About this event

• One ticket to Hogmanay gala ball at Best Western Braid Hills Hotel
• Includes a glass of fizz on arrival to get the party started
• Followed by a 4 course dinner with a glass of wine
• Then get ready to boogie at the disco and toast to the bells at midnight

Sample menu

Starters

• Traditional lentil and carrot soup with warm bread roll
• Smoked salmon with focaccia toast, lemon and hoseradish cream
• Chicken and black pudding terrine with spiced apple chutney and focaccia crisp
• Crispy polenta fritters with tomato and basil coulis

Intermediate

• Pallet cleanser of blood orange sorbet

Mains

• Hand carved roast sirloin of beef with rich red wine jus, Yorkshire pudding, roast potato and stem broccoli
• Seared fillet of bream on a terrine of crushed new potato and spring onion, served with light basil cream and stem broccoli
• Pan fried chicken breast with forest mushroom sauce served on crushed new potato terrine with asparagus tips
• Seasonal stack of veggie quesadillas served with fresh lime, guacamole and spiced tomato salsa

Dessert

• Warm sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce and salted caramel ice-cream
• Rich dark chocolate mousse with almond tuille, strawberry and mint compote
• Cheddar, stilton and brie with celery, grapes and oatcakes
• Warm frangipane tart with dairy free custard

Best Western Braid Hills Hotel

• Set in the trendy and upmarket area of Morningside with panoramic views over Edinburgh to the Pentland Hills, the Firth of Forth and the Fife hills beyond
• Built in 1886, the hotel was immortalised in the pages of Muriel Spark’s ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ and is situated opposite the gorgeous Braidburn Valley Park
• Rated 4/5 on TripAdvisor