3 Night Christmas 2008 Package - Crabwall Manor Hotel - Chester

Christmas Eve
Wednesday 24th December
3 o’clock - 5 o’clock Traditional Afternoon Tea & Mulled Wine will be served in the Drawing Room as you lie back within toasting range of the roaring log fire; make yourself comfortable.
7 o’clock - 9 o’clock Christmas Eve Dinner in the Conservatory Restaurant. With a fine pianist and the Chester Choir paying a visit.

Christmas Day
Thursday 25th December
8 o’clock - 10 o’clock A Hearty Breakfast, which will be served in the Earl of Chester Restaurant, to give you lots of energy for the day ahead.
Noon - 2 o’clock Christmas Day Lunch. Starting with Canapés in the lounge and accompanied by the piano.
7 o’clock - 9 o’clock A Light Evening Buffet to end a perfect day. Your choice of something light or substantial to keep you going. To be served in the Conservatory Restaurant.
9 o’clock Christmas Quiz. Settle down in the Drawing Room by the fire and try your wits against this year’s Prize Winning questions.

Boxing Day
Friday 26th December
8 o’clock - 10 o’clock A hearty, traditional breakfast! Served in the Earl of Chester Restaurant.
3 o’clock - 5 o’clock Time to relax. Why not walk off lunch around the grounds or take a swim in the beautiful spa? Then come back to the hotel to glorious log fires and a spot of Tea or Coffee served with Cakes.
7 o’clock - 9 o’clock Boxing Day Dinner in the Conservatory Restaurant at a nice gentle pace.

Saturday 27th December
8 o’clock - 10 o’clock Another Hearty Breakfast. Served in the Earl of Chester Restaurant.
11 o’clock Some leave and others hit the Great Sales!
If you are continuing with your Christmas package…
7 o’clock Table d’Hôte Dinner will be served in the Conservatory Restaurant

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Christmas Day Menu

Starters
Smoked Scottish salmon served with marinated King Prawn salad, cracked black pepper, lemon and brown bread and butter
Or
Maize fed chicken, Truffle and spinach terrine, apple chutney, endive salad
Or
Seasonal melon, presented on a mosaic of soft fruits, scented with sweet Muscat syrup

Soup
Leek and potato soup, Welsh rarebit croûton

Main Course
Rock salt and herb rubbed roast Turkey, with chestnut stuffing, chipolatas, Château potatoes, cranberry sauce, bread sauce and rich roast gravy
Or
Pan fried fillet steak medallion, wrapped in Parma ham, Fondant potato, wild mushroom sauce
Or
Baked plaice fillets filled with crayfish tails, Cornish crab and tarragon sauce, new potatoes
Or
Wild mushroom and aubergine gâteau, asparagus spears and poached egg

Dessert
Steamed Christmas pudding with Home-made Brandy sauce
Or
Continental cheeses with celery, grapes, apples and savoury cheese biscuits
Or
Baileys Irish liqueur cheesecake, white chocolate and Mint Anglaise
Or
A Brandy snap basket, filled with Mango and Papaya, Home-made Vanilla ice cream

Coffee
Freshly brewed coffee and hand-made chocolates

Boxing Day Lunch

Starter
Celery and stilton soup, crisp French bread croûtons and freshly snipped chives
Or
Seafood salad with grain mustard dressing, pickled beetroot and crisp leaves
Or
Layered vegetable terrine, with walnut and truffle dressing
Or
Sauté of chicken fillets with sticky chilli sauce and peanut salad

Main Course
Baked salmon fillet en croûte with Red Pepper coulis
Or
Roast sirloin of beef with Yorkshire puddings, rich jus and château potatoes
Or
Roast leg of lamb, dauphinois potatoes and Guinness jus

A potato basket with poached eggs and asparagus spears

Dessert
Continental cheese, celery, grapes and savoury biscuits
Or
Pancakes, with orange syrup and vanilla ice cream
Or
Rich fruit parfait, nut brittle and strawberry coulis
Or
Crème brûlée, shortbread finger

Coffee
Freshly brewed coffee and mints

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