As an award-winning restaurant owner, you should be getting ready to serve what London foodies are anticipating in the coming festive time.
However, things may get messy serving the right and timely dishes for your festive menus. Here, our article will show you the way with eight delectable and celebratory food items.
These items will satisfy their palette and give your establishment new heights. Additionally, if you’re looking to run for the Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards next year, this upcoming festive time is a great opportunity to serve things right.
Now, let’s explore the list of festival treats:
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Smoked Salmon Paupiettes
Serve the iconic festive dish right from Buckingham Palace— the Smoked Salmon Paupiettes! This delicious soft pillowy starter is a must-try dish which is served by many award-winning restaurants in London. If you haven’t already, time to tell your chefs to roll up their sleeves.
In this dish, the Smoked Salmon is filled with palatable lobster and crab. Its mind-blowing aroma and flavour in every bite are bound to make your diners go crazy.
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Roasted Norfolk Turkey
No Thanksgiving or Christmas is complete without the delicious Roasted Norfolk Turkey. This year, bring this traditional festive dish to your lunch or dinner menu. As a high-end, accolade restaurant, tantalise your menus by featuring the Norfolk Turkey.
This highlight dish has all sorts of trimmings, including buttered carrots, roast potatoes, homemade sauce, and gravy— something London foodies would love to enjoy. To make the dish more refreshing and healthy, add Brussels sprouts, couscous salad, beans, etc. on the sides.
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Murgh Malai Tikka
Spice up your diners’ and takeaway customers’ festive mood with Indian culinary delights like Murgh Malai Tikka! This tender chicken dish will enhance your loyal customers’ dining experience with chilling winter vibes all around.
Although a grilled chicken dish, what makes Murgh Malai Tikka special is its preparation. The boneless chicken breast is grilled over charcoal and marinated in yoghurt, green chillies, cashew paste, cornstarch, ginger-garlic paste, and many other hot spices. This is a perfect recipe to make your customers go ‘WOW.’
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Chicken Galantine & Venison Salami
Let your celebrating customers taste the masterfully crafted Chicken Galantine and Venison Salami this festive season. The visual presentation and taste of these dishes are usually top-notch, which must be ensured by your restaurant’s top chefs.
Along with the mains, add palatable and gourmet cheese, chutneys, and crackers. Besides Christmas, these special dishes are also offered by award-winning restaurants during the Spirit of Christmas Fair. So, take the opportunity to make your customers happy.
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Roasted Turkey, Blue Cheese, and Cranberry Crostini
The delectable and wholesome Thanksgiving dishes are significant at the top award-winning restaurants in London. One of the best your restaurant can offer is Roasted Turkey with Blue Cheese and Cranberry Crostini.
As you know, Roasted Turkey is usually served with many other goodies, like buttermilk mash, special gravy, kale, and caramelised onions. Level up this delicious Thanksgiving meal with a mouthwatering pumpkin cheesecake to make your customers’ festival dinners memorable!
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Lamb Madras
Take the spice-lover Londoners to the next level this festival season with another Indian delicacy, Lamb Madras. This one is among the spiciest, even in the Indians’ food criteria. Lamb Madras is something you should try adding to your festive menu to surprise your customers.
Lamb Madras consists of tender mutton or lamb meat in a mix of other hot spices like paprika, chilli powder, tamarind, garlic, turmeric, and more. You can slow-cook the dish and serve it with Basmati Rice or Naans for a delectable and contenting meal.
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Lorne Sausage and Black Pudding
Celebrate St. Andrew’s Day in London on November 30th with your loyal customers. Serve them a scrumptious, bottomless breakfast with Lorne Sausage and Black Pudding.
The Lorne or Flat Sausage is originally a Scottish delicacy that will enhance your restaurant’s festival menu. Prepare your Lorne Sausage with minced meat, spices, and rusk to make it flavourful.
As for Black Pudding, a blood sausage, it can be prepared with varied recipes. Offering it with Lorne Sausage on a platter, your restaurant’s festival breakfasts will keep your place bustling with customers throughout the season.
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Mince Pies
Apart from meaty and veggie mains, the UK’s festivals are also celebrated with sense-tingling sweets. One of the most celebrated is Mince Pies, which many award-winning restaurants serve with their own unique touches and twists, and you can serve that, too.
Prepare your Mince Pie, an English pie, by filling it with mincemeat. You can try adding fillings like tasty dry fruits, raisins, apples, nuts, sultanas, suet, and mixed spices. This way, it will taste sweet, spicy, and boozy due to citrus and raisins.
Keep Mince Pies available in your restaurant’s takeaway and dine-in options. Many customers will prefer online food ordering systems at cafes and restaurants during festivals, especially an award-winning one like yours.
Wrapping Up
People look for all sorts of delicious dishes during festival seasons. It’s the time when the taste buds particularly crave mouthwatering dishes. That’s where your award-winning restaurants should step in.
You can help your existing and potential customers find top dishes to satisfy their cravings by offering them comprehensive menus. You can try offering the iconic and traditional dishes we’ve shared in this article.
Besides, if you’ve won restaurant awards like ARTA or others, customer expectations will be higher than ever during festivals. So, gear your restaurant menu up to offer better taste, flavour, and service.
