Festive Season at The Glasshouse Hotel

LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT VENUE TO HOST YOUR COMPANY’S CHRISTMAS PARTY?

Join us to celebrate this festive season, with a selection of winter-themed lunches, party nights and dinners in our spectacular Calton Suite. Housed within the hotel’s two-acre roof top garden, the Calton Suite provides a stunning, l exible space for you to celebrate any Christmas event whether it’s an of(cid:3) ce party or small family dinner! With packages starting from £29.00 per person, including drinks, catering and themed decorations, The Glasshouse is the place to bring in the Festive Season in style!

The Observatory Restaurant is open for bookings throughout December, with a seasonal festive menu. ENQUIRE TODAY: events@theglasshousehotel.co.uk or call 0131 525 8331

ADVERTISING FEATURE FESTIVE Q&A’S

Which bit of the whole Christmas food extravaganza could you do without? What would you replace it with?

DANIEL MELLOR Turkey I would replace it with a nice honey glazed gammon

or a tasty whole fresh i sh. MARK MCKENZIE

In recent years I’ve been replacing the turkey dish on our festive menu with chicken. There’s a lot of time and effort put into preparing a turkey which can often go unappreciated. Our customers don’t seem to have missed it from our festive menu in recent years. In fact, from the feedback the front of house team has given me, I think customers have enjoyed having chicken

instead of turkey. MARIO GHELARDI

If I’m honest, I wouldn’t change a thing. If I was to add something it would probably be an extra glass of mulled wine

here and there. ROBBIE MELDRUM

So cliché but brussels sprouts! I’d much prefer tender stem broccoli, blanched with a squeeze of lemon juice and sprinkled

with rock salt. However, my top tip for Brussels sprouts is to pan-fry them and add a bit of cream before i nishing with generous shavings of nutmeg. I’m also much more of a Panettone fan than Christmas Pudding. This year, Harvey

Nichols is celebrating Italy with a new winter campaign called ‘Britalia’ which I’m very excited about. Lots of Panettones and exquisite Italian wines will be introduced to the Foodmarket

and Wine Shop, which will make Christmas shopping even more

fun this year. ANIL PANCHI

It would be nice to put an Indian twist on the classics and

replace roast potatoes and vegetables with an authentic street food dish called Aloo Baingan. It’s made by cooking baby

aubergine and potatoes in tomatoes with cumin and

Garam Masala. CESAR GARCIA

I’m not a fan of marzipan so I’d replace it with almond ‘Cascarillas’ I’m mental about them.

ALISON SIMPSON

I’d replace Christmas pudding with a raspberry champagne jelly and lemon l avoured chantilly cream.

CLAUDIO CELINO

Dessert should be replaced with Turrón, a fabulously sticky nougat stuffed with almonds...dentists love it.

Christmas & Hogmanay Accommodation Packages available, for more information visit: www.theglasshousehotel.co.uk/offers-and-breaks

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