Archive for April, 2007
Chocolate Tea from our own Cocoa
The cocoa tree on the grounds of Hotel Mocking Bird Hill has borne fruit. Lovely, large, organic cocoas. What to do with them? Chef de Cuisine Elmar Rensch went right to work: he dried and roasted the cocoa beans in the oven, ground them in the coffee grinder, put the ground cocoa into milk, added [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wedding Engagement at Lime Tree Farm!
We are pleased to be able to announce the wedding engagement of two of our guests at Lime Tree Farm! Harry Monk & Amanda Lee were engaged on the 23 April 2007. Inspired by our amazing scenery and views Harry proposed to Amanda on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Yallus & Cedar Valleys, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Visit Port Antonio from the East
With the assistance of the European Union, the Government of Jamaica is rehabilitating the main road along Jamaica’s north coast between Ocho Rios and Port Antonio. We are very excited at the prospect of having a really good road to drive on sometime in the hopefully not too distant future. In the meantime we have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Chef Elmar Rensch shows you how to cook Jamaican
Hotel Mocking Bird Hill’s German chef de cuisine is delighted to demonstrate cooking Jamaican Cuisine at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill’s Restaurant Mille Fleurs. Guests staying at the hotel can have cooking classes with Elmar. A full Culinary Tour is being organised by the hotel in November of this year with visits to the markets, presentations [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Recycling at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill
The gardeners at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill just found something else to recycle – old parasols that can no longer be used poolside now protect our fledgling herb garden.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )LIME TREE FARM Annual Coffee Pickers Awayday
On Easter Monday Lime Tree Farm organized it’s annual coffee pickers awayday to Long Bay Beach Portland, attendance was high (approx) 60 people although a few more were spotted hiding under the bus seats!! The highlight of the day was the International Cricket match between Lime Tree Village & Tower Hill, due to the fact [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Breads and other baked delights at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill
Chef de Cuisine Elmar Rensch was delighted and excited yesterday after he baked the most perfect sourdough breads for the Mille Fleurs Restaurant. Together with team member Glenford Simpson they come up with the most delicious, delightful, mouthwatering breads and pastries: Chocolate Peanut Cake, Tropical Fruit Tartlets, Guava Cheescake (to die for….), Olive Ciabatta, Corn [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hotel Mocking Bird Hill uses biodegradable food containers
In the past when guests to Hotel Mocking Bird Hill’s restaurant Mille Fleurs wanted to take home their leftovers we were not able to provide this service because out of our concern for the environment, and not wanting to generate non bio-degradable solid waste, we would not use the styroform food containers for take-out food [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What is to happen to Winnifred Beach
Many of us are very concerned about the fate of Winnifred Beach near Port Antonio in Jamaica. This beach is one of Jamaica’s last true, authentic public beaches and that is how many of us here want it to remain. There are plans afoot to move the people who operate the beach and ‘develop’ it. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A Pair of Jamaican Woodpeckers Nest in Gallery Eaves
A pair of Jamaican Woodpeckers are making a nest in the eaves of Hotel Mocking Bird Hill’s Gallery Carriacou. Awakened by the sound of something close to a jack hammer attacking wood we went to investigate and saw the two woodpeckers working hard at the eave, pecking at insects on the window jams and cavorting [...]
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