Once we decided to press ahead with Cru To You: à la carte lockdown ready-meals for Valentine's Day, as usual, we followed Nick's favourite mantra: if you're going to do it, do it well. So we haven't left anything to chance. First off, Daniel and Peter were asked to come up with their most delicious Cru to You cook-at-home menus, together with fool-proof instructions. The fool-proof instructions...
We love celebrating St. Valentine's Day, the patron saint of courtly love at Imperial Hotel. But 2021 is very different. No dinner dances or cosy dinners à deux can be permitted during the third national Coronavirus lockdown. But we're definitely romantics at heart here at Imperial Hotel. So we'd like to introduce Cru To You. It's something a bit different and fun for Valentine's weekend. ...
It's a rum old do this Covid rollercoaster. Just when you think it's maybe time to get back onto a vaguely even keel, Coronavirus, Boris and the scientists whip the rug out from under your feet! Christmas is certainly very different for everyone this year. And Norfolk enters Tier 4 today, Boxing Day. To give us all some Christmas themed cheer and some tier 4 tomfoolery, Aileen has written one...
The thing with this Coronavirus malarkey is that it really makes you think on your feet. During the second lockdown in November, we had a few 'down in the dumps' days when we wondered if there would ever be light at the end of the tunnel for hospitality businesses. And then we had amazing, exciting days when we come up with a new idea that might just work and enable us to welcome guests to our hotel...
It's fair to say that none of us are enjoying this second lockdown. We're all feeling a bit down in the dumps. "This weather is like a dagger to my heart!' Nick announced, just last week as the sun shone down on Great Yarmouth and locals strolled along the promenade and flew kites in the dunes. The beach was an oasis and the sea shimmered in the autumnal sunshine, and no-one was allowed to come and...
