The Waiting Room

Here is our Christmas menu for 2007 (Evening)

Starters

Soup £3.95 wf
Honey Roast Shallots with Crusty French Bread £4.25 wf/v
Goats Cheese and Fresh Herb Cheesecake with Rocket and Red Currant £4.95
Butterbean Hummus with Lemon and Coriander Yoghurt, + Pita £4.45 wf/v
Baked Mushroom, Cashew and Basil Pate £4.45 wf
Warm Aubergine & Roast Garlic Potato Salad, Garam Masala Dressing £4.75 wf/v
Roast Beetroot, Brie and Stilton Salad with Dill Dressing £5.25 wf
Antipasti of Roast Red Pepper, Feta, Garlic Mushroom, Olives and Artichoke Heart £6.50 wf

Main Courses

Baked Field Mushroom, Cashew, Leek and Wensleydale Plait £10.95
with Roast Beetroot, and a Tarragon Liquor

Spinach, Mushroom and Feta Curry £9.95 wf
with rice. Optional Kibbeh (recommended!) - spiced potato cake with hot puy mince filling (+ £1.50)

Cashew, Caramelised Carrot & Apple Loaf, with a Courgette & Sage Stuffing £10.50 wf/v
with fried sprout & chestnut hash, sesame potatoes and onion gravy

Puy Bolognaise, Macaroni Cheese Bake £9.95
with stewed celery and carrot, and sesame potatoes

Leek, Butterbean and Parmesan, Sunflower and Pumpkin Seed Crumble £9.95
with stewed celery and carrot, and sesame potatoes

Spinach, Ricotta, Red Pepper and Purple Onion Lasagne in rich tomato sauce £10.50 wf/v
with Caesar salad, sesame potatoes

Thai Green Curry with Aromatic Green Tea & Jasmine Rice £10.50 wf/v
Sweet potatoes, sugar snap peas, green beans and baby corn in a spiced coriander coconut sauce

Allotment Pie £10.50 wf/v
Layers of potato, spinach, courgette, red pepper, carrot, turnip, in mustardy gruyere, with a wholemeal crust, served with caraway cabbage, spiced plum chutney and onion gravy.

V Indicates that the dish is, or can be easily made as a Vegan alternative,
WF Indicates that the dish is or can be easily made a Wheat Free Alternative. Please enquire when ordering.

Christmas Cheeseboard £6.95, Mince Pies and Brandy Cream £2.95

Delicious Home Made Puddings all £4.70

Christmas Pudding, Sticky Toffee Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce, Mulled Wine Poached Pears with chocolate sauce, Chocolate Mascarpone Roulade, Christmas Trifle, Apple Crumble, Lemon Meringue Pie, Ice-cream Brandy Snap Basket with Red Berries and Chocolate Sauce, (all with cream, ice cream or custard.) (See blackboard for updates) Dairy Ice-cream & Butterscotch Sauce £4.25

Our diary for December is filling up quickly with bookings. We are open on Christmas Eve and again on Boxing Day (but not Christmas Day) this year. Remember to book early for New Year's Eve also.

Waiting for Sunday has been exceptional over the past few weeks, we've had really, incredible full-house events with Jane Gardener and Bob Beagrie, Misty's Big Adventure, Ben Wetherill, Suzanne Marron and Thomas Truax.

Looking ahead we have: 18.11.07 Andrew Johnson, 25.11.07 Patti Plinko and Her Boy, 2.12.07* The Folk Theatre Partizans featuring Ben Wetherill, Serious Sam Barrett, Michael Rossiter and David Broad. 9.12.07 Spoken Word Slam Champion of The World Buddy Wakefield. 16.12.07 Carmen and Dick's Christmas Rendition (this one just about sold out).

* 2.12.07 This one now a bargain £5 - a change to the 'secret gig' plans as advertised in our printed programme.

This Waiting for Sunday we are proud to present

Andrew Johnson

Album Launch Party

Our favourite Indie Rock n Roll perpetuator Andrew Johnson produces a rousing Waiting Room performance with the launch of his every album; No. 7 is the scratchy "Scratch" - lavish with uninhiblted art of noise pop production, Andy doesn't hang around as he layers his tracks with confident, easy experimentation, - fashioning a strong independent style that is littered with delightful knowing references to a huge collection of bygone pop, funk, fruity-loop and art school records.

Congratulations to Andy for recently achieving "Track of The Week" on Garageband.com - the web's largest independent music community and home to the definitive charts of the best emerging artists.

Sunday's Album Launch Party is due to descend into a glorious all-that-glitters-is-not-pop celebration of some of the greatest songs ever written, as Andy is ably assisted by Wild Cats Simon and Mackie.

From 7pm, £4 cover charge, Free scoop of Brymor real dairy ice cream.. + butterscotch sauce with every purchase of an Andy Johnson Album. (buy all 7 and eat 7 scoops!)

You can vote for The Waiting Room in this year's Observer Food Awards here: My favourite restaurant/voting form