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COWBRIDGE
A selection of dishes from River View
The head chef at River View Restaurant in Cowbridge is a creative culinary genius in our eyes. Under the direction of the owners Wing and Neng, he creates dishes that not only look stunning but are fresh, light and full of subtle flavours. City Life savours a selection on offer.
GOLDEN CRAB CLAW
This is made by blending the crab meat, shrimp and flour together. Chef then adds salt and sugar, coats with bread crumbs and fries in vegetable oil. Outside is beautiful, golden and crispy and inside it has a succulent texture. Highly recommended.
SOFT SHELL CRAB
Made with salt, chilli and pepper, the name pretty much says what it is. Baby crab coated with thin batter, and then stir-fried in a red hot wok with salt, chilli and pepper. Absolutely stunning and even perfect on its own - with a cold Chinese beer.
SHREDDED CRISPY CHICKEN IN BIRD'S NEST
Available as a normal à la carte menu, but available with the Christmas Banquet as it is a popular choice. The chicken breast is cut in to strips, coated with potato starch, fried in vegetable oil until crispy, then pan fried together with pepper and carrot strips in Chef's home made sweet chilli sauce.
CHRISTMAS MENU
River View will be offering a Christmas Special Pick-and-Mix menu for £15.95 per person where you can choose a maximum of three starters and three main courses between two people, or a maximum of four starters and four main courses for three people.
You can also choose from the Christmas Banquet Menu for £23.95 per person. For parties of five or more, one person eats for free! The Christmas Menu is available from 23 November 2010 to 2 January 2011. Normal à la carte menu is also available during Christmas and the New Year period. River View Chinese Restaurant Unit 1, Britannia House Penny Lane, Cowbridge CF71 7AD 01446 771668 www.riverview668.co.uk
CHINESE NEW YEAR
Chinese New Year is the most important of the Chinese holidays, and is a time of feasting with the family, celebration, fireworks, and gift-giving. New Year for 2011 is on February 3 and River View Chinese restaurant will again celebrate in style, with the traditional lion dance, fire cracker, and a luxury feast featuring lobster and other good-luck dishes.
The date of Chinese New Year changes every year with the lunar cycle and the Chinese calendar follows a twelve year pattern with each year named after an animal. The story goes that Buddha (or the Jade Emperor) invited all of the animals to join him for a New Year celebration, but only twelve animals turned up. To reward the animals that did come, Buddha named a year after each of them in the order that they arrived, starting with the Rat, followed by the Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat (or Sheep), Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.
River View Chinese Restaurant
Unit 1, Britannia House
Penny Lane, Cowbridge CF71 7AD
01446 771668
www.riverview668.co.uk |
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