The Tollemache Arms

Forthcoming Events in April

Edward — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:00:18 +0000

Love is at the Tollemache this valentines Day

Edward — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:25:35 +0000

Romantic Retreats at the Tollemache Arms

Romantic dinner for two and boutique romance package £119.50

Wine and dine your loved one this valentines day from a specially created romantic menu whilst listening to our wonderful resident pianist, after sit by the fire with a cognac before retreating to one of our beautiful boutique rooms. Rose petal turn downs and hand made personalised buiscuits will be laid out to enhance the romance of the evening. Bottles of champagne and other romantic gestures are all available on request, please speak to our events planner to help create that romantic unforgetable evening. Please call 01829 261716 for further details. ( Please read below to view our food menu for the evening.)

The Tollemache Arms

Valentines Menu

Arrival:

Upon arrival enjoy a glass of Perrie Jouet NV champagne to toast the evening

Starters:

Valentine beetroot soup with a heart shaped crouton (V)

Roasted field mushrooms with a stilton & a “long kiss goodnight” sauce

with fresh, toasted olive bread (V)

Antipasti Sharing Platter:

A selection of cured meats, olives, roasted peppers, olive bread

& char grilled courgette

Seafood Platter:

Oyster’s with a sherry wine vinegar & shallots, Pan fried scallops served in a seafood sauce topped with melted cheddar cheese & a prawn skewer with lemon mayonnaise

Sorbet:

A refreshing Pink Champagne sorbet to cleanse & refresh the pallet

Mains:

Classic Chicken Celestine

Pan fried chicken supreme in a cream & Grand Marnier sauce

served with sautéed apples & roasted almonds

6oz Rib eye of British beef served with Peppercorn or Diane sauce

Homemade gnocchi with roasted artichoke & squash in a

tomato & basil sauce (V)

Oven baked salmon with a classic parsley sauce with a carrot & celeriac mash

Chateaubriand for two

Served with home cut chips, French beans, Peppercorn & Diane sauce

Full Lobster for two

Served with frites, salad & a selection of either thermidor or garlic sauce

Desserts:

Crème Brule served with homemade biscuit’s

A decadent dark chocolate truffle torte served with white chocolate mouse

Traditional Cheese board served with celery, biscuits & apple

Selection of 3CheshireFarm Real Ice Creams:

Raspberry Ripple, Strawberries & Cream, Baileys, Christmas Pudding, Chocolate & Vanilla

Homemade marshmallows & a selection of fruit with cream

& chocolate dipping sauces

A selection of our five most popular desserts including:

Sticky Toffee Pudding, Cheesecake & Alpraham Mess

Saturday Night With Tony Nicholes

Edward — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:11:06 +0000

Friday Night Piano Bar Dining

WebHunter — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:30:27 +0000

Rupert Sheen on the Piano

Rupert Sheen’s first musical ambition to be a church organist was put on hold once he’d had his first piano lesson at the age of 6.

Desperate to attendAshton–on–MerseySchool(because it had a great school band) he was taught trumpet, clarinet and piano by professional musician Ernie Waites.

The school band went on to play for the queen when she visitedLongfordPark,Manchesterduring her silver jubilee in 1977 and won a BBC TV competition called ‘Settle the Score’.

After leaving school and having had 2 jobs within the space of a year he took up music professionally when he joined ‘Orlando’, a jazz-rock group based in Sale Cheshire who wrote their own material. The group started writing pop songs and were finalists on BBC ‘Rising Stars’ in 1980. They also performed as support for Bucks Fizz, Modern Romance, Imagination, The Supremes and Matt Monroe.

Out of this group came ‘National Pastime’ who secured a recording contract inLondon, supported ‘Kajagoogoo’ on aUKtour and went to Japanto promote their one and only album ‘Built to Break’.

In 1986 the band split up and Rupert went solo as a pianist singer spending the next ten years playing at several venues throughout the North

West which culminated in a residency in the beautiful dining room of The Ritz Hotel, where guests included The Queen, Princes Charles, William and Harry, composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber and prime minister John Major.

These days, as well as playing at the Tollemache Arms, he can be seen regularly at Browns in Manchester city centre and the Lowry Hotel Salford where he has provoked a variety of nice reactions including singing or whistling (depending on if they had a gig that evening) from the likes of Don MacLean, Tom Jones, Cliff Richard and Rick Parfitt.

Based on Jazz and swing, his music encompasses everything from classical to rock n roll and he specializes in finding out what people like and then giving them their own personalized rendition.