HOG ROAST 31st OCTOBER

THE CHEERFUL SOUL
SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER 2009 7pm till late
H O G R O A S T
Tickets £22 per adult, £5 per child under 8, £11 for 8-13 year olds.

You are invited to our happy Halloween Hog Roast including a pumpkin carving competition (bring along your carved pumpkin for the chance to win a bottle of our prosecco) and a fancy dress competition (come in fancy dress three categories – adult, junior and children) with prizes being awarded by Raymond Blanc.

Raymond will also be book signing with a selection of his books available for sale including ‘A Blanc Christmas’.

We will be offering a 3 course Hog Roast meal, including a vegetarian option cooked and served outside by the chefs.

There will be a Raffle on the evening with prizes of a lunch for two and/or a dinner for two at The Cheerful Soul. All proceeds from the raffle will go directly to the charity we support this year, the Kileva Foundation. for details visit www.kilevafoundation.com. Tickets are £5 a strip.

There will be musical entertainment from John Newman (lead singer of The Velvet Hearts), apple bobbing, goodie bags for the children and a special Halloween cocktails menu for young and old.

Do come early and meet Peter from Coors for your complimentary Magners cider – limited availability--!!

Tickets £22 per adult, £5 per child under 8, £11 for 8-13 year olds. To book tickets call 01628 483343 or visit 'The Cheerful Soul', Henley Road, Marlow. SL7 2DF or email hello@thecheerfulsoulrestaurant.co.uk


WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO THE CHEERFUL SOUL

The Cheerful Soul Opening party!

The morning of the party I still had nothing to wear, I hadn’t had time to sort it out so I went down to Noa Noa, my favourite shop and there just happens to be one in Marlow (which to be honest did have a bit of an influence on our choice of location for the restaurant!)
I rushed in and explained that I need something for the opening party but was in a real hurry so the ‘Noa Noa girls’, Jo, Sam and Phoebe came to the rescue. They collected up an outfit for me to try on and the accessories to go with it. I tried it all on and it was lovely, then I realised I had no shoes so they rushed of and got a pair of perfect shoes. I was worried that they would hurt by mid way through the night, everyone who works in a restaurant will know how important comfortable shoes are! I am pleased to say that they were comfortable and gorgeous ALL NIGHT!

Then the night came, mum arrived who I thought was bringing the ribbon for the big opening and said “where is the ribbon?”. The ribbon was supposed to be delivered the day before!
Only a few hours to the ribbon cutting and no ribbon!!! No problem, my amazing mum rushed of to B&Q, bought a roll of red wallpaper and fashion the most amazing bow around on the front of the restaurant. It looked so much better that the ribbon would have looked. I was glad the other one didn’t turn up.

The night went brilliantly!

At The Cheerful Soul we have:
A main menu,
an offer menu starting at £11.50 for two courses including a Glass of Wine or Nip of Ale,
often changing specials,
a childrens menu at £5.95 including a drink, meal and ice cream
and a bar snack menu.

Our main Menu:

Starters
Pea, mint and broad bean soup with lemon oil £3.50
Brixham crab and clotted cream tart with horseradish dressing £5.50
Pressed ham hock terrine with cauliflower piccalilli and warm toast £5.25
Fresh and aged Homefield House goats cheese salad with marinated beetroot £6.95
Marinated cherry tomato and shallot tart £6.50
Half pint of shell on Atlantic prawns with homemade mayonnaise £6.50

Main course
Sauteed summer mushrooms, tagliatelle, garlic chives, crème fraiche and pea shoots £10.50
Chargrilled aubergine with garlic, potato dumplings and fresh pistou £10.75
Braised Atlantic sea trout with summer vegetables, white wine and basil £13.50
Warm roast chicken ballotine, fresh garden salad, tarragon dressing £11.25
Braised lamb clod fillet, smoked aubergine, buttered spinach £15.95
Slow cooked belly pork, wilted gem lettuce, peas and spring onions £12.75

From the grill
Line caught Cornish sardines, rosemary sea salt, chips £10.75
Seared Skirt steak (7oz) with shallot and mustard dressing, chips £11.50

Our brilliant butcher Aubrey Allen hangs our steaks to dry mature for at least 28 days for tenderness and flavour. We serve them with hand cut chips, braised field mushroom and roast tomatoes. Please feel free to swap if you would like a different style of potato or salad with your steak.

Sirloin (8oz) £19.50
Whole cut Fore-Rib steak (8oz) £17.50
Fillet (8oz) £23.50

A bit on the side
Hand cut chips £2.50
Mashed potatoes £2.50
Boiled potatoes £2.50
Peas, wilted gem lettuce, spring onion £2.75
Buttered spinach £2.75
Carrots with marjoram £2.75
Green salad £2.95
Garden salad £2.95

The Cheerful Soul OPEN 7th JULY!!!

We are pleased to announce that we will be opening for business from the 7th July 2009!

For our first week we ask that you pre-book your table as there are limited places and we don't want you to be dissapointed. Call The Cheerful Soul on 01628 483343 to book or e-mail hello@thecheerfulsoulrestaurant.co.uk

However you are welcome to visit the bar and enjoy a drink and a bar snack which is open without the need to book.

Pimms is available on tap to enjoy in the sunshine on The Cheerful Patio!

Or enjoy a good old fashioned Ploughmans Lunch and a pint!

We are all looking forward to offering you a big welcome and showing you around the newly renovated Hare and Hounds 17th century country inn now re-named 'The Cheerful Soul'.

The Cheerful Soul in The Hare and Hounds, Henley Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2DF

Holly english (The Cheerful Artist)

When you visit why not see if you can find the mousehole!?!

Goodbye old sign, Hello new Cheerful sign...

How exciting ...

...the old Hare and Hounds really is changing into

The Cheerful Soul!!!

The Cheerful Garden.

The garden...

With a huge amount of help from 'Mulberry Garden Maintenance' and Anne-Marie (head Gardener at Le Manoir) and her team the Cheerful garden is looking so much better. We have a vegetable patch that is starting to sprout with vegetables and herbs and will eventually end up on the plates in the restaurant.

The Cheerful Soul starts to take shape...

We finally have a home for The Cheerful Soul and as you can see from the picture above we couldn't wait to get stuck in!

Turning the new premises into The Cheerful Soul is proving to be very exciting. We have been planning for a long time but of course there is always the worry that we may have made the wrong decision or our ideas won't work but so far it is great and the place (even though it looks like a building site) is really starting to look good!

This is the Novus detail Team who played a big part in helping us plan the work for the restaurant and are now all hard at work making the transformation from The Hare and Hounds to The Cheerful Soul happen...

LEFT: Bradley & Dan

RIGHT: Simon (Michele's Brother), Gerald***** & William

We will keep you posted!