Hello!

We've got some beautiful things planned for the menu tomorrow! Smoked chicken and butterbean soup, stuffed chicken breasts with a roast garlic and tomato sauce, avocado and mozzarella salad and some really tasty goats cheese tarts!We've also got some lovely somerset blue cheese coming in which we're excited about in the kitchen! Cake wise there's a rasberry and dark chocolate roulade with fresh cream and a three tier hummingbird cake!

Saturday lunch...

Hello! Well, market day again today, we can't believe how quickly the week goes at Mes Amis! On the menu tomorrow we've got some beautiful stuffed chicken breasts with cous cous, basil and lemon wrapped in parma ham and roasted in a little white wine. Speaking of wine...tonight we had a very exciting wine tasting for all of the staff where we tried some of our new range of delights! We've got everything from an easy drinking wine like a French Pinard to a classic favourite like Sancerre. All of our wines are hand picked by our resident wine expert and are mainly from small vineyards which he enjoyes visiting! (We are trying to persuade him to take us on a staff trip...) That's the real difference actually, the friendships that exist between the growers and the owners of Mes Amis means that we get really interesting wines from people that we know and trust. We're looking forward to chatting with the lovely people of Beckington about our new range and finding everyones favourites! Anyway, enjoy the bank holiday and see you on Tuesday!

Sunny tuesday

Good morning!

After a lovely weekend and a busy monday we've got some treats on the menu today! For a main course we have a chicken and chorizo cassoulet with mushrooms and butter beans, we've also got a tasty sausage plait with balsamic onion and apples with sage from he back garden. The soup today is a spicy yet creamy sweet potato and carrot and some lovely frangipane and rasberry jam tarts! on the subject of jam i'd like to welcome the amazing strawberry and rose jam back to the shelves with the return of decent strawberries to the market, hurrah!

Had a great day today! Saturday is market day at Mes Amis so we'll get lots of beautiful local vegetables to make lovely dishes with tomorrow, can't wait! We've also got a beautiful goats cheese and roasted red pepper fritatta and some tasty courgette and feta tarts...

Mes Amis also specialises in beautiful things for your home, innovative gifts and classic items, here's an example!

 the 'button jug'

some gorgeous 'avoca' soaps

and a classic candelabra!

Friday lunch and lovely things to take away for your dinner!

Hello! today was a great day to be in the kitchen preparing the menu for tomorrow! We've got sweet potato falafel with babaganoush,tzatziki and pitta bread,we've got pan-fried duck breast with french beans and tangy orange chicory,we've got some barkham blue cheese and mushroom tarts with tarragon and some beautiful cakes for dessert!

We've got two beautiful soups on the menu today; Italian tomato and ham or wild mushroom - including porcini and shitake mushrooms!

Menu for today

We had some lovely fennel from the market this week so our main course today is pork tenderloin on a bed of fennel with a white wine sauce. We also have some fennel and smoked salmon tarts!

Our lovely photos

The beautiful photos up here were taken by a Mr Kevin Mitchell who is based in Frome. we'll get a link to his page sorted!

What a weekend!

Hello! well, we had a great Friday and Saturday at Mes Amis, really busy and with some exciting outside catering - menus included salmon tartare with avocado and lime and chilli salsa, scallops wrapped in parma ham, wood pigeon breast glazed with cassis,tenderloin of pork with a cider cream sauce and saffron dressed greens! the desserts were classic creme brulee with some beautiful lavender shortbreads and a chocolate and amaretto terrine. In house was lots of fun too, with some lovely visits from regular customers and first time visitors too!
Hope you're all having a great weekend!

Some treats...

The lovely lemon and almond cake

and a delicious orange and polenta!

Hello! This is an example of one of our lovely salads...

Wednesday

Mes amis had a fabulous lunch service today - really buzzing . local grown asparagus and smoked salmon tarts flew off the counter in half an hour.

Welcome!

This is a new blog for the lovely deli 'Mes Amis' in a little village called Beckington in the South West of England. We open at 9 a.m. Monday to Saturday and close at 5p.m.
We start the day with coffee,freshly baked bread and pastries, have a beautiful range of salads, tarts, foccacia and daily main courses for lunch, then you can come and pick up dinner to take home! Whether it's just for yourself, a dinner party with friends or a large party we can help, call us on 01373830723 for a chat.
We'll be posting loads of lovely photos, ideas, menus and recipes on here so keep looking!