a Womble?
As we sit in the restaurant with a cup of good Italian coffee and an enormous meringue dusted with chocolate we are so glad we never got round to buying those tickets to Glastonbury. Who but the most dedicated can cope with that much mud? Still a bit miffed not to have been allocated even one of our choices for the Olympics 2012 though! This weekend there is a new dish in town. So we … Continue reading
Treat the old man to brunch
Come rain or shine Father’s Day will be here on Sunday. Last year it might have been breakfast in bed but this year we are having a brunch at Amelie to celebrate. Come along with a dad, any dad will do, and after your meal we will give him a little present of a scrumptious Amelie cake to take away. Let him read the Sunday papers in peace and he might just share. To reserve a … Continue reading
Until next year Asparagus
The summer solstice, June 21, is the final day English asparagus growers will take to the fields. The fabulous hot April weather means we have enjoyed a long season and it will be sad to say farewell to the little greeen spears. But English asparagus is a stickler for the rules and season’s stop date doesn’t change year on year. The kitchen’s swan song is Pan Fried Asparagus with a poached duck egg and grapefruit, sorrel … Continue reading
Bienvenue Stephane
Cliche Frenchman: coffee, croissant, bicycle, string of onions – not ours. Welcome to Stephane who loves all things English: full fry-up breakfast, a brisk walk up the Trundle, his girlfriend and he says he drinks warm, real ale and enjoys it. Stephane joins us as front of house and hasn’t stopped smiling since he arrived - he even lets the girls be in charge of the music remote! Totally unflappable.