where is everyone going for Christmas

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 15:27

Last years fiascio at the Malpass means me and the missus are looking for a new venue for our traditional X Mas lunch - just like my moma used to make....



Any ideas ??





Nick..



ps: this is a Lilli free posting.....

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 15:37

Why is this a Lilli free posting? it's not up to you to say that, this is how the verbal abuse start!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 15:38

I would go to your mum's... but maybe that's not the only place you'll get overcooked turkey and undercooked tatties.... ;¬)



We never went out for a traditional Christmas lunch when I was a lad... so I'm not starting now... I love preparing it and my family love eating it...

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 15:51

Sadly Groucho my Mom is dead - but thanks for the comment....

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 16:08

Sorry to hear about your mum... I guess we are all reaching the age when it's a fact of life..



Really I don't know why so many people go out for Christmas lunch here... So many of the hotel kitchens seem to make a total cock-up of it... they just don't know how to do it in the sort of numbers they get and it seems someone is always geting cold plates, no potatoes, scraps of meat and worst of all cold veg... yuk.



So you'll here good reports from the first to get served and bad ones from the last.... sod's law says you know which one you'll be... again.



Why not take the money you'll save and buy a nice bottle of bubbly some smoked salmon and scrambled eggs and treat yourself to a super breakfast..



Then slowly prepare a lovely Christmas lunch and know you'll get exactly what you wanted...



Unless what you want is the company of a load of ex-pats in which case I can't help you....

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 16:11

Or go to Guidos perhaps?

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 16:12

negativenick - remember this post from makaozy on the thread "Matrimonial advce...."



"It would be hard for my mother to like me as she has just died of cancer...I'm sure she did when she was alive though...



Thanks for your comment, it has really made my day"



Strange is'nt it - are you both related in anyway?

Joe Soap


Joined: 17/10/2008
Posts: 170

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 16:31

Groucho said:



"Then slowly prepare a lovely Christmas lunch and know you'll get exactly what you wanted..."



Well not quite. One recent Christmas we slowly prepared the Christmas lunch.

It was slower than usual as we had a power cut.......... so now we dine out as the meal was ruined.

sixpence


Joined: 14/07/2008
Posts: 25

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 17:51

I know some friends are going to the Hillside in Lapta for Christmas Lunch. I know the Sunday roasts are very good so think you can't go wrong with the Special Day! Very intimate and very friendly host.

Hope this helps.

I am in UK this year with the folks otherwise I would be there!

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 18:02

Ah well that's good - least the rest of us know Where Not To Go!!! (shame about the owners of the Hillside though - what have they done to deserve you!

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 18:05

We are going to the waterfront for xmas day but for sure we will call in at guidos sometime over the festive season and wish LILLIE a happy festive season.

mountbatten


Joined: 12/04/2008
Posts: 102

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 20:14

We are off to Yorkshire

arrry



Joined: 19/08/2008
Posts: 1235

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 20:19

Christmas day should be spent at home !!!!

Why go out ??

Christmas day at home is the best !!!



all ther best Arry

Notsoboredhw


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 1254

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 20:33

Going to the inlaws this year with my parents so takes the stress out of us cooking the christmas dinner this year!

scampy



Joined: 15/01/2008
Posts: 982

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 21:00

Hopefully with my Dad in Australia



Here's hoping

Susie x

MrAngry


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 47

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 22:24

I'm going round Groucho's house as dinner there sounds like the best bet. What time?



Shall I bring wine or you getting it in?

McSteviet



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1089

Message Posted:
20/11/2008 23:27

We are going Skiing in France - La Tania.



Roll on



Mc

w26kay



Joined: 14/10/2007
Posts: 479

Message Posted:
21/11/2008 00:48

I'm doing Christmas "Groucho" style.



Groucho, I expect a full menu recipes and instructions, together with a "things to do list" on a daily basis, in the countdown to Christmas from 1st - 24th December inclusive.



I promise you I will follow every single recipe and instruction.

SAFFI


Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 342

Message Posted:
21/11/2008 02:08

We are going to Mauritius, for 4 weeks to chill out in our Villa/House which is on the beach at Belle Mare untill early Jan 09,

puppylover



Joined: 05/05/2008
Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
21/11/2008 07:26

Saffi....I am soooo envious!



I went to Mauritius for my honeymoon in 2003....fell in love with it.

Stayed at La Pirogue ...best hotel I've ever stayed in.



Enjoy...you lucky thing.

Krin52


Joined: 25/08/2008
Posts: 419

Message Posted:
21/11/2008 07:37

I'm not going anywhere! My two gorgeous sons are flying in from the U.S.for a couple of weeks and we'll be doing a traditional (part Aussie/part American) day at home, enjoying each other.

Scampy, you will have a blast with an Aussie Christmas - hot day, cold lunch, cold wine .... the best!

Enjoy, everybody, whatever you choose..............

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
21/11/2008 07:52

Kay,



No problem... I'll do the twelve days of Christmas... "Groucho stylie"...



In advance of this.... first make a simple plan of what you want to happen on the day.



Without a plan it might all happen by lucky happenstance but like as not it might all go horribly wrong... i.e what you want to eat and start looking in the shops for it stuff like Cranberry Sauce... don't leave it 'til Christmas eve to find the Turkey Foil etc. and think about what time you want lunch to be ready on the day.



Then for those living here, make a plan B just in case there is a power cut... I will include details of how to prepare or finish off some of the important dishes using the hob and a BBQ. you can still do roasties, turkey, stuffing, all the trimming and vegetables if you have a plan B.



Even those in the UK might find the oven goes on the blink... it does happen... somebody's oven must give up the ghost each day....

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
21/11/2008 08:01

Mauritius we went there to brilliant place

stellasstar1



Joined: 02/07/2008
Posts: 1519

Message Posted:
21/11/2008 11:03

I'm going to my friend Penny's for her brilliant christmas dinner. As anyone knows who has sampled her food at either Tolga's or The Chateau, she is a great cook. - And we will have a lot of fun in a real traditional Christmas.

stellasstar1



Joined: 02/07/2008
Posts: 1519

Message Posted:
21/11/2008 11:06

P.S. Forgot to mention, at last count it is an almost equal mix of Cypriots and British, including children, and everybody joins in.

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
21/11/2008 11:10

We are going to the Acapulco hotel for Christmas .

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
23/11/2008 10:34

hi nick why is it a lilli free posting when you know where i will be, thanks for the mention anyway

catrina



Joined: 17/02/2009
Posts: 35

Message Posted:
14/12/2009 12:13

This is our first xmas here,i was thinking about the Rocks hotel,for xmas dinner,has anyone been there on xmas day?any good?

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
14/12/2009 20:03

Never been but have always had a super Christmas meal at Guido's (or the Brasserie as they were once known as)

mikki09


Joined: 17/10/2009
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
14/12/2009 22:22

This is our first christmas here we wil be having lunch at Punjab's, can't wait food there is delicious.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 06:58

We are going to the Punjab as well I think there are nearly 30 of us going from JK's but we promise to behave!!!!

ClaireCat44



Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 739

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 09:32

Re message 1



Are you sure you were even there last Christmas?

begonia


Joined: 19/05/2009
Posts: 229

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 11:23

What exactly do you have against the Malpas ? The staff there work very hard only to have people like you

cutting them down.

I suggest you stay at home at Christmas where you can't upset anyone. Or find somewhere that does an alcohol only deal.

You really are a miserable s*d !

begonia


Joined: 19/05/2009
Posts: 229

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 11:24

...........and no I don't work there.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 11:53

Just to save any possible embarrassment when replying to posts on this thread, please check the 'Message Posted' date. All of the messages up to and including message 27 were posted over a year ago.

AJ

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 11:59

Take no notice Begonia , he was going on about another restaurant a week or so ago , where everybody but him had nothing but praise for the food there . As for the fiasco he talks about at the Malpas , it could just be that he had caused the fiasco himself , and has been banned from there . Not leaving a lot of choice for him , if he complains about most of the places , he's not going to be welcome anywhere eh ? { besides it was a 2008 posting , and he is no longer in NC ?? }

Have a good day , Simbas

begonia


Joined: 19/05/2009
Posts: 229

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 12:02

Thank you AJ for that.....................I don't think people notice. It's a shame old derogatory posts keep coming up for such a long time . Perhaps they should be removed from the board after a certain length of time.Many busineses are being harmed by this problem.

I believe Christmas 2008 was a great success at the Malpas.