With the festive season fast approaching, one of the UK’s best-loved brasserie chains has revealed what’s on the menu this Christmas.
Côte has unveiled a five-course Christmas Day feast, festive dishes and chef-prepared meal boxes for those hosting at home, all created by Executive Chef Steve Allen, formerly Executive Chef for Gordon Ramsay.
From November 24, diners can order seasonal specials alongside their usual Côte à la carte favourites.
Highlights include roast turkey ballotine with beechwood-smoked bacon, sage and onion stuffing, apricot and mustard Chantenay carrots and a cranberry harissa pig in blanket.
Also on the menu are golden curried hake, a squash, sage and onion tourtière, truffled celeriac gratin and Côte de Boeuf for two.
For dessert, there’s a clementine and pistachio crêpe, Christmas pudding ice cream and salted caramel pain perdu.
The festive spirit extends to breakfast and weekend brunch too.
Options include a pigs in blanket sandwich, a festive French breakfast and a French toast stack with spiced clementines and Christmas pudding ice cream.
For Christmas parties and longer lunches, the Festive Set Menu costs £34.95 for two courses or £39.95 for three.
Festive cocktails include the Mulled Berry Spritz, made with Courvoisier, Grand Marnier, spiced red berries and apple juice, and an alcohol-free Ginger Berry Spritz, both priced at £10.50.
And as an extra thank-you, guests who dine at Côte over the festive period will receive a treat to enjoy on a return visit in January.
The chain is also opening its doors on Christmas Day, following its first Christmas Day opening last year.
Diners can tuck into five courses and a glass of fizz for £99.95 per person.
Almost all brasseries will be open, with the exception of Bluewater, Lewes, Reading and Royal Festival Hall.
For those celebrating at home, Côte at Home is returning with five festive meal boxes, delivered between December 16 and 31.
The Festive Turkey Feast costs £119.95 and the Festive Chateaubriand Feast £149.95, with both serving four to six people.
Smaller boxes for two include the Festive Turkey Box (£54.95), the Festive Chateaubriand Box (£74.95) and the Festive Veggie Box (£49.95), which features a mushroom and squash Wellington.
A Festive Breakfast Box (£69.95), Festive Buffet Box (£79.95) and Côte Hamper (£89.95) are also available, alongside seasonal starters, sides and desserts.
Steve Allen, Executive Chef at Côte, said: “Christmas is all about bringing people together over great food.
“Whether guests are joining us in a brasserie, celebrating Christmas Day with us or hosting at home, we want to make the occasion feel special, relaxed and full of festive flavour. Joyeux Noël!”
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