Bell chimes for seafood fare
The Bell at Alderminster in Warwickshire is holding a seafood festival from 27 to 29 April. A range of seafood and fresh fish delivered daily will be on offer to customers. Fish available will include prawns, salmon, crab, mussels, skate, oysters and lobster. Diners wanting special favourites are being asked to call the Bell in advance and the kitchen will do its best to prepare it. Vanessa Brewer, joint owner of the Bell said: "We are delighted to be holding another seafood festival at the Bell. Seafood is one of the healthiest, most convenient and delicious foods available with so much choice."
Ha! Ha! gives mints Brush off
Ha! Ha! Bar & Canteen has linked up with Oral-B to launch its latest product, Brush Aways. From this week at the end of every meal, Ha! Ha! customers will be offered a complimentary Brush Away in place of the more traditional post-meal mint.
Banquet puts beer with food
Celebrity chef James Martin prepared a banquet for guests at a Coors Big Beer Day to showcase beer with food. Martin cooked an eight-course banquet to match an accompanying beer. Scott Wilson, Coors' senior innovation manager, said: "We want to challenge people's perceptions of beer. It is a great drink to be enjoyed with good food from appropriate glasses not just a pint in the pub." The menu included crab spring rolls and chilli jam with Carling, and vanilla panna cotta and minted strawberries with Kasteel Cru, a beer made with Champagne yeast.
