(i Clitlieroc Advertiser & Times, J u ly 5th, 1990
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Tony Smith
(BUILDERS) LTD BUILDING AND JOINERY CONTRACTORS
MAIN CONTRACTORS for
THE AUCTIONEER RESTAURANT
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SHAWBRIDGE, CLITHEROE. Tel. 23375 Congratulations and best wishes to Henk & Frances Van Heumen
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Supptiers of Fine 'Wines to Top Quadtit elotcCs and Restaurants
We wish THE AUCTIONEER
every success in their extended, restaurant
(Upstairs Downstairs
F o r a f u l l ra n g e o f s ty lish soft fu rn is h in g s f o r th e h om e
READY MADE AND MADE TO MEASURE
B I L L M A C M IL LA N PAINTER and DECORATOR
AUCTIONEER RESTAURANT and wishes Henk and FranceisIT
is pleased to have carried out decorating work at THE
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continued success for the future. Free Estimates
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Wo wish Henk & Frances every success for the future.
WE can all thank our lucky Michelin stars that — at the age of 12 — Henk Van Heumen decided not to be an actor after all and opted instead to become a chef! . It was a stroke of gastronomic good luck
for East Lancashire, where Dutch-born Henk and his English wife, Frances, have been running their Auctioneer Restaurant in New Market Street, Clitheroe, for 15
performances on the boards, his culinary performances arc winning more than a standing ovation from the growing numbers of diners who delight in “going Dutch.” As you enter the centuries-old former cottage
months. And, if Ilcnk is not turning out virtuoso
through its lovely new garden room, you realise that you have found something more than u little special. The garden room, designed by a local architect and echoing, on a lighter theme, the colours of the richly decorated main restaurant, with its floral decor and cushions, has its own Dutch influence in the paintings, ornaments and carved wooden har. The new room opened with great panache
yesterday — coincidentally not only American Independence Day, hut also Henlt’s birthday — and the Auctioneer celebrated the occasion by starting its fourth French fortnight, this time celebrating the Loire region. But, the proof of the pudding, as they say, is in
nine years — impossible to resist. On entering the
the eating . . . and I found an invitation to do so from Ilcnk — who was head chef at Hillington’s Foxficlds Restaurant for
Auctioneer, I got the same friendly welcome from Frances which goes out to all the diners. There's the added bonus later of Henk circulating among the tables when he has finished cooking. The couple met in l!)7,'i, when Henk first came to England as a chef at the Saxon Inn, Blackburn, where Frances was a receptionist.
was pleasantly surprised at the price of £U.‘
a veritable feast of four widely varied courses to tempt any palate, followed by coffee, mints and fudge. Now, what to choose?
appetite, but I finally selected Cornish crabmcat hound in a
Sorry to whet your
marie rose sauce, served on peaches with lola rossa salad. After a delicious orange sorbet,
The menu arrived and I J5 for
A WARM welcome from Henk and Frances for diners in their new garden room An advertising feature by Kaye Moon
there should have been a drum roll for the piece de resistance . . . a rosette of beef fillet, wrapped in the crispest filo pastry, topped with mushroom and onion duxcllc on a Madeira sauce . . . and touched, I’m convinced, by the hands of the gods!
tureens of beautifully al dente mange tout, cabbage and new potatoes, left on the table for second helpings, and not smothered in the usual buttered disguise used by some restaurants to hide a multitude of sins.
It was served with
good, honest food in sufficient, but not outfacing, portions, served at prices people can afford in pleasant
Henk tells me he likes
surroundings. The views of a mail after my own stomach . . . hut on to the sweet.
delicious Dutch apple pie with cream, much as the temptations of white chocolate strawberry terrine or chefs icc-cream parfait kept beckoning! It was served with a delicious sweet pudding wine, a refreshing chill nectar in which I’m sure you could taste the hint of summer clderflowcrs.
It had to he Hcnk's
,and the gourmet could die guile happily! And Henk keeps the surprises coming, from the Dutch appetisers as you choose your meal, to the
Finally, freshly-brewed coffee, fudge and mints
occasional ripe blackcurrant among the lola rossa, which delights your palate, and the unusual main courses, including halibut steak pan-fried in butter with scallops, prawns, walnuts, green grapes and lemon.
restaurant filled up (Illicitly, soon after the doors opened. And the new garden room will allow more diners the chance to visit the Auctioneer by upping the seating from III) to I I and offering an extra room for private functions, if wanted.
No wonder the
restaurant will he a great asset to Clitheroe’s new auction mart development when it gets off the ground. The new garden room directly overlooks it, blending in just as Ilenk and Frances had hoped, as if it had always been there.
The extended
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C o n g ra tu la t io n s a n d best wishes to T H E A U C T JO N E E R R E S TA U R A N T
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We ivisb Mr & Mrs ' Van Heumen every success fo r the future
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WISHING TUG AUCTIONEER CONTINUED SUCCESS iN T i ll : EUTUIIE.
Uls Best wishes to Henk & Frances
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OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 10.00 a.m. E x c l u s i v e l y f o r JM/en AND IN
R im in g to n OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 10.00 a.m F o r e x c lu s ive Ladies and Gentlemen
Henk and Frances fe ed us and w e clothe them
WHALLEY Td. No: 0254 / 823585 rim ing to n
Td. No: 0200 / 445711 Fax. No: 0200 / 445324
All the best to both our friends of many years THE AUCTIONEER RESTAURANT ______ NEW MARKET STREET, CLITHEROE 27153______
Lunch 12 Noon to 1.30 p.m. From £4.25 Tuesday to Saturday • Sunday Lunch 3 courses and coffee £8.75 Dinner 7 p.m. - 9-30 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday - 4 courses and coffee £14.95
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To continue our speciality menus ive will be featuring the Loire Region of France from 10th to 22nd July r
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THE rich floral decor featured ill the restaurant and new garden room
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CHARLEY I (S. T. and S. J. Cham ley)
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR N.I.C.E.I.C. Approved
Wish the
AUCTIONEER RESTAURANT every success in the future.
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