insideKENT Magazine Issue 39 - June 2015 | Page 61

FOOD+DRINK PUDDING NIGHTS AT THE SECRET GARDEN Just when I thought the balmy spring and summer Kentish evenings couldn’t get any better, along came The Secret Garden with its new Pudding Nights! BY SAMANTHA G Never one to turn down dessert, imagine my sheer delight to find out that Mersham-based restaurant, The Secret Garden, has launched a special evening dedicated to all things 'pudding'! If like me you can find your way around a treacle tart, polish off a pile of profiteroles, bask in a bread and butter pudding, delve into a délice and still have room for more, then the new monthly Pudding Nights – running from April to November – will be right up your sweet; I mean street! Starting the evening with a classic cocktail, diners are then treated to a specially created main course – on this particular occasion, it was a delicious pan-fried fillet of pork with a wonderful, rich Madeira and mushroom jus, served with buttered Jersey royals and some moorish homemade breads. And then the wonderment commences: the parade of puddings! Contain your excitement as your favourites – which may include options such as summer pudding, spotted dick, bread and butter pudding, profiteroles, chocolate délice, jam roly-poly, sticky toffee pudding and trifle – 61 are served alongside an abundance of custards, creams, sauces and coolies. Once the dessert table is laden, it is then open for you to fill your plates (and your tummy) as many times as you wish. Throughout the evening, there are also games and prizes (all pudding-related, of course!) as well as tea and coffee before departure. At just £30pp for literally as much pudding as you can muster, this is an evening not to be missed! Now where is my spoon? Secret Garden Restaurant Mersham-le-Hatch Hythe Road Ashford TN25 6NH 01233 501586 [email protected] www.secretgardenkent.co.uk @SecretGardkent