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News from October 2007

31 October 2007
Next month we are road-testing the new dishes we will be launching on our new Lunch, Dinner and Sunday Lunch menus in December, so keep an eye on our Specials board next month.  Here are some of the new dishes coming your way:

Appetisers

• Baby Camembert Rounds, served with an appetising dip
• Smoked Salmon with Dill Creme Fraiche
• Japanese Torpedo Prawns, with a sweet chilli dip
• The Fox Rarebit, spiced with our extra special something!

Fish Dishes

• Homemade Beer-battered Cod, coated in our own Abbot Ale batter
• Naturally Smoked Haddock Fillet, with a mild Dijon Mustard sauce

Main Courses

• Lamb Cutlets on Rosemary Mash, served with a homemade redcurrant jus

• Maurizios Tuscan Bean Casserole, homemade with Borlotti, Cannelini and Kidney beans, and Italian herbs and spices.  (But who is Maurizio?  Wait and see!)

• Barbecued Chicken - a chicken breast, pan-fried in hickory barbecue spices, served with our famous homemade coleslaw

• Sweet Potato and Apricot Casserole - chunks of sweet potato, carrots, swede and butterbeans in a fruity apricot sauce

• St. Michael's Chilli Beef Nachos
• The Rodeo Burger - sorry, no more clues

Desserts

• Homemade Fruit Crumble and Custard
• Homemade Cheesecake of the Day
• Black Cherry Sundae

And we'll have something new on the sandwich menu too - the Columbo Sandwich - but you'll have to wait and see what that's all about!

The new menu will be launched at the beginning of December, but in the meantime have you looked at our festive menu for Christmas?  We still have places available in December, but they will fill up fast, so download your copy of our Christmas menu here.

30 October 2007
Friday 16 November is Children in Need night, and here at The Fox we will be holding our annual Mammoth Charity Quiz and Raffle starting at 8pm.

Like our regular Monday night quiz, the evening will be hosted by "Big Dave" Mather, and promises to be a laugh from start to finish.  The prizes will be significantly larger as a thank you to everyone for helping us support Children in Need.

To round off the evening, we will be holding our mammoth raffle - last year we gave away more than 50 prizes, so it's worth buying your ticket at the bar even if you can't make it on the big night.

And this year we will also be awarding prizes for the best schoolboy and schoolgirl fancy dress costumes, so why not drag out that old school blazer, grab your old hockey stick from the back of the wardrobe, and make a fool of yourself for charity. 

The evening starts at 8pm, and if previous years are anything to go by, it will be one of the best nights at The Fox this year.

Speaking of our weekly quiz, the jackpot rolled over this week, so the jackpot next Monday will be over £350!!  Every team that enters the quiz has a chance to win the jackpot, so you don't need to be Stephen Hawking to get rich at The Fox.  Full details of The BIG Quiz can be found here.

29 October 2007
Next month, we are offering our Loyalty Card holders 60% extra free of charge.  Order a 16oz Coke or Diet Coke and we'll charge you the price for a 10oz measure.  Just present your Loyalty Card when you order to save money throughout November.

Joining the loyalty scheme is easy: complete the very short application form available from the bar, hand it to the bar staff, and you can begin using your card immediately.  Don't forget that if you are on our mailing list, you are automatically entered in our Monthly Prize Draw. 

Pick up your card and begin saving money at The Fox today.

We've got plenty coming up for beer drinkers too.  Our next guest ale will be Ridley's Old Bob, but after that we have some really special ales on the way over the next couple of months:

• Greene King Abbot Reserve (6.5% ABV) - a very strong ale from Greene King; smooth and mature, a full-bodied winter warmer
• Davenports Original (4.0% ABV) - a malty bitter with a hint of caramel from the Highgate brewery in Walsall
• Hardys and Hansons Rockin' Rudolph (4.5% ABV) - a festive beer with all the flavours of Christmas pudding
• Batemans XXXB (4.8% ABV) - a superb ale with a delicate balance of hops and malt; a real favourite at The Fox

20 October 2007
From this week, Friday night is Steak Night at The Fox.  Order two steaks from our grill menu - 6oz or 10oz Sirloin, 10 oz Gammon, 8oz Fillet, or our massive Mixed Grill - and we will give you a free bottle of red, white or rose wine free of charge.

Your steaks will be grilled to your liking and served with all the trimmings - onion rings, mushrooms, grilled tomato, chips, peas and salad garnish - and you can choose to add a peppercorn or stilton sauce to accompany your meal.

This offer is available between 6pm and 9pm every Friday night.  We recommend that you reserve a table by calling us on 01235 821228.  We look forward to taking your order.

Our next guest ale will be Ridley's Old Bob, brewed to 5.1% by volume using a superior blend of malt and hops that characterises this full-bodied, smooth and warming premium ale.

Old Bob proved very popular when we ran it last autumn, so we know it will make a welcome return when it's on tap at The Fox later this month.

19 October 2007
Today sees the launch of our redesigned web site.  You may remember that the pub trade's newspaper, the Morning Advertiser, selected us the South-East's best pub website in this year's Best Pubs Awards, and another pub might rest on its laurels after receiving such an award, but not us. 

We have overhauled the site and added some new features that we think you'll find useful in keeping up to date with what's happening and what's available at The Fox:

• Firstly, you'll find a new menu bar at the top of each page giving you instant access to what's happening at The Fox each day this week.  In addition, there's a "What's On" link to a complete diary of what we have planned
   
• At the top right-hand corner of our homepage, you find the date on which the web site was last updated; our aim is to update the web site at least every Monday morning, but we will add new pages and the latest news as soon as it is available
   
• Below this information, you'll find a link to a page from which you can download all our menus, including a form with which you can pre-order your lunch, saving you valuable time when considering where to take your all-too-short lunch break
   
• As you'll see from this page, we have consolidated our news pages into a single page containing all the news for the current month and the previous month, so you no longer need to keep returning to an index page to see each news story; instead, you can just scroll through each month's news, saving you time in getting to the information you want
   
• Also, at the top right of the news page, you'll see links to all our previous news stories - again, consolidated into monthly news bites
   
• The links in the navigation and menu bars italicise when you hover over them, and that goes for all the links embedded in the pages too, so you'll know when there is more information to be seen about any given topic.  Also, the menu items are highlighted in bold when you open them, showing you where you are on the site
   
• You may be interested in the history of The Fox, and we have published a new page giving as much detail as we have managed to gather about the pub's past, including a chronological listing of licensees at The Fox
   
• For those of you staying overnight at The Fox, we have added a page giving details of local attractions you might care to investigate during your stay with us.

We hope you like the cosmetic surgery we've performed on the look and feel of the web site.  We feel it has a much more appealing appearance, and we know that you'll find it easier to navigate to the information that interests you the most.

We're sure this latest incarnation won't be the last, and as always we would appreciate your feedback on what we have done and what we are doing, so feel free to drop us an email and let us know what you think and what you want from your award-winning local.

1 October 2007
Throughout October, we are offering our Loyalty Card holders something for the onset of winter. 

Order a bowl of soup and a sandwich this month and pay just £6.50, that's a saving of up to £1.75 on the individual prices.  Unfortunately we cannot extend this offer to include the Janet Special, which as many of you know is a meal in itself, but it is available for any other sandwich or toasted sandwich. 

In addition, present your Loyalty Card when ordering any dish from the Main Meal section of our Dinner Menu before 7.30 on Monday evenings, and you'll pay just £5.25 - that's a saving of up to 33% on the normal price.*

Then, having enjoyed the saving on dinner, why not stay on for our Big Quiz and maybe take home a pocketful of cash too?  So why not make an night of it on Monday?

Joining the loyalty scheme is easy: complete the very short application form available from the bar, hand it to the bar staff, and you can begin using your card immediately.  Don't forget that if you are on our mailing list, you are automatically entered in our Monthly Prize Draw. 

Pick up your card and begin saving money at The Fox today.

* Unfortunately, we are not able to accept discount vouchers in conjunction with this offer.