Valentine 2008 - Whitehall Hotel - Stansted, Essex

One way of making money in the 15th century was to flourish in the wool trade. There was a lot of that in Essex . Then eventually you could afford a manor house like the one that is now the Whitehall Hotel Stansted. Today it is still there to be marvelled at - look at that wonderful beamed roof in the restaurant. Forget picture windows; small ones keep it cool in summer and warm in winter.

It’s a truly lovely restored Elizabethan Manor House and it’s only a short drive from the hotel to London Stansted airport if you’re heading up North or overseas. Reception can give you details of the Stay and Fly packages. What is difficult to describe is the peace that permeates every part of an ancient building; a calm that you can’t build or design. It just takes a lot of years. What you can do is experience it.

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SAMPLE VALENTINE'S DINNER MENU

Twice baked goats cheese soufflé, pear and walnut salad, aged balsamic dressing
Seasonal melon, finished with passion fruit sorbet and frosted mint
Buffalo mozzarella and beef tomato salad with pesto and basil leaves
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Asparagus and white bean soup
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Baked chicken breast filled with banana and ham, presented onto Korma sauce with pilau rice
Steamed plaice fillets wrapped around bell peppers together with a delicate gazpachio sauce
Wild mushroom risotto, with parmesan and garden herb wafer
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Raspberry, strawberry and meringue flummery
Dark chocolate and orange truffle torte
Stilton, Cheshire and Brie cheese plate with raisin and port chutney
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Coffee and Petite fours

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