Baby its cold outside but we have a hot deal for you.  Stay with us  2 consecutive nights any time between now and April 1, 2011 and receive a gift card to Brandywine Prime in the amount of $50.00.  The restaurant is 6 miles from Longwood Gardens and less than 1/2 mile from the Brandywine River Museum.  It  received a complete redo of the 300 year old Chadds Ford Inn in 2007.  The cuisine is strictly twenty-first century with an emphasis not only top quality cuts of beef, like the 10 oz. barrel cut ribeye, but fresh seasonal seafood, like soft-shell crabs and wild salmon. The comfortable bar beckons you in with a Best of Philly burger, ahi tuna club and a local draft beer.  Modern finishes to an historic building create an inviting, hip atmosphere.  For more on Brandywine Prime www.brandywineprime.com.  We have a limited number of these gift cards so make your reservation now.    To learn more about our special and reserve your rooms, click on www.hamanassett.com.

Culinature: From Harvest to Table Dinner 

Saturday, October 2, 2010  6:00 pm 

The Idea Garden & Main Fountain Garden

Well, this word “culinature” is Longwood’s word.  I’m amazed how many new words keep cropping up to define the simple task of eating.  But this special event is anything but simple.  Take a culinary tour of the Gardens and savor an amazing seasonal feast as you travel to different Garden spots for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, dinner and dessert.

Enjoy dinner music and watch Longwood’s chefs create your meal with local Chester County and Brandywine Valley produce in “field kitchens.”  Delight in the flavorful tastes of autumn—fresh from the harvest to your table.   The menu includes passed trays of specialty beverages, a bar snack, passed hors d’oeuvres, and the chef’s field kitchen featuring pulled BBQ duck crepes.  The first course is an apple and butternut squash bisque.  This is followed by a salad and an entree of pumpkin seed French cut chicken breast, celery root, squid ink pasta cake, brussels sprout slaw and roasted carrot with Longwood thyme emulsion.  The grand finale is a dessert reception.  You will be invited to the main fountain garden for dessert and fountain show where you will be greeted with passed trays of spiced rum apple cider with morello cherry coulis, local wine poached seckel pears stuffed with cinnamon mascarpone, pumpkin gingersnap trifle, and cnocolate pecan tarts.  Please note:  menu is subject to change based on availability of fresh menu items.

 Hamanassett Bed and Breakfast is only a 15 minute drive from Longwood Gardens and we still have a few rooms and the cottages available for that weekend.

$175 per person
Garden Pass Members receive a 15% discount ($149 per person)
Prices include Garden Admission.
Buy tickets online or by calling 610-3885

“Wild Nights! Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights would be our luxury”

                                                                                  – Emily Dickinson

 

Warm up your romance with a Valentine’s Day stay at Hamanassett Bed & Breakfast. We’re including special Valentine’s Day delights for our guests to enjoy a memorable romantic weekend. Fancy French Truffles on a silver tray along with a custom long stem wooden rose will greet our couples in their room upon arrival. A special Valentine’s Champagne Brunch will be served on Sunday featuring truly decadent sumptuous cuisine including heart shaped chocolate pancakes with a rapturous raspberry coulis, brandied infused cherries and elegant creamy sherry scrambled eggs with caviar. To continue stimulating our guests passions, all will receive a recipe for edible body paint, compliments of Hamanassett’s Brandywine Country Cooking School, upon departure.

 

“There is no remedy for Love but to Love more”

                           – H.D. Thoreau

     Channel6/ABC Television is profiling Hamanassett Bed & Breakfast on their FYI Philly show on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 7pm. The show features Hamanassett as a romantic destination for the upcoming Valentine’s Day celebration and includes a segment on the Brandywine Country Cooking School. Host Adam Joseph participated in a demo Romantic Dining Cooking class with Chef Ann-Michelle and became very expert at making lobster filled heart shaped ravioli. The show will also air on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 11:35pm and can be viewed later online at www.FYI.6ABC.com.