Christmas Day Dinner

[pastafreak]

Do any ABers eat out on the day? If and when you've done so...what did you pay?
I don't fancy cooking....(I wonder why? )

[Tilly2]

We, and our guests, are going to a hotel on Christmas Day. I refuse to put myself through the stress of trying to produce a perfect Christmas lunch whilst everyone else is getting slowly sloshed.

It's £65.00 per head.

Did it last year and it was perfect.

[pastafreak]

It's only myself and lil pasta. For once I don't have to work over the Christmas period,and I want to relax. The price I found is similar to yours,Tilly.

[Tilly2]

Enjoy your time off, Pasta.

[ummmm]

I suppose it depends what quality you'd be expecting. I was recently looking at the xmas menu in a hotel in Ireland. We eat there quite a bit and it's usually very good. The three course meal with coffee and mince pies was 25 euro ph which surprised me.

[anneasquith]

Pasta, treat yourself you deserve it .

[Elina]

.. & you deserve being waited on pasta, you'd better be quick and get in somewhere though x

[Elina]

Wouldn't mind doing that myself pasta but for the price. I've considered doing a buffet this year, not decided yet.

[ummmm]

Elina - I love buffets.

[Elina]

Ummmm, it would just suit me this year.

[Elina]

There's some fabulous buffet food out there at the moment. takes all the stress away so you can actually be sociable and have a drink like everyone else.

[DTCwordfan]

It's about that for anything half decent down here, pasta.

As for moi, eating courtesy of my sister and I ordered her turkey today from the butcher in Mylor, 12-14lb and it has to be a black hen, so the order from deepest France came. Who am I to quibble about the sex of a turkey?

As to Plymouth, have you tried the Fisherman's Arms on Lambhay Street? Their food is well rated.

[pastafreak]

DT...never ate at The Fisherman's Arms...in spite of living 5 min away for several years. Did have a few drinks there though.
This is a current favourite... http://www.quay33.co.uk/ , and this... http://www.rocksaltcafe.co.uk

Both are sadly closed on Christmas day.

[sunny-dave]

I had Christmas Day Lunch at a Loch Fyne a couple of years ago - enjoyed it very much - very good food, friendly staff & a great social atmosphere :

http://www.lochfyneseafoodandgrill.co.uk/locations/elton/christmas/christmas-day

[DaisyNonna]

Daughter and I will cook meals for 4 and a vegetarian meal for 1
Aided and abetted by 2 grandchildren I will produce mince pies and sausage rolls as above

[askyourgran]

We went out for Christmas dinner a few years ago. It cost around £40 each, three course with coffee. It didn't feel like Christmas, there were quite a few couples there but the atmosphere was missing. Now this year we are invited to stay over Christmas with 14 for dinner, I suppose we'll be longing for quiet before it's over.

[Caran]

We always go to daughters for Christmas. Very rarely have a Christmas dinner.
Had one last year though as twins had never had one. We usually have a buffet with all sorts of goodies and picky bits. Doing that this year. Son in law has requested a Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve so that's what we are doing.
Seems a bit mad but heyho!!. Only bit I am allowed to do is make the sage and onion stuffing!

[DaisyNonna]

Caran, nobody, but nobody is allowed anywhere near my sage and onion stuffing
One traditional and one vegetarian

[Caran]

What is a veggie one?

[Jackdaw33]

That makes two of us, Wacker.