v THE NEXT HERALD IS OUT ON 28TH MARCH v Page 68 • The HERALD • 7th March 2024 OPEN SUNDAYS & BANK HOLIDAYS • RINGWOOD ROAD, TOTTON • PLAZA PARADE, ROMSEY • THE PRECINCT, CHANDLERS FORD ALL DAY COD & CHIPS £1 OFF On presentation of this advertisement MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY ONLY Not valid with any other offer. Valid until 27th March 2024 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Thai Bluebird Street Food and English Cuisine Telephone: 07598 442718 www.thaibluebirdstreetfood.com ALL MAJOR CARDS EXCEPTED Opening Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday - 1pm - 9.30pm Monday/Sunday - Closed New Road, Blackfield, Southampton SO45 1WA Serving the True Taste of Thailand We also cater for Special Events e Brockenhurst Wine Club (BWC) meets monthly in Brockenhurst Village Hall, usually on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm. Open to all, members explore a wide range of wines that people may not have come across, in a range of budgets and to learn something about how and where they are made, as well as getting to know other like-minded people. On Wednesday 27th March for ‘Loire Reds and a few Whites’ presented by Paul Boyle (Hextable Wine Society). Visit: www.brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk or to attend a session telephone John Harris on 07714 261251 or email: jharris. lydith@btinternet.com SPRING HAS SPRUNG AT LONGDOWN FARM SHOP Weather-permitting, the Farm Shop at Longdown is looking forward to the rst of the Isle of Wight tomatoes to appear in the shop soon – hopefully just in time for Easter. ese little visitors from the Island really are some of the best tasting tomatoes to be found – they’re just bursting with avour. Obviously, they’re perfect in salads, but equally tasty fried, grilled, stir-fried or in a pasta dish. Alternatively, they can be eaten just as they are for the perfect healthy snack. All Isle of Wight tomatoes are le to ripen on the vine and picked at the peak of their avour, so they reach the shops with a perfect blend of freshness and taste. Naturally sweet, these little gems are a must-try when the opportunity arises. As well as fresh produce, the clever people at Isle of Wight Tomatoes create the most exquisite pesto sauces, chilli jams, spicy aioli, and sun-dried, oak-roasted tomatoes; the ingredients grown on the FOR WINE LOVERS Island farm and resulting produce are available to buy in the Longdown Farm Shop. Another welcome annual March visitor to Longdown is local rhubarb, grown in Titch eld, Hampshire. is vegetable – for that is what it is, despite being eaten with sugar and custard – will be a welcome addition to the Farm Shop shelves, loved as it is by the Farm Shop regulars. Another seasonal vegetable due to make a comeback soon is the beautiful purple sprouting broccoli. Tender and packed full of vitamins and minerals, it is an ideal accompaniment to a variety of dishes, but not, in this case, custard! With spring, comes Mother’s Day, and the perfect opportunity to spoil Mum. e Longdown Farm Shop has many tasty treats in store, and from just £15 they o er a wonderful chance to ll a custom-made hamper basket with all the goodies that she loves. Alternatively, the pre-packed hampers are very popular such as Honey Lover – full of local honey sweet surprises – or the Garlic Lover, crammed with divine garlic goods from e Garlic Farm. A perennial favourite is, of course, the delicious range of tasty handmade chocolate from the Beaulieu Chocolate Studio, made right here in the New Forest. For these, and much more local seasonal produce, do call into the Longdown Farm Shop for a fresh start to spring. Locally grown rhubarb MUSIC MAKING AND SHARING Music Making and Sharing takes place on the 3rd Saturday of the month (16th March and 20th April) from 2pm to 5pm at Calmore Village Hall, Pauletts Lane, Calmore SO40 2RS. e cost is just £5 payable at the door. e group welcome and encourage musicians to go along to share their musical skills and are open to listening to other peoples’ musical enthusiasm – with the instrument of their choice and the genre they like. If you compose your own music, they would love to hear it. Or perhaps you would like a space for presenting/trying out pieces you are going to perform elsewhere, including a music exam. You need to take along your instrument, music and equipment including a music stand if you require one. ere is a piano. If you are a singer and require accompanying, please take your accompanist along. Anybody who would like to play/sing a couple of pieces to non-judgemental fellow musicians is welcome. All levels of ability are welcome (professionals to beginners). e meetings start with a brief musical warm-up and then they take turns in playing and listening to each other. e space is open for experimentation, risk taking, and appreciation. ey welcome adults, young people from age 16, and supervised children. Website: www.musicmaking.uk Orchids Wild and Cultivated Langley WI’s next meeting is on Tuesday 19th March for Orchids Wild and Cultivated by Peter Ashbury. Followed on Tuesday 16th April for Pets as erapy by Rachael Stone. e WI o ers women the opportunity to make new friends, learn new skills and campaign on wide-ranging issues. Langley WI meets every third Tuesday at their new venue of Jubilee Hall, Fawley, SO45 1DF at 7.30pm. Email: langleypres@hampshirewi. org.uk or check out their website at: www.hampshirewi.org.uk/wi-page/ langley-wi Hythe Cinema e Hythe Cinema Moviola show lms in high de nition Blu-ray and stereo sound on a large screen at e Parish Hall, West Street, Hythe. eir next o ering is A Haunting in Venice (12A) on Tuesday 19th March at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer. Tickets are £6 and available in advance from Pebbles ladies clothes shop in the High Street (opposite Costa), or on the door on show days.
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