Making someone’s day!!!

Many people feel that having an allergy or intolerance to foods; can be a daunting and difficult experience when visiting restaurants. From personal experience, I know how frustrating it can be when asking waiters about certain foods and they ‘shrug’ their shoulders or give you that puzzled look.

Which is why we at Bistro L!VE are different! We build our menus in a fashion that allows us to provide a good quality dining experience for people who have allergies and intolerances. We train ALL our staff in dietary information and the dishes that can suit. It is often we will make a dish slightly different just to accommodate a certain requirement. We provide this as standard for all our customers; all we ask is a bit of notice to allow this to be possible. And if our customers are still unable to have something off the menu or perhaps even do not fancy anything on the menu, then we will create a meal which the customers would prefer. Chefs are also available to talk to customers before, during and after the evening if you feel you need to. You can even pre-order your meal with us.




We make sure you can feel comfortable whilst out with your friends and family, no one need know that you have something different. For example, we have sourced and served ‘fake turkey’ for some Christmas customers before so YES people can still enjoy the joys of the festival season without feeling different. Below is an example of what we do and the impact it has both front of house AND back! Well done Rachel!!!

Spencer Ollington

Development Head Chef

Bistro L!VE

In the Christmas of last year, after a long day at work, a customer sent a note into the Bistro L!VE Nottingham kitchen:

‘To the kitchen team, thank you so much for a delicious gluten and dairy free meal, I have never had such a tasty and satisfying meal at a function like this. It has also been years since I have enjoyed real stuffing with turkey. Thank you for making what can so often be a very difficult occasion into a relaxing meal out with friends’

21/12/10 Angela Lucking

Now I don’t know about you but this made my day, it’s a note that I still keep in the drawer of my desk. Whilst Christmas can be a busy (and sometimes stressful) time for us, it is nice to know that what we do makes a difference!

Rachel Bartlam

Sous Chef

Bistro L!VE Nottingham

A Training Day with a Difference...........

Well as most of you know, training days can be a bit of a bore, but here at Bistro Live, we like to make things fun....

As you may know we have a new menu starting this week and what better way to learn the delicious menu, than to invite all the staff along to a training session where they learn about all the new dishes they will be serving to all of our guests, whilst getting the chance to eat them and give us their feedback on what they like and are not quite for them. So I gathered the Bistro L!VE Nottingham kitchen team together and we went through the complete menu. We then worked as a team to create all the tasty dishes.

My personal opinion is - I think this menu is amazing, it’s got such a vibrant nature, and it’s creatively made using fine quality ingredients and with love and flair. It’s the perfect menu for this time of year with in the run up to Christmas.

The feedback we gained from our Bistro family was invaluable. I think the Sticky Pork will always be a firm favourite, however it will gain direct competition from our fun and quirky Mini Fish ‘n’ Chips and also from the elegant and vibrant Butternut Squash & Wild Mushroom Risotto.

Also there was a very good response from The Fish Dish and the Chicken, Gammon & Mascarpone; many said the Lamb Rojan Josh was perfect, not too spicy, well cooked and perfect for a night out.

And the desserts, well - everyone loved them!! The Banoffee Cheesecake got such an amazing response - the way it looks and its taste; it will definitely be a firm favourite among many.

The Apple & Raspberry Crumble was perfect, not too much custard and the perfect balance of sweetness and crunch. The Profiteroles well they just win every time. Its that simple – who could turn down a pile of homemade choux buns filled with a sweet vanilla cream and topped with a warm luxurious dark chocolate sauce?!

I hope you enjoy the menu as much as we enjoy preparing it for you.

John

Head Chef

Bistro L!VE Nottingham