Advantages: You've never eaten so well Disadvantages: You've never paid so much to eat so well
...Blanc’s famous hotel and restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, in Great Milton, Oxfordshire. We also turned this into a celebration of my brother-in-law’s successful completion of the London Marathon in 4 hours and 37 minutes (good on him!)
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Yes, I know…
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…that Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons is a hotel. However, the restaurant is promoted for non-residents, ... ...have tea. Tea at Le Manoir isn’t just a cup of the old PG tips!
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The Experience
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We were served tea and delicious home made biscuits in one of the lounges (and yes, we did pay extra for the tea, it was not part of the package) – we sat by a bay window. There are three or four rooms (maybe even five) that serve as lounges – some are smoking, some are non-smoking, but they ...
mattygroves 22.04.2005
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Advantages: Absolutley unbelievable luxury, great food and unbelievably good service. Disadvantages: Eye-wateringly expensive.
...the cookery school attached to Le Manoir Aux Quat’ Saisons; Raymond Blanc’s rather upmarket little ‘café with rooms’ at Great Milton, near Oxford.
The deal was that we would arrive on a Sunday and be given a room (we had to give it back, sadly, but we did get to stay a night in it first) and would then have dinner in the restaurant, (2 Michelin stars, more rosettes than the average gymkhana, and when the AA inspector took a look, he imploded. We ... ...souls in the kitchens of Le Manoir.
La Sleevie had to pay for her own food, but I would be getting the Menu Degustation and breakfast included in the price of the cookery course.
I neglected to ask Shortie details of what this little lot was likely to cost, as my doctor takes a decidedly dim view of people putting themselves under unnecessary stress. I somehow knew, though, that it wasn’t going to be what you’d call cheap…don’t ask me how I knew, ...
stevethesleeve 23.08.2002 (26.09.2002)
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