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| The Prize Envelope |
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It's time to use your envelopes!
Your prize envelope contains a voucher of 20%, 50% or 100% off your food bill.
If you have signed up to taste2day you will already have received your prize envelope in the post. For those of you who have not signed up to our great offers but would like a prize envelope, then email me on jo@taste2day.com with your address details and I will send one out to you.
All you have to do is bring it with you, unopened to a taste2day pub or restaurant when you visit us Monday to Thursday between 4th January and 18th March 2010. Present it to the staff when you receive your bill. They will open it in front of you and apply the discount to your bill! It really is as simple as that.
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| St. Mary's Country Inn |
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"Classic pub grub and imaginative gastro style specials to accommodate all tastes"
St. Mary's Country Inn has recently been refurbished and offers a contemporary interior, with modern twists, emphasizing the original building to create a comfortable, relaxed dining and drinking atmosphere on two levels, linked through a stunning open fire place.
The new St Mary's is all about relaxed drinking and dining in a stylish country pub where the regulars will, nonetheless, still feel at home as soon as they step through the door as the old ambience is still there.
Look out for the feature wine walls and the interesting use of fusion glass, used to create a choice of drinking and dining areas. Although the new menu reflects the trend for gastro dining, it combines the old 'best sellers' with new dishes. Diners can also choose portion sizes, including children who can order smaller portions from the choice of a dozen dishes on the main menu and vegetarians are well catered for with a selection of interesting dishes. Steve Purcell, the St. Mary's manager said "we are very aware of changing tastes and food fashions, our menus reflect a balance between well cooked classic pub grub and imaginative gastro style specials to accommodate all tastes. The wine list is a bit different too.there are just three prices, but with plenty of choice, including half litre carafes.
In the grounds of St Mary's Country Inn there is a fabulous alfresco area with feature planting, the perfect place to eat and drink on those warm sunny days, it even has a fire pit to ward off any early evening chill.
We're convinced the relaxed atmosphere, improved service and quality of food will quickly establish St. Mary's as a great venue for customers who are looking for something a little special. Steve is looking forward to welcoming back regulars and meeting some new faces, so if you want imaginative food at reasonable prices, along with a great selection of beers and guest ales all served in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere in Jersey; you now know where to go!
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| Your Chance to Win Tickets to the Carling Cup Final at Wembley |
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Customers at Liberation Group pubs have the chance to win FREE tickets to the Carling Cup final on Sunday 28th February at Wembley stadium and £150 travel voucher to help you get there.
Customers have to answer a simple football question on the competition entry form and hand into a member of staff. Customers can enter up to 5 times, so the more you enter the better your chances!
You have until Sun 31st Jan 2010 to enter the competition, so you still have a little bit of time now before the competition closes if you have not entered yet!
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| Football Trivia Quiz Night - Win £200! |
The winner of the Carling competition will be announced at the Post Horn Jersey and The Red Onion Guernsey on Wednesday 3rd February 2010. There will also be a football trivia quiz on the night where you could have the chance to win a cash prize of £200!
So put the date in your diary and make sure you have your friends with the football knowledge by your side for the evening.
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| Will you be my Valentine? |
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'Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile.' - Elizabeth Browning
Valentines Day is a day to celebrate love and romance. Whether romance to you is candy hearts, love letters or a cup of tea in the morning, this day gives everyone an excuse to spoil their significant other.
If you have not got someone to take out/take you out then you can still celebrate on this day. Why not pamper yourself? Getting a group of friends together and having a good catch up over a bottle of wine can be good fun!
Fun Valentine Facts:
 Women purchase 85% of all valentines.
Parents receive 1 out of every 5 valentines.
About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.
Valentine's Day and Mother's Day are the biggest holidays for giving flowers.
Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine's Day each year.
Men buy most of the millions of boxes of candy and bouquets of flowers given on Valentine's Day.
In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on
your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentines Day candy box in the late 1800s.
The oldest surviving love poem till date is written in a clay tablet from the times of the Sumerians, inventors of writing, around 3500 B.C
Amongst the earliest Valentine's Day gifts were candies. The most common were chocolates
in heart shaped boxes.
In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a prospective suitor. If the gift is kept, then it means she has accepted his proposal of marriage.
If an individual thinks of five or six names considered to be suitable marriage partners and twists the stem of an apple while the names are being recited, then it is believed the eventual spouse
will be the one whose name was recited at the moment the stem broke.
In Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St Valentine's Day to make them dream of their future husband.
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| Chef's Valentine Recipe - Satin Pillows |
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Keith the chef at Dix Neuf Jersey has created a deliciously
tasty dessert to tantalize the taste buds this Valentines day!
Satin Pillows
(Poached Meringue/Marshmallow served warm) with Fresh Strawberry coulis
Shopping List
 3 Eggs
3 oz Caster Sugar
1 Litre of Milk
1 Vanilla Pod
8 to 10 strawberries
1 oz icing sugar
Fresh mint leaves and extra strawberries for garnish
Marshmallow
3 Egg whites
3 oz of Caster Sugar
Put ingredients into a clean stainless steel bowl
Beat together until stiff,
(test by turning meringue mix upside down, if it is ready it should not drop out of the bowl!)
Boil 1 Litre of Milk and 1 Vanilla Pod. Allow to simmer.
With a warm table spoon scoop some of the mix into the simmering Milk and allow to cook for 3 minutes, turning once halfway through cooking time.
Strawberry Coulis
With a food processor, blend 8 to 10 large Strawberries with 1 oz of icing sugar, Add the mix to a non- stick pan and warm gently.
Presentation
Pour your warmed strawberry coulis onto a plate and gently lift out your cooked marshmallow, allowing 2 per portion, Garnish with some fresh mint leaves and sliced strawberries.
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| Great Value Wine Offer |
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Taste2day is offering customers at recommended pubs and restaurants from January until the end of March, the following great Douglas Green wines from South Africa for only £10!
Continuing a tradition of innovation and quality, Douglas Green's wine making philosophy is dedicated to creating lifestyle wines true to the needs of an international market and the promise of Cape Wine at its best.
The culmination is in the blending of a myriad of regions to produce a wine of international standards that is definitely fruit-driven, distinctly fresh, and deliciously drinkable and unmistakably Douglas Green.
White - Chardonnay Colombard.
Red - Cinsaut Pinotage.
Rose - Pinotage Rose
Taste2day hopes to give you great value offers, making your time out affordable as well as enjoyable whether you are having a drink or dining out at one of our recommended venues.
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| Dix Neuf Think Pink |
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The ladies at Dix Neuf joined 'The Pink Ladies' for their Sunset Coastal Walk to raise funds for the breast cancer support group and Les Bourgs Hospice.
The walk was approximately 10.5 miles-long and started at 6am in the morning. Gary Burgess, the breakfast presenter at BBC Guernsey, got the ladies in the mood at the start line with back-to-back disco classics.
The walk was held in memory of Anne McMillan, who, with Doreen Le Poidevin and four others founded the Pink Ladies in 2001.
Although Anne survived breast cancer, she later lost her battle with a very rare type of unrelated cancer last year. She died at her family home in the Vale on Monday 17 November.
The ladies at Dix Neuf raised an impressive £500 for the charity and as you can see they looked wonderful dressed up in pink! Well done girls.
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| Competition |
Taste2day are offering two lucky winners a meal for two at St. Marys Country Inn Jersey and at the Deerhound Inn Guernsey.
All you have to do is send us the answer for a chance for this great prize
What is the Greek God of Love called?
If you think you know the answer please email your answer to: competitions@taste2day.com
by Monday the 15th February 2010. Please include your preferred contact details.
Competition Rules:
• The closing date is Monday 15th February 2010.
• All entries must reach us by 23:59 (11:59pm) on the closing date.
• One winner will be chosen at random from the correct entries.
• The winner will receive a meal for two (up to the value of £40 for food only) at St. Marys if entering
from Jersey and at Deerhound if entering from Guernsey. valid until 31st May 2010.
• The competition applicant may only enter once.
• The competition is open to Channel Island residents only.
• All entrants email addresses will be added to the taste2day mailing list.
• If you do not wish for it to be added, please tell us in your email.
• The judge’s decision is final.
• Prizes may not be exchanged for cash or other goods |
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