The River Thames Luncheon Club 10th November 2023
Menu
Roasted Parsnip & Butter
Nut Squash Soup Selection of Breads &&& Roasted Fillet of
Sea Bass Champagne Sauce Samphire Salad
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Medallion of Balmoral
Venison
Grand Veneur
Sauce
Bryon Potatoes
Organic Baby Vegetables &&&
The Old Contemptible
British Expeditionary Force Autumn Crumble of Pear &
Blackberry Classic English Custard
Sauce Clotted Cream Ice Cream &&&
Filld Mushroom with Blue Cheese
Stilton Souffle
Corn Salad Washed in Truffle Oil
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Fair Trade Rich Roast
Coffee Tregothnan Cornish Estate
Grown Tea |
Wines
French White
Wine Aperitif,
IGP Pays d'Oc Domaine de la
Provenquière Bodegas Muriel Spain
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Gewürztraminer
2021
Late
Harvest Spätlese Austria
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Dates 2024 January - Fully
Booked
February - Fully Booked Friday 8th
March Friday 12th
April Friday 10th
May Friday 14th
June Friday 12th July
Friday 11th
October Friday 8th
November Friday 13th
December
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The River Thames Luncheon Club Friday 10th November 2023
A Solider of the First World
enjoying a daily ration
But their diet also included vegetables, bread and jam, and boiled plum puddings. This was all washed down by copious amounts of tea. The 'reserve ration' was carried by every soldier in his backpack. It included canned meat, dried bread, sugar, coffee and salt. It was meant to be used when, for whatever reason, it was not possible to eat the food prepared in the
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The Unknown Warrior![]() At the west end of the Nave of Westminster Abbey is the grave of the Unknown Warrior, whose body was brought from France to be buried here on 11th November 1920. The grave, which contains soil from France, is covered by a slab of black Belgian marble from a quarry near Namur featuring this inscription, composed by Herbert Edward Ryle, Dean of Westminster, engraved with brass from melted down wartime ammunition. Beneath this stone rests the body Of a British warrior Unknown by name or rank Brought from France to lie among The most illustrious of the land And buried here on Armistice Day 11 Nov: 1920, in the presence of His Majesty King George V His Ministers of State The Chiefs of his forces And a vast concourse of the nation Thus are commemorated the many Multitudes who during the Great War of 1914 – 1918 gave the most that Man can give life itself For God For King and country For loved ones home and empire For the sacred cause of justice and The freedom of the world They buried him among the kings because he Had done good toward God and toward His house A year later, on 17th October 1921, the unknown warrior was given the United States' highest award for valour, the Medal of Honor, from the hand of General John Pershing; On 11 November 1921, the American Unknown Soldier was reciprocally awarded the Victoria Cross |
The River Thames
Luncheon Club Friday 13th
October 2023 (72 Days Till Christmas)
Menu Sweet Potato & Coriander Soup Selection of Breads &&& Serb Ceviche Sea Bass Cocktail Pomegranate Compote &&& Ballantine of Cornfed Chicken Rich Mushroom & Pisco Peruvian Brandy Sauce Potato Cake Stir Fried Vegetables &&& Aunt Pastuzo Bread & Butter Pudding Marmalade Ice Cream Marmalade sandwiches are Paddington Bear's favourite food in the world. Paddington's Aunt Lucy taught him how to make marmalade sandwiches back in the jungles of Darkest Peru. His Uncle Pastuzo always kept a marmalade sandwich under his red bucket hat 'in case of emergency &&& Warm Spinach & Feta Tart Caramelised Red Pepper Drizzle &&& Fair Trade Rich Roast Coffee Tregothnan Cornish Estate Grown Tea Marmalade Chocolate Truffles |
Wines
Barão de Vilar White Port
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Dates 2024 Friday 12th JanuaryFriday 9th February Friday 8th March Friday 12th April Friday 10th May Friday 14th June Friday 12th July No Luncheon August Friday 13th September Friday 11th October Friday 8th November Friday 13th December |
Paddington Bear - A fictional character in children's literature.
He first appeared on 13
October 1958
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The River Thames
Luncheon Club Friday 8th 2023
Menu Rodney On Del Boy's
Cooking !!! "If you had been in
charge of The last supper it would have been a take away."
Menu Sid’s Café - Soup of the
Day
Mike Said: ‘Ere, Del. You speak a bit of French, don’t ya?
Del: What? Potage bonne femme.”
Leek and
Potato Soup
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The Star of Bengal Indian
Restaurant in Peckham
which Derek "Del Boy" Trotter his brother Rodney Dine Fish on
Friday
Tempura of
Red Mullet Indian Spices
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Del Boy On Ordering Food
In France "One of my most
favouritist meals is Duck à l'Orange,
but I
don't know how to say that in French."
Slow Cooked Brest Magret Duck
Caramelised Orange Sauce
Chateau Potatoes
Glazed Baby Vegetables
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Pudding Del “Don’t worry, Rodney, this time next year we’ll be millionaires!”:
“Millionaire Cheese Cake”
&&& Del Said: As Macbeth said to Hamlet in
‘We’ve been done up like a
couple of kippers.’ Arbroath Smokies Fish Cake
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Fair Trade Rich Roast Coffee
Tregothnan Cornish Estate Grown
Tea |
Wine Barão de Vilar White Port &&& Chardonnay 2020 IGP Pays d'Oc Domaine de la Provenquière &&&
Rioja Crianza 2019
Bodegas Muriel
&&& Muskat Ottonel Late Harvest
Spätlese 2018 &&& Tayors 2012 |
Friday 8th September Friday 13th October Friday 10th November Fridat 8th December |
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Rodney On Del
Boy's Cooking !!!
"If you had been in charge of The last supper it would have been
a take away."
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Sid’s Café
Soup of the Day
Del Boy's: Saying No problem -
"Mange tout”
Mike
Said: ‘Ere, Del. You speak a bit of French, don’t ya?
Del:
What? Potage bonne femme.”
The Star Of Bengal Indian
restaurant in Peckham
which Derek "Del Boy" Trotter his brother Rodney Dine
Del Boy On Ordering Food In France
"One of my most
favouritist meals is Duck à l'Orange, but I don't know how to
say that in French."
Trigger said; Don’t
know what your worried about I’ve been eating beef all me life
The Nags Head Beef Stew
Pie
Uncle Alberts Navy
Gravy
“Don’t worry, Rodney, this time next year we’ll be
millionaires!”:
Cushty Biscuit
Del
Said: As Macbeth said
to Hamlet in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream,
‘We’ve been done up like a couple of kippers.’
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The River Thames
Luncheon Club Friday 14th
July 2023
Soupe froide courgettes au fromage de chèvre fleur de solgne Chilled Courgette & Fleur de Solgne Goats Cheese Toasted Brioche &&& Bourride de poissons au safran Mediterranean Fish Casserole Saffron Sauce Reduction &&& Filet de boeuf a la moelle Sauce Bourgogne Pomme de terre anna petits légumes garnis Beef & Bone Marrow Burgundy Wine Sauce Pommes Anna Petit Pois à la Francaise &&& Paris Brest Sauce caramel glace praliné Paris Breast Toffee Sauce Praline Ice Cream &&& Petit munster au cumin en croûte Munster Cumin Cheese En Croute &&& Café et Cannelés Café de Paris Canneles |
Lillet
Blanc &&& Touraine Sauvignon Blanc 2022 Antoine Simoneau &&& Famille Bouey Vin de Fête de la Fédération &&& Muskat Ottonel Late Harvest Spätlese 2018 &&& Barão de Vilar Ruby Port |
Friday 8th September Friday 13th October Friday 10th November Fridat 8th December |
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Men
Menu
Corn Soup From The Field Duck Burg
Selection of Breads
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The Sailor’s Hornpipe – Bucket of the Fantasea of the Sea Harvest
Atlantic Cod Scottish Salmon
Norfolk Samphire
Saffron Sauce
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Confit of Daisy Duck
The Ludwig Von Drake Sauce
Pullet Potatoes
Medley of Technicolour Vegetables
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Sweet Donald
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Savoury of Duck & Waffle
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Fair Trade Rich Roast Coffee
Tregothnan Cornish Estate Grown Tea
Chocolate Truffles
Friday 9th June 1934
The Wise Little Hen first shown 9th June 1934 a Walt Disney's Silly symphony cartoon, based on the fable The Little Red Hen. The cartoon features the debut of Donald Duck, dancing to the Sailor's Hornpipe. Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work by faking stomach aches until Mrs. Hen teaches them the value of labour. Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known for his semi-intelligible speech and his mischievous, temperamental, and pompous personality. Along with his friend Mickey Mouse, Donald was included in TV Guide's list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time in 2002, and has earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has appeared in more films than any other Disney character, and is the most published comic book character in the world outside of the superhero genre |
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The Wise Little Hen of the title is looking for someone to help her plant her corn for the winter. Peter Pig and Donald Duck both feign belly aches to get out of the chore, since they would rather play than work. So, with help from her chicks, she plants it herself. Harvest time comes; again, Peter and Donald claim belly aches, but the hen sees through this when boards of their clubhouse fall off showing their little act when they shake hands with each other for evading responsibility. Upon wising up to their ruse, she and her chicks wink at each other upon knowing what to do with Peter and Donald later. She cooks up a tantalizing assortment of corn dishes, and heads over to Peter and Donald to help her eat them, but before she can open her mouth, they already fake their belly aches. |
Once she asks them
to help her eat the corn, they snap out of their façade and are
excited to eat, but all she gives them is castor oil. As the hen
and her chicks eat the corn themselves, Peter and Donald repent
with all their might by kicking each other in the rump.![]() |
Menu
The Bossin
Navy Bean Soup
Selection of Breads
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Caramelised Irish Salmon
Samphire & Shalott Salad
Lime Hollandaise Sauce
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Duo of Roasted Coastal Lamb from the West Country,
Confit Lemon Flavoured Jus
Fennel Hearts Barigoule Style
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Bergeron Apricot Iced Parfait
Honey Ice Cream
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The Coronation Quiche
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Fair Trade Rich Roast Coffee
Tregothnan Cornish Estate Grown Tea
Chocolate Truffles
HMS Beagle |
The ship was one of the first to be fitted with the lightning conductor invented by William Snow Harris ![]() HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan at Monte Sarmiento,. ![]() The Beagle Laid Ashore drawn by Conrad Martens 1834 |
The King's Men is the acting company to which William
Shakespeare (1564–1616)
belonged for most of his career. Formerly known as the Lord
Chamberlain's Men
during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, they became the King's Men in
1603
when King James I ascended the throne and became the company's patron
Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare
The play was first performed, by the King's Men at either
the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around 1607
SCENE II |
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Dorset’s Peter Morgan of the Book &
Bucket Cheese Company
Wimborne in Dorset makes a wide range of different cheeses named
after authors. Including several made with sheep’s' milk.
Here's Shakespeare, a
beautiful soft cheese with a bloomy white rind.
Pasteurised, vegetarian.