Sample some exquisite festive flavours this year courtesy of our recommended list of Christmas menus at East London restaurants. There are a number of excellent eateries in the area guaranteed to make a success of your gastronomic, Christmas sojourn, so before you make any plans, check out the following selection of Christmas menus at East London restaurants.
Christmas menus at £27 or £32 at the funky, retro offering of All Star Lanes on Brick Lane. Enticing alternatives include BBQ pulled pork and cinnamon spiced pear, wild mushroom ravioli, steamed whole sea bass and sticky coconut rice pudding.
Old Truman Brewery,
95 Brick Lane,
Brick Lane,
London,
E1 6QL
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The Bistrotheque 2010 Christmas menu is priced at £40 per head and includes smoked pork leg, roast guinea fowl and lemon trifle. On Christmas Day they're flinging open the doors and offering six courses, coffee and chocolates for £77.50.
23-27 Wadeson Street,
Bethnal Green,
London,
E2 9DR
The Christmas lunch and dinner menu includes game terrine with apple and sage compote, roast turkey and goose fat roasties, and Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. A two course lunch is £17 and a three course dinner is £19.95.
1 Hoxton Square,
Hoxton,
London,
N1 6NU
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For Christmas 2010 at Brodies, you can expect two courses at £23.95 and three courses at £27.95 with mains including pan-fried fillet of sea bass, rib eye steak and turkey escalope with all the traditional trimmings.
43 Fishermans Walk,
Canary Wharf,
London,
E14 5HD
The three course lunch at Cypriana includes roast turkey or kleftiko for £18.50 in the week and £23 at weekends.
662-664 Lea Bridge Road,
London,
E10 6AP
A starter and main course is priced at £25.95 with an additional £4 for dessert. Dishes include smoked Scottish salmon and traditional Christmas pudding with brandy sauce.
31-35 Fishermans Walk,
Canary Wharf,
London,
E14 4DH
Get festive and funky at the Drunken Monkey in Shoreditch with Christmas canape and banquet menus. The lunch banquet is £22.50 and the dinner banquet costs £29.50 per person and serves up chilli and salt baked chicken, steamed crab and pork dumplings, drunken rice and much more.
222 Shoreditch High Street,
Shoreditch,
London,
E1 6PJ
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Take advantage of the Fine Line's fabulous Christmas Canape and set menus in 2010 with a three course offering coming in at £24.95 and two courses costing £19.95. On the menu are such treats as traditional roast turkey, grilled leg of lamb steak, and Christmas pudding with brandy sauce.
20-30 Fishermans Walk, 10 Cabot Square,
Canary Wharf,
London,
E14 4DH
Choose from the Deluxe Christmas menu (£29.95 per head) or the Fox Christmas menu (£18.95 per head for three courses, £13.95 for two). Enjoy such traditional offerings as roast red pepper soup, roast turkey with pigs in blankets, and Christmas pud with brandy sauce.
Links Way, Connaught Bridge,
Docklands,
London,
E16 1SL
The delightful, family-friendly Giraffe chain offers a festive menu priced at £15.95 for two courses and £19.95 for three. Enjoy mains such as sage and garlic turkey schnitzel and double roast crispy duck. Check venue for terms and conditions.
1 Crispin Place,
Spitalfields,
London,
E1 6DW
From 1st December 2010, the Hoxton Apprentice is offering a lunchtime and dinner menu with dishes such as goat’s cheese, pear and fig chutney tart, pan fried sea bass with smoked mash, and chocolate brownie with pistachio ice cream. £27.50 for two courses or £32.50 for three courses.
16 Hoxton Square,
London,
N1 6NT
The 2010 Christmas menu at Le Bouchon Breton costs £30 per person and blends French cuisine with traditional British recipes. Options include the roast turkey with chestnut stuffing, seven hour braised lamb shanks and duck magret with cranberry sauce.
Old Spitalfields Market,
8 Horner Square,
Spitalfields,
London,
E1 6AA
Two menus are available at Lena in Shoreditch. The £35 menu offers stuffed turkey among other options, and the £45 menu provides pan fried monkfish wrapped in Parma ham. Canape and bowl food menus are also available for Christmas 2010.
66 Great Eastern Street,
Shoreditch,
London,
EC2A 3JT
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Les Trois Garcons’ Christmas menu will be available from 1st December 2010, two courses for £39.50, three for £45.50. Mains include slow cooked shoulder of venison, halibut with roast chestnuts, and pumpkin and pearl barley risotto.
1 Club Row,
Shoreditch,
London,
E1 6JX
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Four courses are available for £33 at the Light for Christmas 2010, with Dorset king crab and crayfish salad, seared fillet of Atlantic cod and caramelised pear tatin with cinnamon ice cream among the festive options.
233 Shoreditch High Street,
Shoreditch,
London,
E1 6PJ
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The Christmas set menu at LMNT is £25 per person and includes knuckle of lamb, pheasant with braised red cabbage and free range chicken with puy lentils.
316 Queensbridge Road,
Dalston,
London,
E8 3NH
Not a turkey in sight at the Lotus with a spread of five different Christmas 2010 menus offering dishes such as crispy lamb in plum sauce and crispy aromatic duck. Buffet menus cost £15 and £18 per person, the set menus cost £28 and £35 and the vegetarian and vegan menus cost £15 and £20 respectively.
38 Limeharbour,
Docklands,
London,
E14 9RH
2010 Christmas dining experiences are available from December 1 - 23 at The Medieval Banquet. Take your pick from King Henry's Christmas Banquet (£60 per person), the Yuletide Luncheon (£40 per person), and the Festive Feast (£25 per person).
Ivory House,
St Katharines Dock,
East Smithfield,
London,
E1W 1BP
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Three set menus and Christmas canapes available at Smollenskys with prices starting at £27.95 per person and dishes including roasted pork shank, five nut roast, sticky toffee pudding and chocolate mud pie.
1 Reuters Plaza,
Canary Wharf,
London,
E14 5AJ
The Christmas 2010 menu at Strada incorporates the fresh Italian ingredients that the chain is famous for. For £24.95 diners can enjoy three courses including a starter of shared antipasto.
2 Tower Bridge House,
St Katharines Way,
Wapping,
London,
E1W 1AA
The Water Poet is offering three festive courses for £22.50 per person for Christmas 2010. On the menu is roast turkey with the traditional trimmings and desserts include sherry trifle and Christmas pudding with brandy butter.
9-11 Folgate Street,
Spitalfields,
London,
E1 6BX
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Waterhouse offers a 2010 Christmas menu for £29.50 per person starting from December 1. Spread over three courses options include smoked venison and celeriac salad, roasted wild game with red berries, and Christmas pudding with calvados butter.
10 Orsman Road,
Hoxton,
London,
N1 5QJ