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In between gift shopping, market hopping, and admiring the Christmas lights in Bath, get stuck into some festive food and drink. From warming beverages to seasonal gelatos, here’s a taste of the fabulous fare on offer.
Festive Cheese and Wine Tasting at The Royal Crescent Hotel and Spa
Spend an evening indulging in cheese and wine in the cosy library at The Royal Crescent Hotel, which is festooned with Christmas decorations to set the atmosphere. Savouring Bath’s qualified cheese expert Mike is teaming up with award-winning sommelier Jean-marc to deliver the tasting. You’ll be treated to five perfectly matched cheeses and wines.
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Mary's Luxury Mulled Wine at Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein
Sample the horrifyingly good luxury mulled wine at Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein. The interactive multi-sensory attraction explores the writer’s complex life and is home to Bloody Mary's Bar.
The bar uses an original Victorian recipe for their mulled wine, blending claret, cider and orange and brewing a batch daily with fresh ingredients. They guarantee it’s the best in Bath - pop in and put it to the taste test!
Image - Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein
Regency-Style Mulled Wine at The Jane Austen Centre
There's more mullled wine simmering over at The Jane Austen Centre, where they follow a traditional Regency era recipe. Enjoy a free sample of this from the gift shop while you browse Austen-themed gifts, including festive jumpers, books, and beautiful felt decorations of her best-loved characters – and the author herself!
Image - The Jane Austen Centre gift shop
Sri Lankan Festive Specials at The Coconut Tree
The Coconut Tree is celebrating ‘island spice and all things nice’ this Christmas, with seasonal twists on their menu of Sri Lankan street food dishes. Try a beetroot ‘Ho Ho Hopper’ with cranberry lunu miris (cranberry and onion relish) and curry leaf sambol; Sri Lankan style split sprouts and cashews; and pimped up turkey baubles with a pot of cranberry sauce.
The ‘Santa Lanka’ cocotail is the perfect accompaniment to dinner. It’s a decadent combo of warming Christmas tipples – Ceylon Arrack, vodka, crisp apple juice, spicy ginger beer and a dusting of sweet Sri Lankan cinnamon.
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Cocktails and Desserts at The Ivy Bath Brasserie
Alongside some new winter warmer dishes, The Ivy has a limited-edition cocktail menu and a trio of desserts to savour over the festive season. The sweet treats are warm mini mince pies served with hazelnut and brandy cream; a mouth-watering steamed Christmas pudding with almonds, redcurrants and brandy cream; and the snowball fight, featuring brandy ice cream, and a white chocolate, gingerbread, and cream sauce.
Yuletide tipples include a Red Robin, made with bourbon, lemon, pomegranate, honey and apple cider. And the Christmas Star – a festive delight incorporating Roku Gin, star anis, pineapple, lemon and Crème de Mure.
Image - The Ivy Bath Brasserie
Christmas Gelato from Swoon
For cold treats infused with warm wintry flavours, pay a visit to Italian-style gelateria Swoon. There are two new Christmas flavours on the counter: Christmas pudding topped with brandy sauce and gingerbread.
While you’re on Kingsmead Square, enjoy spice hot chocolate and mince pies at Society café, as well as mulled cider and cheese and cranberry toasties at Kingsmead Bottle Stop too.
Festive Afternoon Teas
Indulge in a traditional afternoon tea with a festive twist. Tuck into delicious sandwiches and treats among sumptuous surroundings at Bath Spa Hotel, by a roaring fire in the library at Bowood Hotel, or in the at the delightful Dower House Restaurant at the five-star Royal Crescent Hotel.
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