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We’ve really been enjoying the opening reception evenings of our art exhibitions every first Thursday of each month. At Formans Restaurant we serve a special brasserie menu of some of our most popular dishes at really reasonable prices. It’s a great chance to come along and try the restaurant as well as taking in some brilliant local art.

To book a table give us a call on 0208 5252 365

FORMANS RESTAURANT FIRST THURSDAYS MENU

Forman’s Famous London Cure Smoked Salmon
Gourmet Salmon & Lobster Fishcake – Rocket Salad
Chicken, Air Dried Ham & Sage Ballotine – Buttered Spinach
Spinach & Goat’s Cheese Quiche – Tomato Salad (v)
Pot-roasted Scottish Daube of Beef – Horseradish Mash
Mushroom & Butternut Squash Risotto (v)
Any Dish – £9.50

Paddy & Scott’s Coffee & Cake Selection for 2 £9.50
(Cappuccino, Espresso, Latte or Americano with Chocolate brownies, Lemon & Pistachio Cake & Banana Bread)

Award Winning English Wines – By the Glass
Chapel Down Brut Reserve £6.50
Biddenden Ortega 2007 £4.75
Chapel Down English Rose 2008 £4.50
Oxford Regatta 2006 £4.75

English Beer
Chapel Down Admiral Porter 5% 330ml £3.50
Chapel Down Curious Brew Brut 5% 330ml £3.50
Chapel Down Indian Pale Ale 5% 330ml £3.50

H2ousewater
Still or Sparkling £1.00

We’re delighted to be sponsoring the Hackney Wicked Art Festival 2010.

Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery is the largest in the area and will be showing ‘I see myself there, where I am not’, click here for more details. As well as enjoying and, if you’re inclined, buying the art on show it’s also a great chance to come and see the smokery, stock up on our smoked salmon and take in our fabulous view of the 2012 Olympic stadium if you haven’t yet had the chance.

Formans Restaurant will be open throughout the festival serving a special brasserie menu and with live music performances each day. We’ll also be running a Cocktail Canape Bar to give you a taste of Formans Restaurant out amongst the Corner Carnival art and craft stalls on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 6pm.

By no means least from 12 midday to 3.30 pm on Sunday we’ll be holding The Drawing Olympics, a free art workshop for families and children to create their own pictures of the Olympic stadium with the works being judged by a local artist and prizes for the best!

Look out for our ‘August Specials’ which we will be previewing online in a week or two. We’re particularly excited about the honey we’ve sourced from a beekeeper in Regent’s Park. Bees in London parks pollinate a wide variety of flowers and strange as it may seem you really can taste all those different aromas in the honey.

Watch this video of Toby the apiarist at work, his is a brilliant story of someone finding fulfillment in producing wholesome, natural food.

“Treat yourself to a decadent picnic with the Trealy Farm charcuterie platter (£16.95) formanandfield.com, 0208 5252 352. It includes Monmouthshire ham, bresaola, lomo and the Beechwood smoked ham”

Cook’s Notes – August 2010

If you’re planning a wedding this summer – and don’t they seem to have a habit of finding a way into every summer no matter whether you thought you were planning one or not – you’re going to need some help. The fabulous website Hot Brands Cool Places have put together a glossy guide to some seriously high quality wedding suppliers picked from their carefully researched little black book. It’s essential reading and we were delighted to be included.

Click on the image to view the guide in handy online magazine format!

If you’d like to see some suggestions of our foods that we think would work particularly well for your wedding, you might like to have a browse of our wedding food section here – WEDDING FOOD . If you have any special requests please don’t hesitate to call and we will be delighted to discuss the big day with you!

Our new exhibition The Psychedelic Caravan opens tonight at our gallery.

Come and have a look any time from the 2nd to the 25th July. The opening hours are as follows:
Thu and Fri 5-9pm
Sat and Sun 12- 5pm

Forman’s Restaurant is open whenever the gallery is so it’s a super excuse to come and enjoy a meal with us at the same time as taking in the show. We hope to see you soon.