This Sunday, 19th August, we will be debuting our brand new Sunday lunch menu! Since we have been open for dinner 6 nights a week, the chefs have been working incredibly hard to prepare the delicious food for each evening, but we have challenged them to do the same again to create a special Sunday lunch menu. Like the dinner menu, the Sunday lunch menu has a choice of 3 starters, 3 main courses and 3 fabulous … Continue reading →

Mixed bouquet or themed box of chocolates? Yes, it is another commercial shebang. But even the most cynical among us will be making a gesture from cheap and cheerful to those which cost a bit more on Sunday 18 March – Mother’s Day.  Keep it simple. Give her a day off.  Book a table at Amelie and Friends for lunch.  Sit her down to a well deserved delicious plate of salmon gravlax or carpaccio of beef … Continue reading →

Yippee. Today is Pancake Day. One of the most gorgeously satisfying things to look at is “the pancake” each one as unique as a fingerprint. They are the  true 3 ingredient food: egg; flour and milk. Humbly simple to make so no excuse ever to buy some rubbery supermarket version pre-packed. Here, we like pancakes so much we serve them all year long, topped with delicious crisp bacon and Canada’s finest export after William Shatner (aka … Continue reading →

Every shop on the high street is a cascade of all things heart shaped. It seems a very short year since last Valentines Day but the calender doesn’t lie and February 14 is here again. Tuesday in our book has never been known for its romance so we are marking this day of commercial love and affection by bumping it forward to a more sensible Saturday night. We salute this festival of Saint Valentine, which curiously … Continue reading →

The endless family debates about the turkey; the mad dash to the supermarket to buy the Advent Calender; the late night trawling the internet to find out the coolest ‘must have’ gadget; the making of cakes for the school/church/scout fair – is it unseasonal to think “what about me?” Enough already. Come in to the restaurant and learn to love Christmas time as you tuck into a fantastically gooey chocolate brownie or book for a  yuletide … Continue reading →

On Monday night when the restaurant was shut, the staff had a get together for a wine tasting. Hosted by the charming Nick Mason of Mason and Mason, who supplies us, there was much scribbling, giggling and spitting going on.  Specialists in organic or biodynamic, the growers work using a minimum of chemical interference and are a solid partner for our food. Now we are open three evenings a week our wine list is playing a … Continue reading →

Maybe Stacey, our Aussie pastry chef was feeling a little bit homesick. She has been busy creating in her kitchen and the result is this splendid little box of cake known as the Lamington. Pretty much unknown over here the Lamington is as Australian as Vegemite but we are selling them alongside the brioche and tarts. Where we have car washing and jumble sales, the Australian Scouts and guides, who really love these little cakes, have … Continue reading →