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	Summer Newsletter 09 - 002 Our most important announcement this month is that we will now be opening on Monday evening! Due to many requests for tables on a Monday night we have now decided to make dining at Albert's Table possible every day of the week!   In addition, if you book a table on a Monday you will be entered into a monthly draw to win dinner for two at Albert's Table! This month we have the following features: A word from the chef  Sept 2nd Food & Wine Tasting evening A word about wine  The F-Word search for the Best Local Restaurant Summer menu Click on this link if you would like to unsubscribe from our newsletter, or if you would like to forward to a friend please click this link.   Opening times Lunch - 12.00 to 14.30 - Tuesday to Sunday (the kitchen is open until 15.30 on Sunday's) Dinner - 18.30 to 22.30 - Monday to Saturday
	Joby Wells Head chef and co-owner  A word from the chef Summer is great from a chef's point of view because with so much variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables available the menu's just fall into place.  In fact the hardest thing about creating this menu was deciding what to leave off! Our home smoked mackerel will be making a reappearance in the form of our very own take on a salad "niçoise" with fine green beans, new potatoes, quails eggs and tomatoes. Duck and lamb will join beef on the menu as our main course meat selection with duck breast and a spring roll of confit duck, with beetroot and grelot onions.  The new seasons' lamb will be served with summer beans and a fresh ratatouille of vegetables. I'm pleased to say that the response from our customers so far to these dishes has been very strong. Peas and mint make an excellent pairing demonstrated in our chilled fresh Pea soup with Cardo cheese nuggets which I hope will be delighting our vegetarian customers, along with a summer casserole of beans with Childwickbury goats cheese and herb dumplings. After only a short time on the menu we can see that our Raspberry tart with Nutmeg ice cream is already a winner, although it will face strong competition from the new desserts making an appearance in the next few weeks - soon to be revealed! I hope you all enjoy the new summer menu and welcome any feedback and comments you have! Joby Return to top
	Food and Wine Tasting evening - Weds 2nd Sept Our next wine tasting evening will be on Weds Sept 2nd to coincide with the launch of our next menu.  The price will be £55 to include 4 courses matched with 6 glasses of wine, and coffee which is payable in advance. This time, we will be exploring one of the most famous wine regions in the world... it's time to go to Burgundy! More details will follow, but if you would like to provisionally book your place please call us on 0208 6802010 or email reservations@albertstable.co.uk  Return to top
	A word about wine   By Jane Rawlings   What better way to start off a summer Sunday lunch than with a refreshing glass of Pimms?  Alternatively we have delicous Thatchers Prince William or Dabinett cider to celebrate great, British, summery drinks! Our wine list will also see a couple of additions this summer with a new white wine, made by Michel Torino as introduced opposite, and I have also finally got my hands on a really good Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon ~ Echeverria Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva 2006 which we will be selling by the glass and by the bottle (£19.99 per bottle, £5.50 per glass) Wine of the month: Collection Torrentes de Cafayate, Michel Torino, Argentina. £16.99 per bottle, £5.25 by the glass This wine is made on the Torino estate in the Cafayate Vaelly in the North of Argentina, home to our ever popular Malbec. The dry sunny conditions seem to suit the Torrentes grape variety which originally comes from North West Spain, and is fast becoming to white Argentinean wines what Malbec is to their red wiens. The wine is aromatic with a smooth, creamy texture, hints of blossom and elderflower not unlike the flavours found in Gewurztraminer but with a bit more body. These fresh flavours make for a great aperitif wine, but we will be drinking it alongside the Risotto of Summer vegetables and the Cannelloni of corn fed, free-range chicken (and probably with a lot of other things too!!). Return to top     The F-Word search for the Best Local Restaurant Some of our customers brought to our attention that the F-Word is launching a search to find Britain's Best Local restaurant and asked us whether we would be happy to be nominated, and if successful possibly be featured on the forthcoming series in the autumn. We of course would be absolutely delighted if we made it to the short-list, especially as there is a category for British restaurants and we are very grateful to those who have nominated us for it so far.  If you would like to find out more about it, or would like to add your nomination if you feel we are deserving, here is a link to their site: The F-Word search for Best Local Restaurant The nomintation deadline is Friday 17th July so there's not much time left, but we would appreciate any additional nominations if you think we are worthy!    Return to top           Summer menu  If you haven't dined with us over the last few weeks then here's the summer menu which will be running throughout July and August.  We've also introduced a tasting menu which consists of 7 courses and enables you to try a few more dishes in case you're having difficulty in deciding what to have! STARTERS: Traditional pork pie; Gloucester Old Spot pork, raised lard pastry and cider jelly with gooseberry compote and deep fried quails' eggs Salad of roast breast & confit leg of woodpigeon with bacon, grapes, hazelbuts, salad cream and spiced blackberry Fresh pasta cannelloni of corn-fed, free range chicken with creamed bacon broth and tarragon Shellfish stew of hand-dived scallops, langoustines and mussels with borlotti beans and sourdough crisps (£2 supplement) Home smoked mackerel with salad of green beans, new potato and olives Short crust tart of Dorset crab with a rouille dressing and salad Chilled fresh pea and mint soup with deep fried Cardo cheese and pea shoots Risotto of new seasons' vegetables with girolle mushrooms and fresh herbs Roulade of red onion with gaspacho and balsamic vinegar MAINS: Roast Hereford beef with potato and creme fraiche pancakes, cep mushrooms, baby onions and watercress (£3.00 supplement) Roased breast of Goosnargh duck with crispy spring roll of braised leg, fine tart of endive and pickled beetroot Herb marinaded lamb from Romney Marsh, confit and roast with a selection of summer beans and rataouille garnish Organic salmon, baked red onions, peppers and oven baked new potatoes with gremolata and olive oil Pan fried cod and fresh pasta spaghetti with clams, girolle mushrooms, tomato, caper & sage butter Roast halibut with salad of fennel & brown shrimps, rosti potato, peas, leeks and artichokes Puff pastry case filled with girolle mushrooms, garilc & spinach with baby carrots, leeks and Soave sauce Casserole of summer beans with Childwickbury cheese & herb dumplings, artichokes and garlic DESSERTS: Irish Peroche cheesecake with hazelnut crumble, vanilla poached apple and apple icecream Kentish strawberries with Prosecco Cartizze jelly, mint syrup, creme fraiche Panna cotta and oatcake English carrot cake with yoghurt and cream cheese icing, marmalade ice cream, citrus fruits and honey Chocolate fondant souffle with passion fruit sorbet and honeycomb Raspberry tart with nutmeg ice cream Selection of ice cream and sorbets Selection of British cheese from Neal's Yard Dairy served with grapes, walnuts, fig chutney and piccalli (£3.00 supplement) Return to top