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Clifton Arms Brasserie - Launch Night
Clifton Arms Brasserie
Launch Night
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Saturday night is party night and there is a hot new contender in town.
With an ever increasing number of people working on a Saturday, for many after working all week. they look for a suitable establishment to wile away their time, relax with friends and loved ones in a stylish setting with food and drink they have not had to prepare themselves and a bit of ambience that makes them forget their troubles for a time.
Enter in to the arena a place that is stepping in to the light and has a brand new terrace, menu and look to prove it.
Don’t worry regulars charm and character remain but with a little extra vava voom.
Last week The Clifton Arms Brasserie came out from behind the Clifton Arms Curtain to put itself well and truly on the map as a venue in it’s own right.
The champagne was flowing as the guests enjoyed close up magic and 2 singers with dancers taking to the floor as the atmosphere intensified.
Heather the sales and marketing director opened the proceedings on the mic and was the host you want at your next party as she bustled round the tables making sure the conversation, food and fun was flowing.
The Clifton arms put on a dazzling show case of their culinary delights as following dishes came out the kitchen to a tough Lytham crowd.
• Chicken Liver Pate - onion marmalade, mixed leaves, toasted bloomer - £8.00 • King Prawns - cooked in chilli, lemon & garlic butter - £10.00 • Creamy Gorgonzola Mushrooms (v) - basil oil & Parmesan crisp - £9.00 • Lamb Kofte - Tabbouleh salad & chermoula - £10.00 • Ox Cheek Bourguignon - creamed potatoes, roasted root vegetables - £24.00 • Superfood Salad (v) - Quinoa, kale, sweet potato, spinach, pomegranate with feta & tahini dressing • Butternut Squash & Sage Risotto (v,ve) - £16.00 • Hake Fillet - chickpeas, seasonal greens, red pepper sauce - £24.00 • Chocolate Brownie (v) - warm chocolate brownie, chocolate sauce, vanilla ice cream - £8.00
• Passion Fruit Brulee (v) - served with a shortbread biscuit - £8.00
• Caramelized Bananas - £8.00
• Sticky Toffee Pudding (v) - butterscotch sauce, vanilla ice cream - £8.00
• Crumble (v,ve) - apple & raspberry crumble, served with custard or ice cream - £7.00
We can honestly say the menu is a very high standard and we should know, must have tried all of it.
The chef Scott Anderson, whose wife was due to give birth whilst he was cooking for us, even came out and chatted patiently to his happy patrons.
He is a health and allergy conscious artist who is working hard to use local, natural, gluten free, vegetarian and vegan ingredients.
The Desserts are to kill for and are all sent from heaven but the apple crumble dish that decadently comes with ice cream and custard is something that will have you going right back the next day begging for more.
We were sadly not on the rampage fully but did enviously stare at the cocktails on neighbouring tables that looked like something out of a magazine.
We would reccommend making a night of it, booking in to one of the newly refurbished rooms, working your way through the cocktail list, or the extensive wine list that you can have paired with dinner and wearing loose but elegant clothing to hunker down for 3 courses and maybe 4 if you can do that crumble a second time, which we definitely could.
Be sure to book your indulgent treat to avoid the fully booked getting turned away at the door and ending somewhere inferior scenario.
