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Enchanted Christmas Kingdom | Hatton Country World | Gifted Experience

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Especially over at Hatton Country world where we were invited down to review there Enchanted Christmas Experience.

From the moment we stepped foot into the kingdom, we were transported to a winter wonderland that felt like something straight out of a fairy-tale. The attention to detail, with pretty twinkling fairy lights, festive decorations and Elves wondering around welcoming the children in full character. I wished we could experience this after dark, it would feel even more magical.

On arrival we were given a passport and map showing us everything they had on offer, from Reindeer food making, to a 3D glowing forest there were lots of exciting things dotted around the kingdom in which the children could collect stamps from along the way.

Everything is free roam on the day apart from your group visit with santa that time you choose when booking your tickets, and Mr Hollys Creation Station Show which runs shows throughout the day. This makes it very easy to be able to pick and choose what you want to do, plan food and drinks breaks when needed.

The park’s main features and themes include:

The Gingerbread factory – Meet Mrs Claus who guides you into the “Factory” where you each get to ice and decorate a gingerbread man. This was a great self-lead activity and a chance to sit down, the kids could either eat it there or take it away. Handy sinks close by for the messy pups like my two.

Wishing tree – Make a wish and hang it on the special Christmas tree.

Reindeer Food Making – Create your own reindeer food to sprinkle out on Christmas eve.

3D glowing forest – A little walk around where you wear special glasses that change the lights to look like a 3D image, make sure to each get a different pair as the theme on the glasses is the 3D image you will see on the lights as you go round. If you each get a different theme you can mix and match.

Mr Hollys Creation Station Show – A funny entertaining family festive magic and puppet show.

North Pole Postal Station – Deliver your letter to Santa

Secret Toy Shop – Choose a toy as a gift from Santa and his Elves.

Lastly of course the MAIN event seeing Santa, this was a lovely group experience where you go and see the big man himself. He talks to the children, and they have a chance to have their photo taken.

There are loads more things to do a see, with some little fairground rides for the children, a big Helter Skelter style slide, trampolines, mini bowling, play parks and lots of animals.

There’s a lovely farm walk you can do, tractor safari, hold guinea pigs in the guinea pig village & reptiles in scales and tales.

Let’s not forget the festive food and drink options there were lots of lovely independents scattered around Hatton selling Pizzas, Burgers, Hot Chocs even marshmallows to toast on the fire. We were kindly gifted all our food and drinks in Hatton’s onsite Restaurant Snortys which is also where the soft play is located.

We tried a selection of their food to be able to give you our thoughts, E had the 8oz cheeseburger and chips he said it was 10/10. L had the chicken cheese burger and chips; the chicken was so delish. Luke opted for something on their festive menu, the Turkey stuffing and cranberry burger which he thoroughly enjoyed and I had a Jacket potato with cheese and beans but got major food envy over L’s Chicken burger. Luke had a hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows and they boys had 2 milkshakes each and the total came to £40.00 which for a family of 4 all adult meals I think is very reasonable.

What impressed us was the seamless organization of the event baring in mind we came on opening day despite the large number of visitors, the day flowed smoothly, and the staff’s effirt to ensuring everyone had a magical time was lovely to see.
The genuine warmth and kindness of the staff added an extra layer of magic to the day.

Hatton Adventure World’s Enchanted Christmas Kingdom exceeded our expectations and provided an exciting experience which left us with all the festive feels. We highly recommend it to anyone looking to create lasting memories and experience the festive fun

I would recommend if you’re planning on visiting Hatton this festive season, please book in advance online to avoid missing out. With their new features to their experience, I know it’s going to be a sell out!

A few key things to note, lots of the activities are indoors but I would recommend wrapping up warm as it got a little chilly at times and we were blessed with great sunny weather mid-November.

Wear wellies or shoes you wouldn’t mind getting muddy as the paths were muddy as to be expected when on a farm.

Accessibility wise, we saw loads of prams being pushed around at ease, but there is a few hills to take into consideration. I would say the place isn’t manual wheel chair friendly unless you have a career to push or an electric with the mud being slippery.

There were lots of toilets around and places to wash hands after activities, but as always I advise you bring hand gel!

There were plenty of benches for you to enjoy your own picnics.

Be sure to check out the independent shops that are at Hatton, there’s lots of cute boutiques, a Christmas shop and Market stalls to explore.

See the video from our time at Hatton here

If you’re visiting Hatton please let me know your thoughts and I would love to know what other festive things you have planned this year?

Saff xo

Huge thank you to the Team at Hatton Country world for gifting us the tickets to experience there Enchanted Christmas Kingdom along with the Food and Drink in Snorty’s Restaurant. This was a gifted experience in exchange for content.

Queens Road Restaurant | Ramada Hotel | Gifted Experience 

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Date night, it’s been a while and my gosh don’t myself and the husband need it with the summer holidays in full swing, and have been looking forward to the time together.

We were very kindly invited down to the Queens Road Restaurant situated in the Ramada Hotel in Coventry to review their food. 

Firstly, I want to just say how amazing the staff were, we feel so blessed to have had the loveliest staff looking after us and making us for so relaxed and accommodated.

The setting is lovely, I didn’t expect it to be so comfy and pretty inside.  We started off with some drinks, I had a Passion Fruit Martini of course. The husband had a beer. 

Starters we were spoiled for choice we tried the Hot Golden Brie, Chicken, Beef Croquette and the Jasmine Cured Salmon. We split each dish so we could both get a good taste of them all. 

Starting with the Hot Golden Brie, this was absolutely delish, and was my favourit. If you’re a cheese lover you HAVE to try it paired with the tomato chutney it was bursting with flavour. 

The Beef Croquette was super yummy and gave Chinese vibes, I love the prawn cracker texter noodles, they were something I’ve never seen or experienced before which was fun and unique. 

The salmon was so good Luke’s favourite, and tasted so fresh, the perfect light starter. 

Lastly the Chicken, this was too spicey for me, but Luke loved it and said it was the perfect amount of spice and flavour, it was a messy one, we both joked how it wouldn’t be something you would choose on a first date! 

While we waiting for the mains, we were brought an Apple sorbet to help cleanse the pallet. This was so good super refreshing and was presented in a desert glass with pretty edible flowers. Just the perfect little treat before your main and it did really help cleanse the pallet.  

For mains Luke choose the Lamb Rump and I went for the Sirloin both came presented beautifully, a full vine of tomatoes laid on the steak which was a lovely touch. The chunkiest chips you ever did see both meats cooked to perfection. The steak was perfect and the lamb full of flavour. 

After mains we were brought a selection of mini desserts. We had a pistachio, chocolate, and lemon they were a lovely little touch while we waited for our treats to come. We were both absolutely stuffed but were persuaded to get a dessert. We choose the brownie and the Red Velvet cheese cake. 

Now I would go back to the Queens Road JUST for the cheese cake it was the best cheese cake we have ever tasted; it was absolutely divine and presented so beautifully, we have spoken about it craved it ever since. 

A huge thank you to the team at the Ramada and the Queens Road Staff for making date night so lovely. 

We had a lovely time and recommend checking it out if you’re looking for somewhere a bit different and special for date night, or time with friends and family. Parking was super easy and convenient which always makes the experience better. 

Have you been to Queens Road Restaurant before? I would love to know?

Saff xo

Huge thank you to Queens Road & The Ramada for having us for our GIFTED experaince

Turtle Bay | Takeaway Alfresco | Food Review

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We were very kindly gifted a voucher to order a take away from Turtle Bay Coventry through Deliveroo and of course we were over the moon. 

We both love Turtle Bay especially the husband it’s his absolute fave so you can imagine this was one collaboration he was definitely up for. 

With the weather being so lush we decided to take our Turtle Bay order outside to enjoy in the evening sun. We accompanied ours with a cool Beer. 

Placing the order was super easy on the Deliveroo app, bonus was the evening we placed our order, there was a 20% a £20 spend. We ordered the, Crispy Chilli Squid, Kingston Fried Chicken + Spiced Fries, Curry Goat & Rice, Side of Spiced fries. 

Check out the reel I created here

Mine and Luke’s go too, is normally the Shack Stack Burger with side pots of Jerk Mayo, Fiery Jerk Gravy & Mango BBQ Sauce. They have all been removed from the menu which is devastating…. but also great as it forced us to try something new. 

The Goat curry was delish, perfect blend of spices and the meat 10/10, it was a littler on the spicy side for me but perfect for Luke who likes a little kick to his flavour.

The Kingston Fried chicken was perfect for me, great flavour… and the one to go for if your on of those who arnt a huge fan of spice. It was really yummy and paired perfectly with the Chips, which provided the perfect amount of spice for me. 

All the portions were ace, we were stuffed. We couldn’t finish the Chilli Squid which for a side we were surprised about you expect a small taster, this wasnt the case.

I’m looking forward to enjoying some of our favourite meals from the comfort of home in the garden this summer.

Would love to know what you’re go to meal at Turtle Bay is? 

Saff xo

Thankyou Turtle Bay

Street Food & Takeaway! – Foodlovernc | Gifted

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Unique, that’s one word that comes to mind when I first looked at Foodlovernc menu! She’s a local girl creating some amazing dishes that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home. I’ve not seen anything else like it before! Food all gifted!

Packed full of flavour, mouth watering combos and amazing portion sizes there’s not a single thing I can fault with the experience we had.

We were lucky to try a dish from the Takeaway menu and also two dishes from her NEW Street food menu.

Let’s talk Takeaway, her selection of foods on the menu all looks so yum!

We tried the Bourbon Bites Meal which comes with a delicious sauce, skin on fries and corn on the cob! The flavours were amazing, very moorish! This was my favourite I’m craving it now while I write this!

Portion size was so good, we couldn’t eat it all, brilliant value for money. Would recommend this any day of the week, I love how different it is to any other style of takeaway at just £10 a box.

Foodlovernc will but trading her street food menu at The Bullshead in Barston from mid July, Saturday & Sunday. Takeaway menu currently available all week from mid-July will be available Monday – Friday with the Street Food at The Bullshead Saturday – Sunday

From the Street Food Menu, we tried the Creamy Cajun Chicken on Skin on Fries and the Spicy Wings on Skin On Fries

Creamy Cajun Chicken was just amazing, this was Luke’s favourite. The balance between the Cajun and the creaminess was perfect not to spicy or overpowering. Definitely one to try again portion was more then enough!

Spicy Wings on Skin On Fries, comes with a yummy sauce! I’ve never really been a big fan of chicken wings, ive always found them to be a dry, a faf to eat with not much meat. These are a game changer; chicken was juicy and full of flavour and massive. The spicey level was just right I’m not very good with spicy food but you could taste the flavours, it was so good!

Lastly can i just say, the fries were blooming amazing! They remind me so much of the ones you get at Hickorys! I would order again just for them!

We had lots left over so my brother came with his girlfriend to grab a doggy bag! They both said it was delicious and loved it!

Be sure to check them out on Instagram here and take a trip up to visit there street food in the summer, I sure will be! They also do amazing looking milkshakes which I’m desperate to try along with their burgers, which look incredible!

Thank you Foorlovernc for working with us!