RSJ's 30th anniversary: 1980-2010

2010 was a very special year for us as the RSJ Restaurant celebrated its 30th year. We held a number of special events through the year to mark our 30th birthday.

36th Year: 1980-2016

Another milestone with events happening during our 36th anniversary year.




Showing posts with label Italian Sunday lunches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian Sunday lunches. Show all posts

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Events at RSJ Restaurant in early 2014





Details of events at the RSJ Restaurant in the first part of 2014 

Italian Sunday Lunches with dynamic Italian cook & food writer, Ursula Ferrigno.
These lunches start at 1.00 pm and you will be welcomed with a glass of wine on arrival.

Sunday 23rd February ‘Truly Italian’ £32.00
Cream of chick pea soup with wild mushrooms with parmesan bread
Freshly made pasta using Italian eggs with ricotta, spinach & herbs, anointed with fine oil
Sarde con finnichio - Sardines with Fennel
Mixed seasonal salad with blood oranges from Sicily
Lemon & Almond tart
Seasonal cheese, mountain honey and fruit

Sunday 30th March  ‘Italian Country Table’  £32.00
Pizette polenta crusted dough topped with Olives, artichokes & peppers
Gnocchi with walnuts & rocket pesto
Fish stew in saffron based broth served with crusty bread
Frisee, black olive &green bean salad
George’s exceptional profiteroles
Specially selected cheese

We have a few places available in the kitchen to learn from Ursula
as well as assisting in the preparation of this food [price £30.00 per head]

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Wine Tastings and Dinners [start at 7.15pm]
Monday 10th February   Bourgueil & St. Nicolas de Bourgueil £49.50
We will be tasting wines from a number of vintages going as far back as 1996 and 1989 and will feature growers including Frédéric Mabileau, his father Jean-Paul, Pierre Breton as well as other leading vignerons.

25th anniversary celebration: July 2005
Noël Pinguet (Domaine Huet), Thomas Meunier (Frédéric Mabileau)
Tom King, Frédéric Mabileau, Nigel Wilkinson
Christine and Eric Nicolas (Domaine de Bellivière)   

Monday 17th March RSJ 34th Anniversary Dinner £55.00
It is hard to believe it but RSJ opened in 1980 – where have the years gone? We shall be tasting wines from these four decades to accompany a special dinner to commemorate this anniversary.

To book any of these events please contact:

RSJ Restaurant
33 Coin Street
London
SE1 9NR
Tel: 020-7928 4554


Friday, October 5, 2012

Italian Sunday Lunch at RSJ: 4th November




Our next lunch with the passionate Italian cook, prolific food writer and personality, Ursula Ferrigno is on the following date at the RSJ Restaurant.                                                              

 Starting at 1.00pm this event will include a glass of wine on arrival.    


Sunday 4th November       ‘Celebrating the Italian Harvest’             £30.00
Spiedini of toasted bread with mushrooms & peppers on a bed of pea shoots
Pumpkin & sage ravioli using Italian eggs
Seafood with fennel & lemon salad – you can almost smell the Mediterranean in this fresh and tasty salad of baby squid & prawns
Grape & walnut torte with walnut ice cream
A selection of cheese with honey & pears.

We have a few places (strictly limited) for anyone who wishes to assist Ursula during the morning, making bread, pasta soup and sauces associated with these lunches. This will cost each person an additional £30.00 for this cookery tuition.

To reserve your place please contact:            
RSJ Restaurant
33 Coin Street,
London   SE1 9NR
Tel : 020 7928 4554                        E-mail:  tom.king@rsj.uk.com





Thursday, May 3, 2012

Italian Sunday Lunches at RSJ: 27th May and 24th June


Ursula surrounded by her helpers


Our Summer schedule of lunches with the passionate Italian cook, prolific food writer and personality, Ursula Ferrigno commences with the following dates at the RSJ Restaurant. Starting at 1.00pm these events will include a glass of wine on arrival.                                                                     


Sunday 27th May   ‘The Neapolitan Experience’                   £30.00
Fresh pea & mint frittata with roasted pepper relish
Spinach& potato gnochetti with tender young asparagus sauce
Ciambotta – Neapolitan version of ratatouille – the vegetable melange is scented with oregano & basil
Herbed green salad with a famous lemon dressing.
Profiteroles al limone -  gossamer light and filled with lemon pastry cream
A selection of cheeses.


Sunday 24th June   ‘Cavalier Calabria ’                                      £30.00
Involtini of peppers and aubergines – little parcels of cheese with a herb salad
Hand rolled and cut tagliatelle with cherry tomato, clam & rocket sauce
Panzanella di Calabria – Pepper capers and marinated courgette with croutons
Broad beans and spicy chick pea salad
Stuffed apricots with delectable ice cream
Specially selected cheese from the region

We have a few places [strictly limited] for anyone who wishes to assist Ursula during the morning, making bread, pasta soup and sauces associated with these lunches.* This will cost each person an additional £30.00 for this cookery tuition.
           
RSJ Restaurant
33 Coin Street,
London   SE1 9NR
Tel : 020 7928 4554                        E-mail:  tom.king@rsj.uk.com





Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Italian Sunday lunch with Ursula Ferrigno: Sunday 6th November


Ursula demonstrating the art of pasta making

Sunday 6th November  - Autumn around Italy          £30.00
                                                                                                                           
 [Date postponed from October 2nd]


Sweet & sour little onions with sweet black grapes served with Tuscan casa lingala bread

Light & luscious ravioli with herbs and pecorino [ from Sardinia ]

Swordfish cigars with caper and olive pine nuts in a light tomato sauce [from Sicily ]

Roasted vegetable salad with artichokes [ from Campania ]

A  selection of Cheese

Fig and lemon tart


If anyone would like to assist and learn from Ursula in the kitchen, there will be a limited number of spaces available at £30.00 a head.

For reservations, please contact:
Tom King
RSJ Restaurant
33 Coin Street
London SE1 9NR                   Tel: 020 7928 4554  e-mail: tom.king@rsj.uk.com



Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Italian Sunday Lunch with Ursula Ferrigno: Sunday 2nd October

Ursula with a tray of tomatoes

Autumn around Italy    £30.00:

Sweet & sour little onions with sweet black grapes served with Tuscan casa lingala bread

Light & luscious ravioli with herbs and pecorino from Sardinia

Swordfish cigars with caper and olive pine nuts in a light tomato sauce from Sicily

Roasted vegetable salad with artichokes from Campania

A  selection of cheese

Fig and lemon tart

If anyone would like to assist and learn from Ursula in the kitchen, there will be a limited number of spaces available – £30.00

For reservations, please contact:
Tom King
RSJ Restaurant
33 Coin Street
London SE1 9NR                   
Tel: 020-7928 4554  e-mail: tom.king@rsj.uk.com

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Ursula Ferrigno: Sunday 14th August – photos

Ursula – her customary ebullient self

Some photos from the preparations for Ursula Ferrigno's Sunday lunch@the RSJ on 14th August.

Alex  now back at the piano after a spell in Australia

A tray of gnocchi

A trio of peppers


Look out for Ursula's autumn programme of Sunday lunches. Details will be available shortly.