The Birches on the Boulevard Restaurant http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches @ Wirral Metropolitan College Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:08:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tuesday Lunch Menu http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/2012/01/05/tuesday-lunch-menu/ http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/2012/01/05/tuesday-lunch-menu/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:03:48 +0000 Web Admin http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/?p=333 Continue reading →]]> Starters £2.25 | Main course £3.50 | Sweets £2.25

Starters

  • French onion soup with crisp gruyere cheese croûte
  • Welsh rarebit (posh cheese on toast)
  • Prawn and orange salad

Mains

  • Smoked haddock on a bed of baby spinach coated in sauce mornay
  • Traditional steak and mushroom suet pastry pudding
  • Beef tomato filled with mushroom and shallot duxelle
  • Chilli con carne and rice

Sweets

  • Steamed syrup sponge and custard
  • Crème brûlée
  • Sweet of the day
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Starters

  • Cheese and mackerel paté with Melba toast
  • Crab, avocado and herb hollandaise tart
  • Chickpea soup wit almond pesto

Mains

  • Beef bourguignon
  • Chicken stuffed with asparagus and champagne sauce
  • Steamed hake, lemon grass and fennel with tarragon and pea foam

Sweets

  • Apple fritters and apricot sauce
  • Rhubarb jellies with shortbread and ice cream stacks
  • Tarte tatin

 

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Starters

  • Home made soup of the day with freshly baked bread
  • Chicken liver and Mango pate with garlic croûtes
  • Bantry bay mussels with cider and smoked bacon
  • Starter of the day

Mains

  • Traditional beer battered fish with chips and mushy peas
  • Breast of chicken with sherry paprika and cream, Parisienne potatoes and fine beans
  • Italian meatballs in dill, vermouth and cream sauce with tagliatelli and mixed salad
  • Leek and stilton tart

Sweets

  • Tangy lemon tart
  • Chocolate fudge cake
  • Sweet of the day
]]> http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/2012/01/03/friday-lunch-menu/feed/ 0 2nd February – A Taste of Mexico http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/2011/12/29/2nd-february-a-taste-of-mexico/ http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/2011/12/29/2nd-february-a-taste-of-mexico/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:58:33 +0000 Web Admin http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/?p=355 Continue reading →]]> £11.95/person | Arrival 6.30pm – 6.45pm

To Start

  • Chicharron y Nachos. Con pico de gallo,crema agria y guacamole.
    Nachos and pork crunch with tomato salsa,sour cream and avocado dip
  • Cangrjo picante fideos
    Spicy crab salad with angel hair noodles

TO FOLLOW

  • Enchilada con chile
    Beef of vegetable corn tortilla baked with tomato sauce and cheese
  • Patatas bravas Calabacitas con elote
    Potato with chorizo and aioli Baked zucchini with corn

To Finish

  • Platano con Tequilla
    Caremelised banana flamed with tequila
  • Aqua Fresca di frutta
    Water melon and lime refresher
]]> http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/2011/12/29/2nd-february-a-taste-of-mexico/feed/ 0 9th Feb – An evening with Dominic Pospisil (Wirral ‘Chef of the year’) http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/2011/12/28/9th-feb-an-evening-with-dominic-pospisil-wirral-%e2%80%98chef-of-the-year%e2%80%99/ http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/2011/12/28/9th-feb-an-evening-with-dominic-pospisil-wirral-%e2%80%98chef-of-the-year%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:02:48 +0000 Web Admin http://wmc.ac.uk/the-birches/?p=360 £11.95/person | Arrival 6.30pm – 6.45pm

To begin

  • Cauliflower soup with scallops

Then

  • Goosnagh duck served with sour cherry and port reduction with a beetroot and potato rösti

To finish

  • Blood orange and cointreau tiramisu

Coffee

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Since that special event the Birches has been host to many glittering occasions. Her Excellency Madame Fu Ying, The Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom recently enjoyed afternoon tea at The Birches Restaurant, with local MPs, VIPs and invited guests. The Catering and Hospitality students were able to showcase their skills and provide a menu that would be difficult to better in a high class London restaurant. Ben Chapman MP, often uses The Birches Restaurant to entertain high profile guests. Choosing the College to host important visitors to the region is an honour for the students as it gives them to opportunity to practice their skills at the highest level.

The Birches Restaurant offers divinely tasty, beautifully presented cuisine, with a varied and cosmopolitan menu. Theme nights, organised by the students, are fun occasions that celebrate cuisine from all over the world. Whether it be light lunch, a romantic dinner or sumptuous afternoon tea the students do their best to please in every way. The Restaurant is able to cater for vegetarians, and any client with specific dietary requirements. An adaptable menu is just one of the many charming features of the restaurant.

The Birches on the Boulevard Restaurant has produced many successful chefs and catering professionals who are working locally, nationally and internationally. We are very proud of the service that our students provide to the industry and are pleased to announce that the restaurant has been entered for College Restaurant of the Year 2008.

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