We return to Mercure Hotel, Newport, for this year's Christmas social.   Four course festive lunch served in the hotel restaurant on the third floor.

Cost £36 per person.   25 places.

To secure your place, please pay the full amount of £36 to this account:  Alan Dack, Halifax Bank, Account number 00010308, Sort Code 11-64-95

Please do not add your name to the attendance list before you have paid.  You will receive confirmation that payment has been received.

Meet for pre-lunch drinks from midday (the bar is in the restaurant).  Lunch at  1 pm (one pm).  Please note the bar is cashless and card-only and this is pre-paid event. 

We are asked to vacate the restaurant at 4.30 pm to allow the staff to set up for an evening event, but a pop-up bar will be available for us after 4.30 pm, in the meeting space area on the ground floor.

ON ARRIVAL

Glass of mulled wine

STARTERS

Pressed ham hock terrine with spiced pear chutney and toasted brioche

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup and Sage Oil

MAINS

Roast turkey, sage and cranberry stuffing, chipolata

Roasted vegetable wellington

All above served with roast potatoes, parsnips, carrots, sprouts

DESSERTS

Chocolate cheesecake, orange compote

Chocolate Orange torte