old venue Manoir aux Quat'r Saisons, new venue Hotel Malmaison, New Road, Oxford (see below)
Reason is that the cost per person for lunch at le Manoir at £62.50 sans drinks could put it out of reach for some people (especially with children) see below for alternative charges. Also - this is our old home (see below)
old time not decided new time 1300hrs a la bar. Reason more conveniently situated.(next to County Court in New Road)
Menu at Malmaison for Sunday Brunch
STARTERS
eggs benedict £5,95
roast parsnip and honey soup 4.50
Oxford blue cheese fondue (with selection of toasted bread) 5.95
smoked salmon classic 6.50
pate de campagne (gherkin and sour dough) 5.95
SALADS
feta cheese 5.50
Oxford blue (watercress and pear salad) starter 5.50 main 10.50
salad gormaunde -confit rabbit leg, smoked duck breast, truffle, fois gras and crisp potato 8.00
MAINS
field mushroom and caramelised onion suet pudding 10.95
free range eggs with back bacon and fries 8.25
the Mal burger 225 gram burger made from a ground beef served on a floured bap with bacon and gruyere with homemade relish and fries 10.95
the Mal Sunday roast ooh the Sunday best, with traditional roast potatoes, cauliflowerand buttered spinach. Mal style 13.95
the Big Mal beakfast- la toute ensemble, sweet cured bacon, black pudding, vine tomato, mushroom and eggs Mal style with
pork and leek sausage 9.50
goujons of plaice with fat cut chips and sauce tartare 12.50
grilled baby sea bass with rustic potatoes, garlic and herb butter 12.50
gruyere and soft herb omelette served with homemade fries. 8.75
braised squid served with black olives, tomatoes and warm sour dough 11.50
DESSERTS
creme brulee 5.95
the famous Mal cheese trolley 8.50
glazed rice pudding, apricot compote 5.95
iced grande marnier parfait 5.95
red wine poached pear, winter fruit compote 5.95
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Mal eggs benedict £5,95
"parmentier" soup ( onion foccacia) 4.50
Oysters @ £1.50 each
smoked salmon classic 6.50
chicken liver parfait toasted brioche 6.50
leek and gruyere tart with hollandaise sauce 5.95
SALAD
Malmaison house salad haricot vert, fennel and feta cheese (starter 5.50, mains 10.50)
MAINS
courgette and gorgonzola risotto (Starter 5.95 main 11.95)
free range eggs with back bacon and fries 8.25
corn fed chicken. pomme fondant and spinach 12.95
The Mal Sunday roast served with roast potatoes carrots and parsnips 12.95
the Big Mal beakfast- la toute ensemble, sweet cured bacon, black pudding, vine tomato, mushroom and eggs Mal style with pork and leek sausage 9.50
seared tuna, saffron potatoes, tomato pesto 13.25
goujons of plaice, fat cut chips and tartare sauce 12.50
sauteed wild mushrooms, poached and polenta 12.50
DESSERTS
iced banana parfait 5.95, mal cheese trolley, 8.50, fresh fruit salad 5.95, bitter chocolate tart 5.95
Oxford Prison (1, Tower Crescent) is the house that June and I used to live in, following my father's promotion from Chief 2nd Class at Wandsworth Prison to Chief 1st Class at Oxford Prison in 1949. It was a big rambling old house with a large living room, a smaller lounge, kitchen(scullery) , three bedrooms and a bathroom (the first one we had in prison quarters). When we moved in we had no electricity; (very sad for me as I had just been given a lovely Sobell radiogram for my 22nd birthday in 1948). Gas lights with odd little globes that had be lit. A regular trip down to a local garage with an accumulater ( a heavy re-chargeable battery) which operated our radio. Not long afterwards, the Prison Commissioners supplied us with electricity and we all went mad, buying electrical goods (oven, radio, light shades etc.) and I was able to listen to my LP's on the Sobell!
We didn't live here for long as my father retired in 1952 and we moved up to the Banbury Road. Oxford Prison is no longer in use as a prison. It had been used in the past as a film set for productions such Spy Game (2001) and for the television series, Bad Girls. More recently, it has been converted into a 5 star hotel by the Mal Maison group.
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