Those celebrating New Year's Eve at the Swan this year will find on their menu a curious dessert named 'Galette des Rois’. It is a delicious French dessert traditionally served on Twelfth Night (January 5th). Legend has it that it was created to honour the arrival of the three kings to Bethlehem.
The modern tradition is for two little figurines or 'fèves' to be hidden inside, much like a sixpence in an English Christmas pudding. The lucky person whose slice contains the trinket will become the King or Queen for the day, everyone else obeying their every whim.
Here at the Swan, we've interpreted this to mean the lucky recipient will also enjoy a bottle of sparkling wine on the house when the clock strikes twelve.
To book your table to this New Year’s Eve celebrations, visit the link here.
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£60 for three courses
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Starter
Pear, walnut, Oxford blue & endive salad
Vichyssoise
Crab mayonnaise
Chicken & duck liver pate, pickles & toast
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Main
Roast pumpkin, lentils, porcini and chestnut
Roast brill, crab bisque and rouille
Grillade de Mariniers du Rhone
Porchetta, mustard & mash
Rib of beef for 2 with fries & café de Paris butter (£15pp supplement)
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Sides
Fries
Mash
Garden greens
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Puddings
Galette de Rois Chocolate mousse & cream
Baron Bigod, honey, walnut & crackers (£12pp supplement)
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This is a sample menu and may change with availability of produce.
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Mains
Sausages and Mash 8
Scampi and Chips 8
Lasagna 8
Burger and Fries 8
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Sides
Chips 3.50
Mash 3.50
Garden greens 3.50
Peas and Broccoli 3.50
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Pudding
Sticky toffee pudding 6
Sundae (caramel or chocolate) 6
