Happy Christmas and Happy New Year

New Year's Eve - 2013 / 2014

So what are your plans for New Year's Eve? Let us take care of everything for you ... just come dressed to impress and we will do all the cooking, serving drinks, washing and tidying up. You just need to enjoy your evening with friends and family. 

Christmas Tastes at Bistro 46 in Brixham

We have been busy creating our Christmas Tastes Menu for this year with a new addition ... Some Sparkle.

Deal of the Moment is back for October and November

Happy 6th Birthday to Bistro 46

Wow, six years ago we picked up the keys to a cafe on Middle Street in Brixham. We transformed the cafe into Bistro 46 and the rest is history. We now have a fab reputation in Brixham as a consistent restaurant that serves 'A Taste of the World'!   Read our TripAdvisor reviews 

Have a look at some of the before and after photos from six years ago ...

You can see more of what we do on this video ...

Photos of the yummy new Evening Menu at Bistro 46

Have a look at some of our yummy new dishes on our New Evening Menu, what would you choose? More photos can be seen on our Pinterest page - Click Here 

New Evening Menu arrives at Bistro 46

Our Summer Opening Hours (they start this week)

www.bistro46.com           01803 858936

Devon Life Food & Drinks Awards 2013

We would love your votes in the Devon Life Food & Drinks Awards - 

BEST RESTAURANT/FINE DINING EXPERIENCE OF THE YEAR - Bistro 46 in Brixham

The winner of this category will be the restaurant that – in the judges’ opinion – offers the best dining experience. It’s not just that it serves the most delicious and well-cooked food. Everything from the décor, the service, the food, the wine list and those little finishing touches that make dining such a pleasure, will be judged for this prestigious award.

BEST CHEF OF THE YEAR - Chris Adey from Bistro 46 in Brixham

The chef of the year is someone who has devoted themselves to the cause of serving the best possible food. Technical ability, use of seasonal ingredients, presentation of the food and understanding of how flavours work together, these are some of the things the chefs nominated will be judged on. This category pits the finest Michelin-starred chefs against those working the local bistro.

VOTE HERE 

Brixham Means Business Networking Meetings

So Brixham businesses have joined together to create Brixham Means Business (BMB). It is a networking opportunity once a month and is a fantastic chance to meet and work with other Brixham based businesses. Have a look at their website for more information, we are members so why not join - Click Here 

It has been a while!

So it has been a while since I last posted a blog (sorry) but family life and running Bistro 46 keeps us very busy. We have become all grown up recently and now have an official Facebook Page ... Please LIKE Us

We are planning to open on Tuesday evenings in addition to our normal hours in July and August, please have a look at our website for the more details - Click Here 

We are also planning a new Evening Menu but this is not Chris' favourite job i.e. writing menus although he is great at creating the tasty food once the menus are written. Watch this space for more information. 

www.bistro46.com    01803 858936

Bistro 46 Newsletter

Read all about it ... read our latest newsletter ... Click Here 

If you would like to join our Mailing List ... Click Here 

Cookery Demonstration with The Friends of Brixham Library - Monday 18th November

We are supporting Brixham Library by taking part in their 20th Celebration Events ...

Monday 18th November, 12.00 – 3.00pm at Bistro 46, Middle Street, Brixham 

Easy Cookery - Healthy & Tasty Recipes on a Budget with Chris Adey 

Discover the benefits of healthy eating and the implications of food miles and seasonal ingredients. Watch a demo from Chris, the chef at Bistro 46, and help prepare and cook other dishes which everyone will taste. Includes ideas for recipes that use a green and healthy approach to locally sourced, fresh ingredients, which offer the best nutrition. 

FREE with all ingredients provided                      Please contact the Library directly to book your place

Click Here for More Information 

A Yummy Risotto Recipe from Chris

Butternut Pumpkin & Basil Risotto 

Serves 4

500g box / pack  Italian Risotto Rice

1 medium Butternut Pumpkin

Small bunch (25g) fresh basil leaves

2 large onions 

2 medium courgettes

2 red peppers

3 gloves of garlic

1 pint of vegetable stock (can be from a stock cube)

50g grated parmesan cheese (optional)

Method

1. Peel and remove seeds from pumpkin and red peppers. Peel onions and chop with pumpkin and red pepper into bite size pieces, wash, top and tail courgette and cut into bite size pieces.

2. In a medium / large sauce pan slowly sauté diced vegetables in a little olive oil, only colour a little for 10 minutes.

3. Peel and crush garlic glove and add to the pan with vegetables. Add the risotto rice to the pan and reduce the heat. After 2 minutes add 1/2 of the hot stock and keep stirring for 10 minutes. Add the rest of the hot stock and stir for a further 5 minutes or until the rice is al dente or soft enough to eat.

4. Chop the basil finely and add to the risotto, add grated parmesan if you want to. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

5. Serve and enjoy!

Bistro 46 on Pinterest

You can now find photos of us on Pinterest ... Click Here 

Brixfest in Brixham

We have just had a fantastic weekend in Brixham with Brixfest ... have a look at their website and Facebook page to see what happened. Our daughters and I enjoyed lots of the events over the weekend especially the Children's Day on the Monday. Many thanks to the fantastic volunteers who organised all the events!

Website         Facebook 

New Evening Menu Requests ...

 So it is that time of year when we change the evening menu ... do you have requests? It might be things we might have done a while ago that you loved or something we haven't done before!

A tasty recipe from Chris ... he does love tagines and tasted lots on our visit to Morocco

Moroccan style Chickpea & Chicken Tagine

Serves 4

4 chicken breasts	2 large white onions
4 cloves of garlic	8 salad tomatoes
350g dried chickpeas	2 red peppers
Large bunch of coriander	2 green chillies
4 tsp ground cumin	2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp cumin seeds	1 tsp mixed spice
Small tub of low fat natural yoghurt	Olive Oil

Method

1.     Soak the dried chickpeas over night in plenty of cold water.

2.    Remove skin and fat from chicken and dice into bite size chunks. In a separate bowl, mix all dried spice together and take half and rub onto the diced chicken. Allow the chicken to marinade over night in the fridge.  

3.    Wash soaked chickpeas next day in cold water and cook in pan with plenty of hot water until crushable between fingers or for about half an hour. Don’t add any salt to the water at this stage.

4.    Cut the peppers and chillies in half and remove seeds from both. Dice the tomatoes and add the two chopped peppers.   

5.    Peel onions and dice into small pieces, peel and crush garlic cloves with side of knife or small pan to release more flavour.

6.   In a medium pan (a pan big enough to hold all ingredients) pour 1 tablespoon of olive oil and place on gentle heat.

7.    Gently fry onions and garlic until lightly browned and add chicken from fridge, increase heat and stir until chicken is coloured all over.

8.    Add the diced peppers, chilli and tomatoes to the pan, after 5 minutes add the rest of the dried spice mix. Keep stirring all time. With a colander or sieve drain the chickpeas and add to the pan with the rest of the ingredients. Also the add natural yoghurt and 1 pint of hot water. Lightly season with sea salt and pepper and cover, cook on a low heat for about 45 minutes. Stir every 10 minutes or so.

9.    Wash and roughly chop coriander and add to pan. Taste the tagine, add a little more salt if needed and serve. Enjoy!!  

Deal of the Moment at Bistro 46

Certificate of Excellence

We have just been awarded another Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor ... read our reviews Click Here . We are very excited and would like to thank all our lovely customers and reviewers. It makes all the hard work worth it!

So what is our Evening Menu like? ... A Taste of the World in Brixham

Our Evening Menu ... what would you choose? Favorites with our customers are always the pork belly and  creme brulee. We also now have Tastes of the Moment which are changed frequently and these are published on Facebook ... www.facebook.com/bistro.fortysix   and of course within the bistro. 

A Taste of Devon at Bistro 46

We have a busy week ahead as we have the last of our Gourmet Nights before the summer madness. We have held over 40 Gourmet Evenings in the past 5 years and these have included A Taste of Morocco  A Taste of India, A Taste of the Ocean and many more. This week I will be working for the Gourmet Evening alongside Chris in the kitchen and Aran (our new fantastic waiter), I will be 'Tweeting What We Serve' with pictures of each course so why not follow us on Twitter ... https://twitter.com/Bistro46

PS ... we have a couple of tables left for A Taste of Devon if you fancy something different to do in Brixham on a Thursday evening. Book now on 01803 858936

So what is Bistro 46 like?

Have a look at this to find out more ...

Welcome to the Bistro 46 Blog

So I have finally decided to create a blog for our family run business in Brixham, South Devon. My name is Sophie and along with my husband Chris we own and run Bistro 46, a small licensed restaurant in Brixham. 

We established the bistro in September 2007 and during the past 5 years (nearly 6) we have developed a thriving, successful business in Brixham. We have also got married, had two lovely daughters and moved house along with lots of other achievements. Our family do joke 'so what is happening next?'. 

My aim for this blog is to share information, pictures and anything else I can about Bistro 46 ... so watch this space!

Our website ... www.bistro46.com