Taking the tea party to the festival.

 Today we got to play outside. We transported cakes and cookies and giant red teapots and old fashioned lemonades to feed visitors to the Montana Clematis Festival in Wemyss Castle Gardens. 

We dressed a fairly non-descript polytunnel with bunting and glass cake domes and hanging vases. People sat on old wooden school chairs at tables with table cloths weighted with mighty geraniums. We turned old old clay pots into cutlery holders and napkin holders and we chatted all day long to very nice people visiting the gardens and buying plants and enjoying the warmth of the day.

The Montana Clematis Festival at Wemyss Castle Gardens runs until Sunday 2nd June. Come along and say hello!!

Seafood and Steak night.

Seafood and Steak Night

7th/8^th June 2013

£20/head 

King scallops

with Stornoway black pudding and cauliflower puree

Cullen Skink

with peat smoked haddock and cream

King prawns

in light tempura batter with sweet chilli butter

Stornway black pudding and bacon salad

 with apple and roasted shallots

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Chef’s Surf and Turf

8oz rib eye steak with king prawns and spring onion mash and finished with garlic butter

Shetland Mussels

in a garlic, cream and white wine broth

Locally landed langoustine platter

with home-made puffy chips and dill and lemon butter drizzle

Pan fried seabass

with balsamic butterand spring onion and olive mash

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Cranachan with Perthshire raspberries and basil shortbread

Lemonny lemon posset

Bitter chocolate torte with berries

The West Wemyss Walk Inn, 61-63 Main St. West Wemyss 01592 652001

Great new chef. Fabulous new menu. And a free glass of wine with every evening meal.

 Our new chef, Tomasz, is fabulous and we're delighted to have him on board. His first full weekend with us was incredibly busy and he is now serving a lovely menu all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

photo by Carole fitzgerald

Whereas Fish Fridays were simply fish and chip days in the bistro during the day, we are now also serving delicious chowders, bruschettas, mussels and risottos all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tomasz now also serves a Sunday roast from 12.30 on Sunday - Leg of Lamb with all the trimmings - and his Sunday morning breakfasts now include a full cooked vegetarian breakfast, which proved really popular last weekend. As did the French toast with bacon and maple syrup!!

photo by carole fitzgerald

Tomasz' Fri/Sat evening bistro menu was also really popular, and to encourage you to come along and try his fabulous food, we are offering a free glass of wine to every evening bistro customer.

photo by carole fitzgerald

The village is starting to come back to life after a long winter and the lighter nights mean that we can once again enjoy our views across The River Forth towards Edinburgh. We hope very much that you are tempted to come along and enjoy not just our food and our setting, but the lovely village of West Wemyss.

photo by carole fitzgerald

photo by carole fitzgerald

photo by carole fitzgerald

Good luck to our lovely Chloe.

We are losing our lovely Chloe. She's been working with us part time for a while, in between studying to be an accountant. She wrote the loveliest resignation letter that I have ever read, and I'm going to frame it for our wall because it says everything about the lovely girl that she is.

Entering into the party spirit
photo by Carole Fitzgerald

Chloe gets involved in loads of things here in West Wemyss. She smiles and makes customers happy. She's clever. Conscientious. Ambitious. Kind. We're delighted that she'll continue to volunteer at events in the village and we're going to beg and beg for her to come back and help out in the busy days of summer.

Celebrating The Walk Inn's first birthday
Photo by Carole Fitzgerald

We'll miss her as much as we wish her well!

Fundraiser to make West Wemyss Blooming Beautiful!

photo by Carole Fitzgerald

Last year for the first time, after a lot of really hard work from residents/village volunteers, West Wemyss was awarded a Silver by Beautiful Fife.

 Interestingly, the aims of Beautiful Fife are:

• to protect, preserve and enhance the environment of Fife's towns, villages and countryside by promoting the prevention and control of litter and improving the quality of the local environmental in general for the residents and visitors alike.
• to improve the public's understanding of the natural environment and the role we can play in it's future.
• to improve the environment throughout Fife by promoting, encouraging and assisting in the raising of standards of public floral and horticultural displays.
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  to increase community spirit and 
  encourage public participation to make Fife a great place to work, live and visit.
  
  
  In other words, it's not all about public floral and horticultural displays -but they play their part, as does voluntary participation - Local children, for instance, put a lot of effort into the sensory garden created in the middle of the village.
  
  
  So last year, West Wemyss started to look increasingly pretty - and the floral enhancement group in the village are keen to make an even bigger impression this year (especially as we are hoping for some decent summer weather this year!)
  
  
  So they're holding a fundraising Race Night in Coaltown of Wemyss Village Hall on Saturday 11th May. Running from 7.30pm - 11.30pm, tickets are £2 each and the monies raised will contribute to more lovely blooms in the village of West Wemyss and also support The Vintage Gala.
  
  
  If you are interested in coming along to support everyone's efforts, you are welcome to contact The West Wemyss Walk Inn on 01592 652001, where there will be tickets available.

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Yay! We have a fabulous new chef.

Our new chef is fabulous and is serving up his new menu in the bistro on Saturday 27th April. His emphasis is on wholesome, generous food and we're delighted that he has joined us from The Orocco Pier in South Queensferry.

So please do book for Saturday evening - the winter has been a long one, and with a bit of warmth in the sun it's great to feel that summer and eating out and the end of long dark nights is finally over! The menu is attached below. We're excited!!

photo by Carole Fitzgerald

Starters

Chef's Soup of the Day £3.50

Prepared from fresh ingredients and served with crusty bread

Twisted Bruschetta £3.95

Toasted garlic bread with cherry and sun-dried tomatoes, finished with fresh basil

and parmesan shavings, served with salad leaves

Shetland Mussels  £6.95/£10/95

Steamed with garlic, onions, white wine, cream and served with crusty bread

Goats cheese and Red Onion Tartlet £4.95

Caramelised red onions topped with goats cheese in short crust pastry case.

Mains

Seafood Chowder £9.50

A creamy bowl of mixed seafood and new potato broth, served with crusty bread.

Smoked Haddock £8.50

On mash with a cheddar cheese sauce and topped with black pudding and poached egg

Rib eye Steak 10oz  £13.50

Hendersons beef hung for 21 days marinaded, char grilled and served with puffy chips and salad

Mushroom Risotto  £7.95

Finished  with parmesan  and tarragon pesto

Pane i Tulipano - Film night and Italian breakfast series

Lovely Italian Lucia works in The West Wemyss Walk Inn most days. She suggested, recently, that we host a series of Italian Saturday morning brunches - combining typical Italian brunchy foods with Italian conversation, newspapers and overall Italian ambience.

And so from Saturday 4th May, and running for 8 consecutive weeks, we proudly introduce our Italian Saturday brunch: Pane i Tulipano (bread and tulips) - named after the wonderful Italian film of the same name. 

photo by Carole Fitzgerald

Lucia will be organising delicious Italian cakes and breads and biscotti  (we'll bake some of them here at The Walk Inn), and she'll chat away in Italian and make the BEST cappuccino's. You can browse Italian cookery books and Italian newspapers, practice your Italian, learn some basic conversation and immerse yourself in a little bit of Italy even if the weather does stay chilly outside.

So, if you're planning a visit to Italy this summer, or simply want to brush up on your Italian, why not come along. Booking required.

You would probably also enjoy our Italian Film Night on Wednesday 1st May. We'll be cooking up an Italian buffet to get you in the mood for  the romantic storyline: After being forgotten in a highway café during a bus trip, a housewife decides to start a new life by herself in Venice.

Italian Film Night - Wed 1st May £7.50/head 
                                   Pane e Tulipani
                                   Buffet 7pm. Film starts 8pm.

Pane e Tulipani Breakfast - Sat 4th May £6.50
                                                   (weekly for 8 weeks)
                                                   10.30 - 12.30
To Book either the Film night or our Pane e Tulipani Breakfast series, please phone 01592 652001.