As part of my job I will often attend events and conferences. Sometimes these will be in hotels and other times they are in dedicated conference centres. I usually have lunch, which usually defaults to some kind of buffet lunch. For some events and conferences I stay over and that means having dinner. Over the years I have had some very disappointing meals, I remember one conference dinner in Sheffield Town Hall which was really quite awful. It comprised an over-cooked chicken breast wrapped in a rasher of bacon, served with soggy tasteless vegetables. Other times I have had some outstanding food.
In September I was attending an “away day” at the Ashorne Hill Conference Centre near to Leamington Spa.
It was a lunchtime to lunchtime event, so there was dinner in the evening.
What I did like was that we could choose from a menu and so we didn’t all need to have the same food.
For my start I chose the crispy chilli beef.
Well this was disappointing as it wasn’t crispy chilli beef, well not like other times I have eaten crispy chilli beef. It was rather chewy and the sauce didn’t really work and certainly could have had more chilli.
For my main I went with the chicken, something I wouldn’t usually choose, but it was served on a bed of wild mushrooms.
The chicken was tender, moist and full of flavour.
For dessert I went with cheese and biscuits.
This was a nice selection of cheese, nice chutney and a selection of biscuits and bread.
Overall it was a meal I enjoyed, but certainly not one of the best conference dinners I have had.