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Chateau Musar Wine Dinner

Karen — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:58:11 +0000

Thursday 27th October 2011

Our next wine dinner has been announced and we are really looking forward to a visit from Ralph Hochar of Chateau Musar wines.

Chateau Musar is on the Mediterranean coast just to the north of Beirut. This winery was founded by youthful entrepreneur Gaston Hochar in 1930, in the cellar of an old castle overlooking the Mediterranean sea after a trip to France. This hobby quickly became a passion after an encounter with renowned viticulturist Richard Barton who was stationed in the Lebanon during the second world war.

Musar has been in the safe hands of his Bordeaux-trained son Serge since 1959. Over fifty years, Serge has trialled every vineyard and winemaking aspect, remaining true to a natural philosophy: ‘organic’ before the term was coined. The production of these exceptional wines has continued despite the war which has seen the winery suffer direct hits from shelling and the wine cellars regularly used as bomb shelters.

Terry Laybourne has created a special menu to showcase these fantastic wines.

Aperitif: Jaune Chateau Musar Rosé, 2008

Aubergine Mille Feuille

Jaune Chateau Musar Rosé, 2008

Fillet of Brill with Creamy Basmati Rice and Coriander Broth

Jaune Chateau Musar White, 2008

Assiette of Beef

Hochar Peres t Fils, 2003 and Chateau Musar, 2001

Vanilla Cream with Fresh Blackberries

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Coffee and Chocolates

£55.00 per person

Please call us on 0191 384 4354 as soon as possible to reserve your table, places are limited at this event.

We will be serving aperitifs from 7.00pm and dinner starts at 7.30pm.

Please advise us upon booking if you have any dietary requirements.

The Broad Chare – A Proper Pub

Karen — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:20:13 +0000

At long last, The Broad Chare, Newcastle’s newest pub, is open for business and taking bookings and orders for this weekend.

The opening is the culmination of months of hard work and a creative partnership between Live Theatre and Terry Laybourne’s 21 Hospitality Group. It’s a food-led pub like no other in the city … a venue that will fill a gap and establish its own unique place in the market.

The teams are all in place with chef Chris Eagle and manager Steve Dunn expecting a lively start to trade from today. The menu – available as a download on this site – offers a great range of simple, locally sourced bar snacks along with a range of hearty main courses and a ‘dish of the day’ – and this Friday we are pleased to offer our own version of a classic, fish and chips.

The dish of the day on Saturday is Irish Stew and we’re doing Roast Beef and Yorkshire puddings on Sunday (from 12.50pm).

Come on down and share a snack, a meal or just a pint of beer – maybe our own pale ale, The Writer’s Block, brewed exclusively for us by Wylam Brewery.

http://www.thebroadchare.co.uk/

25 Broad Chare

NE1 3QD

0191 211 2144

‘BYO’ to Bistro 21

Terry — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:37:36 +0000

The first Tuesday of every month gives the opportunity to ‘bring your own’ wine with you to enjoy with dinner. The idea is that you root around under the stairs for that bottle that was given to you as a secret Santa, or the wine that you have been saving for a special occasion which has somehow never come, or which you thought was too expensive to drink at home – and you bring it with you to Bistro 21. We won’t charge you any corkage; just remember to chill anything that needs it beforehand!