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St Albans Food & Drink Festival at the WHT

September 28th, 2010

The St Albans Food & Drink Festival starts this Friday, 1st October.

As part of the festival the WHT will be having a special week of food starting Monday 4th October until Saturday 9th October.

This week we will be launching our WHT Homemade Pies on our Specials Menu. The pies will be from various regions of the country, as well as some traditional and classic recipes, including Steak & Kidney, Cock-a-Leekie and many others.

 The pies will then run all winter long on our menu with many variations week by week.

In addition to the pies we will also be offering our homemade curries on the menu for the week. With classics such as Lamb Jalfrezi and Thai Green Chicken Curry on offer.

Come in and try one of our specialities as part of St Albans Food & Drink Festival.

Curry Night

September 27th, 2010

Tonight’s curry is Chicken Bhuna.

A curry originating from India, bhuna is a medium spiced curry with green chillies and green peppers.

A side dish of Onion Bhaji’s served with Mint Yoghurt Dip will also be available.

Curry Night

September 17th, 2010

Next weeks curry is Prawn Patia.

Patia is a combination of hot, sweet & sour and is traditionally cooked with prawns or fish.

Patia was brought to India from Persia by the Parsees around 1000 years ago.

Come and try some classic Persian cuisine.

Curry Night

September 11th, 2010

This weeks curry will be from Morocco.

Ras El Hanout is a North African spice blend and means “Top Of The House”, which is to say the best spices in the local shop would be used to make the spice blend.

The Ras El Hanout will be cooked with Lamb, Apricots & Vegetables to create something truly “Out of Africa”.

The curry will be on Monday 12th September.

Curry Night

September 3rd, 2010

curryThis Monday, 6th September, our curry will be Chicken Jalfrezi.

Jalfrezi is a classic Indian dish cooked with Peppers and Green Chillies.

The curry will be served with Pilaff Rice and Naan Bread.

Curry Night

August 27th, 2010

Bunny ChowBunny Chow is a slang term for a South African street snack consisting of hollowed out bread filled with curry.

The bunny chow was created in Durban during the 1940′s which was home to a large community of people of Indian origin.

Our South African chef, Dominique, will be doing a WHT version consisting of minced lamb served in a crusty roll and the curry will be served with traditional South African Sambals.

Curry Night

August 13th, 2010

curryThis Monday’s curry is Makhan Chicken.

This dish originates from India and is pieces of Tandoori Chicken in a delectable creamy sauce.

The dish will be served with Basmati Rice and Naan Bread.

Curry Night

August 8th, 2010

curryThis Monday’s curry, on the 9th August, will be Lamb Shaslik.

Shaslik is originally a Russian dish and means skewered meat. This dish uses Indian spicing then the meat is skewered and grilled on the skewer.

The Lamb will be served over a bed of spiced rice.