Need I actually say anything about this evening of silliness? Stonking menu tho’!!

The Red Lion

Hunningham

01926 632715

Valentines dinner

Tuesday February 14^th 2012

Available from 6pm by sittings

4 courses (Starter or pudding) £25.50

5 Courses £29.95

Canapes

Starters

Pea soup with crispy frog’s leg & truffle oil

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Maldon rock Oysters with lemon & shallot vinegar

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Parmesan doughnuts & Chestnut soup with pear carpaccio (V)

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Pan-fried scallops with black pudding & cauliflower puree

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Whole box baked Camembert (To share) with chilli jam, & rustic breads (V)

Sorbet

Coconut, chilli & lime

Mains

Warwickshire lamb rump (served pink), Local purple sprouting, fondant potato,

confit cherry tomatoes & anchovy & garlic puree

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Local mixed roast (To share): Rare rump of beef, rack of lamb & slow cooked belly pork with roast new potatoes & mixed vegetables

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Pan-fried John Dory with vanilla mash, spinach, baby leeks & vermouth sauce

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Offchurch chicken breast with braised leeks, tarragon mash & a cep porchini cream sauce

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Heirloom tomato, goats cheese & herb tart with Worcester & maple sweet potato fries (V)

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Venison Steak (Served pink) with wild mushroom gratin, saffron hollandaise & dauphinoise potatoes

Desserts

All to share

Chocolate taster plate

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“Retro sweets” taster plate

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Selection of English cheese & biscuits

]]> http://redlionhunningham.co.uk/valentines-day-menu-2012/feed/ 0 http://redlionhunningham.co.uk/lunch-on-29th-december-2011/ http://redlionhunningham.co.uk/lunch-on-29th-december-2011/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:43:03 +0000 Sam http://redlionhunningham.co.uk/?p=1233

A very long shot and An odd one I know, but if you came in here this afternoon and you were sat on R4 (round the corner on an octagonal table) and your name was Kate- please drop me an email as I owe you an apology- many thanks

Sam

I have to say this was the busiest I have ever seen the Red Lion. My guess is that we had somewhere in the region of 2000 people who turned up for the bonfire festivities. Firstly I would like to say a big thank you for making the effort and secondly I would like to apologise for if you didnt manage to get a drink or a spot of nosh- I simply had no idea that so many would come. Still…those lasers were pretty cool. Anyways I’ll have a long hard look at the way we do things and see if we cant tweak it a little so that we have a few less disgruntled types!! Thanks again!

Grimble Timple my ever growing Narnian children of the Batman. Tis I, the silent and gibbering mong of Hunningham (apparently that term is derogatory but I’m talking about me and I don’t mind so much!) I felt that it was time to fondle your grey matter with my words of sensibility and inform you of such glad tidings as Bonfire Night, Christmassy stuff & an impending new swine list (We’re selecting different pigs to slaughter on a daily basis and then making a list of our favourites- don’t be ridiculous that wouldn’t be cost effective and it would be a tad messy- grow up!)

Right first up is Bonfire & Bangers 4. Yes it’s Four years since I first opened the doors to The Red Lion, Hunningham and here we still are. Feels like a lifetime already! So as ever it’s birthday time, Bonfire Night, British sausage week & an excuse to have another bash in the rain….it’s what we do!

This year November 5^th is a Saturday so added to all the usual shenanigans (thank goodness for spell check) there’s “A Frickin’ laser” show as well as fireworks (no expense spent) all to the dulcet tunes of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon- sadly it’s just the music- (I fell out with Roger Waters as well and we just cant be in the same room- musical differences mainly- that and I kept trying to play the spoons over the guitar solos) Anyway what you’ll have will be an outside bar in a marquee, Pig roast, Mulled wine, spiced cider, BBQ, sausages, Burritos, a big fat bonfire, fireworks, ‘frickin’ laser show and Dark Side Of The Moon. It’s a free event, as ever with free parking in a (probably very) muddy field. Come down and spend some money will ya?!

Next up all the Christmassy bits are available online at the usual place www.redlionhunningham.co.uk oddly if you then click on Christmas 2011 it’ll take you right there!! That includes The Christmas party menu, Christmas Day menu & New Years Eve menu. Skills!

In other news the pub was nominated as Pub of The Year in The Good Pub Guide 2012 – I suggested that it must’ve been a slow year for good pubs but what an honour!! We didn’t win, like, but to be nominated with only another 8 pubs was pretty special. We have also received a food award to go with our wine award- thankfully we got another sticker (I like stickers).

Whilst on the subject of little red books (wasn’t I?) We have also made it into The Michelin Guide! I am so pleased (page 247 under Hunningham) what an amazing achievement- well done to Darran and the boys!!

We are in the process of giving the wine list a big fat overhaul and will hopefully be forcing some new wines on you over the coming weeks…. We’re tasting reds this afternoon- It’s a tough job but someone has to do it!! The food menu is heading down that wintery route at the moment so there’s lots of new dishes coming your way- I know, I know it’s about piggin’ time!!

The fires are now lit every day (Free smoke for early diners) although the more optimistic of you still persist on eating outside!

We have invested in a fourth ale pump so now you can expand your mind and try something new. (Not Morris dancing)

And finally we have a visiting table magician visiting once a month on a Sunday, (he’s a visitor) although he’s so magic that we never actually know which Sunday he’s coming on but it’s always betwixt the hours of 1pm & 4pm!

And it’s back to the studio…

I don’t think there’s much else to bore you with apart from the usual- If you’d like to stop receiving these pearls of wisdom simply reply with the Subject: Get Lost Four Eyes and you’ll be terminated. If you want more- be old school and come down the pub or be a geeklord tweet away @lionhunningham or find us on Facebook- we’re there somewhere!!

Remember just because you are a character doesn’t mean that you have character…

Laters wombats

Sam

Its our fourth birthday here at the Red Lion, It’s British sausage week, Bonfire night and a saturday night!! Soooo massive bonfire, fireworks, outside bar, mulled wine, pig roast bbq, sausages etc AAAAANNNNDD a laser show featuring the music of Pink Floyd. Yup it’s free and has free parking in a muddy field (probably)

It’ll kick off outside at around 6pm but we wont light the bonfire until about 8pm and then we’ll start the show around 8.15 I’d have thunk!

Ok- here’s the last thing I was expecting to read yesterday after the Indian summer weekend of chaos and bonkersnessness. It seems that a crazy person(s) has nominated The Cat Rouge for greatness. As my mother would say “Well, blow me!” though I think that, perhaps, I shouldn’t say things like that.

Here’s a link to the site

I know nothing else about it except that the guide comes out on 6th October.

Here’s the press release- and whilst we didn’t win- I am honoured!!

Good Pub Guide 2012 – Heart of England winners

Here’s a copy of Festivity action for December (really?) – there’s more to follow but until then “Now I have a machine gun HO HO HO”

And if you want a real copy, for now,  here it is Christmas party menu 2011 (Click it)

The Red Lion festive menu 2011

Served from Thursday 1^st -Saturday 24^th December

£20 for two courses

£24 for three courses

Starters

Celeriac & thyme soup with truffle oil & rustic bread (V)

Saffron poached pear with chicory, walnut & blue cheese salad (V)

Black pudding hash cake with crispy bacon, poached duck egg & homemade ketchup

Potted crab with sour dough bread & watercress

Napton smoky Bello, tomato & caramelised onion gallette (V)

Crispy duck, pak choi & bean sprout salad with soy & sesame

Mains

Roast Warwickshire turkey, chateau potatoes, pigs in blankets, stuffing, bread sauce & evil sprouts

Braised Lighthorne lamb shank with caper mash, roast root

vegetables & rosemary sauce

Mussel & clam chowder with grilled hake & fennel fondant potato

Roast Offchurch chicken breast with Taleggio cheese, Sun blushed tomato & basil tagliatelle

Wild mushroom & spinach pie with Stinking Bishop

cheese & garlic mash (V)

Pan fried Venison steak (served pink), potato rosti, wilted spinach & béarnaise sauce

Desserts

Traditional Christmas pudding with brandy sauce

Eggnog crème brulée with cinnamon biscuit

Chocolate fondant with cherry ice cream

Pecan pie with salted peanut ice cream

Passion fruit iced parfait with honeycomb

English cheese & biscuits

Here’s the ad that went on before the movies

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Despite silly weather- you’ve been aflocking to the field for ale, cider & burrito action. Last nights Top Gun performance was our best yet- what a great atmosphere! Thanks to all who’ve come and played with us- I think a drink is in order this evening….

Click on it to make it bigger…(See what I did there?)

erk- Saturday is 27th!!

Here’s a PDF with the correct dates on it!!

Top Gun-1