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by Bex Tappin
16 / 11 / 2009
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by Bex Tappin
11 / 11 / 2009
Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw's Christmas Exhibition
Work by 30 professional artists will be on show at the Christmas Exhibition at Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw. The exhibition by gallery artists is an opportunity to view and buy some of the finest artwork produced in Wales.
Participating artists include:
Aled Prichard Jones, Anne Aspinall, Beth Fletcher, Ceri Auckland Davies, Carys Bryn, Colin Palmer, David Grosvenor, Elfyn Lewis, Elin Huws, Gareth Parry, Gareth Thomas, Howard Coles, Iwan Dafis, Iwan Gwyn Parry, Karel Lek, Kim Atkinson, Luned Rhys Parri, Mike Jones, Ray Wilkinson, Sonja Benskin Mesher, Stephen John Owen, Tom Jones, Valerie Land, William Selwyn, Deanne Doddington Mizen, Roland George, Karl Davies, Naoko Shibuaya, Elaine Jeffreys .
To coincide with the Christmas exhibition a programme of festive activities is planned, to include musical concerts a craft fair and a special Christmas menu within the Tea Room.
A truly warm festive welcome awaits you as you enter the gallery hall with a roaring log fire and the tallest Christmas tree on the LlynPeninsula in situ. You can also combine your visit with an opportunity to complete your Christmas shopping as the gallery shop stocks the best Welsh made crafts on offer.
The interest free Collector-plan Scheme is also available to anyone who wishes to purchase an original artwork or print to the value of £50 or more.
The exhibition opened at 2pm on Sunday the 8th of November and runs up to Christmas Eve 2009. For further information contact Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw by: telephone 01758 740763 or email enquiry@oriel.org.ukhttp://www.oriel.org.uk/
by Bex Tappin
09 / 11 / 2009
News and Special Offers from The Coconut Kitchen
The Coconut Kitchen will be open everyday except Tuesday and Wednesday
in November with the following special offers available every night
except Saturday.
- Buy any starter and get the second one half price!
- Buy any main course and get the second one half price!
Plus - look out for their additional special "Thai street food menu"
available during November which will offer some interesting, warming
dishes for these colder times, at great prices. The offer is only
available in the restaurant but the usual 15% discount applies to
takeaway orders and does not include side dishes. The cheapest dish
purchased is charged at half price. Offer ends November 30th 2009. Also
look out for the Christmas party menu, which we have included for you
below.
Bwydlen Parti Nadolig 2009 -Christmas Party Menu 2009
Thai Prawn & Black Pepper Crackers
Cwrs Cyntaf -Starters
Vegetable and mushroom spring rolls -served with sweet chilli sauce (v)
Crispy wontons -made with vegetables, water chestnuts and spring onion and sesame seeds served with sweet chilli sauce (v)
Crispy duck spring rolls -served with sweet chilli sauce
Honey and garlic spare ribs
Seafood fishcakes -served with a cucumber, peanut and sweet chilli salsa
Chicken satay -chicken breast marinated in cumin, ground coriander, turmeric and lemongrass served with peanut sauce
Bangkok pepper -half a roasted red pepper stuffed with mince pork jasmine rice, chill and coriander served with a sauce
originating from Bangkok called “Lun” made with yellow beans, lemongrass, coconut milk and chilli
Cwrs Cawl -Soup course
Tom yum soup a traditional Thai broth of lemongrass, ginger, lime, chilli with prawns, chicken or vegetables (v)
Mushroom, ginger and vegetable and yellow bean noodle soup (v)
Prif Cwrs -Main course
Lamb Massaman – Welsh lamb shank gently braised in a rich cumin, cinnamon, star anise curry sauce with peanuts and sweet
potatoes. (Mild to medium)
Slow roasted crispy pork belly – served with a sweet chilli, garlic and coriander sauce, wok fried vegetables and crackling
Thai green curry – Thailand’s famous curry made with lemongrass, lime leaves, green chilli paste and coconut milk. Garnished
with Thai sweet basil and red chilli. Available with chicken or vegetables (Medium hot) (v)
Pad briaw waan – Thai sweet and sour wok-fried dish with pineapple and pepper. With king prawns or chicken or vegetables. (v)
The above dishes will be served with your choice of steamed jasmine rice or soft egg noodles
Sukiyaki noodles – Thailand’s favourite Japanese style wok fried
noodles dish red bean chilli and garlic sauce wok-fried with soft
egg noodles and vegetables. Available with king prawns, chicken or vegetables. (Medium) (v)
Salmon and prawn Laksa – pan fried salmon fillet and king prawns served
with egg noodles in a light coconut milk, ginger lime leaf
and chilli sauce. (Mild to medium)
Sirloin steak – 8oz, garlic marinated Welsh Black sirloin char grilled
to your liking and served with a chilli, garlic & sweet basil
sauce, mixed vegetables and crispy sweet potato and coriander chips.
Melysfwyd -Pudding
Homemade sticky caramel and chocolate sponge cake served warm with fresh cream or ice cream
Homemade lemongrass and ginger crème brule served with biscotti
Champagne Thai fruit Jelly served with cream or ice cream and biscotti
Mango sorbet, Vanilla, chocolate or clotted cream and honeycomb and ice cream
2 course -£20
3 course-£25.95
4 course £29.50
Available for parties of 4 or more. Bookings are essential and food
needs to be pre-ordered with a £10 deposit pp at least 5 days before
the party. If there is
a specific dish that is not shown on this menu then let them know and they will try and accommodate your requirements
The Christmas menu is also available to download from the website
www.thecoconutkitchen.co.uk The menu will be operational from November
22nd until December 23rd 2009, upon which the restaurant will close for
the winter – reopening in the first week of March next year.
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