STOP PRESS!

I promise no political comment, so the title of this email has nothing to do with yesterday’s election result. It is simply that the end of December now looms large and that becomes a turning point for us as we will be closed for the greater part of January. Tom and Ant are off to…

I know, I know. It is only the 21st November, but it is eveywhere! Mince pies have been on sale since August, the street lighting is in place in Penryn and Falmouth and it won’t be long before I am wobbling on the top of a ladder trying to hang the lights on the ever-growing…

That can only mean one thing! It is Curry and Quiz Night next week. Actually it means a little more than that in terms of how I approach the food we offer in the restaurant. I am sure that some of you will have noticed that there are often dishes on the menu from the…

The autumnal feel to the weather coincided perfectly with the end of the school holidays and suddenly our roads and beaches are half empty; time to take stock and breathe more easily. We have now reverted to off-season opening hours – open from 6pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. With the season change there will…

When merry lads are playing………so goes the old folk song. It is almost tempting to draw parallels with the comings and goings in Westminster…….but no, the month of May is more important in the culinary calendar as we now have the asparagus season in full bloom, new potatoes are arriving and crab and other shellfish…

The bar and restaurant is going strong.  Your support to keep it going all year round is much appreciated.  After years of cricket-abuse, Nigel is going to have a new knee fitted early February so you might see me behind the bar for a couple of nights over the first few weeks of February, filling in as…