* Fallowfields Hotel and Restaurant has launched an irresistible OX13 Lunch Menu – two courses for £12.50, and three courses for £15 from Monday to Saturday, noon until 2pm.
The menu is made up of fresh ingredients harvested mainly from Fallowfields’ own farm and gardens with a few items coming from local suppliers. Everything is sourced from within a few miles of the hotel, which is why its called the “OX13” Lunch Menu.
Call 01865 820416 or e-mail stay@fallowfields.com
* Jean and Mark Fidler, the new publicans at The Woodman in North Leigh, hold their opening party today to show off the recent £75,000 investment.
Fully redecorated inside and out, with changes to open out the bar, and new furnishings to give the space a brighter feel, the beer garden has a new canopy, benches and parasols to make the pub more attractive during the summer months.
Upgrades to the kitchen include a smoker and chargrill allowing them to introduce a new food menu.
have The Woodman’s US bar favourites now including burgers, chicken wings and sweet potato fries will be served from noon to 10.30pm every day, as well as a three-items-for-£6 snacks menu.
* The St Giles Cafe is currently closed for dinner as the chef has moved on to pastures new. Watch this space.
* The Field Kitchen Oxford is launching a new summer venue and dates for 2015 for one weekend only in a secret garden party close to Oxford city centre. Transport will be provided. Sign up to the newsletter to be the first to know.
* Worton Organic Garden near Cassington is running a Bread Course on Wednesday, July 15, when its baker Alastair Anderson will be disclosing the secrets of perfectly baked bread.
* Emphasis will be on Sourdough, but any other bread queries can be dealt with on request. From 9am to 4pm, £100 including refreshments and lunch.
E-mail info@wortonorganicgarden.com or see wortonorganicgarden.com
* Three Oxfordshire restaurants made it into The Top 100 Restaurants in the UK: Belmond Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton, at number 27, The Kingham Plough at 72, and at 99, The Wild Rabbit, Kingham. Congratulations to all three.
* Iscream, the coolest (and only) gelateria opened in the Covered Market last Tuesday – serving gelati, sorbettis and frozen yoghurt.
See next week’s Start Up page for more details.
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