Our restaurant over Christmas

Take a look at these fascinating facts about the Alexandra restaurant during the festive period

Our fantastic catering team work hard all year round to serve delicious meals for our patients and people, and even more so at Christmas time. Take a look at the fascinating facts below about the Alexandra restaurant during the festive period:

The menu this year has been selected by the catering team – our patients can expect to receive the following meals:

Breakfast:

Fresh orange juice Croissants and pain au raisin

Lunch:

Cloudy apple juice Melon balls and mint Roast turkey, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, apple red cabbage, carrots, parsnip and brussel sprouts, turkey gravy, cranberry sauce Scottish salmon steak, roast potatoes, apple red cabbage, carrots, parsnip and brussel sprouts, parsley sauce Mushroom and leek pie, roast potatoes, apple and red cabbage, carrots, parsnip and brussel sprouts, vegetarian gravy Christmas pudding with brandy sauce Satsuma

Afternoon:

Mince pies

Dinner:

Orange juice Leek and potato soup Smoked salmon, new potatoes, crème fraiche and chive salad Cheese and onion quiche, new potatoes, crème fraiche and chive salad Cherry trifle and dark chocolate Stilton, chutney, grapes and cheese biscuits

Andreas Wingert, from our catering team at PAHT, said: planning the festive menus at the beginning of November. This helps to ensure that orders can be placed early to have a good supply throughout the festive season.

The menus are decided by looking at current food trends and of course, meeting the favourite Christmas menu classics that everyone likes.

We get the exact number of orders for patients and staff a few days prior to Christmas and then prepare the meals accordingly.

To meet the festive meals demand, we have our fantastic chefs in the kitchen from 6am and they work together to ensure that the patient and restaurant dishes are ready in time. Some items will be cooked a day in advance, then portioned and reheated just in time. We hope that everybody enjoys the festive meals and has a wonderful Christmas.