insideKENT Magazine Issue 72 - March 2018 | Page 60

FOOD+DRINK
Slap-Up
MOTHER’S DAY MEALS
MOTHER’S DAY IS AN AMERICAN INVENTION AND DATES BACK TO 1908, ALTHOUGH IT WASN’T
OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED AS A CELEBRATION UNTIL 1910. ANNA JARVIS, A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT
AND COLLEGE-EDUCATED WOMAN WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO COMMEMORATE HER
MOTHER WHO HAD DIED THREE YEARS EARLIER. ANNA’S MOTHER HAD BEEN THE ONE WHO
ENCOURAGED HER TO ATTEND COLLEGE IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND SHE HAD BEEN A
PARTICULARLY SPECIAL AND CARING WOMAN. SO, ANNA CAME UP WITH THE MOTHER’S DAY
CONCEPT, DECLARING THAT ALL MOTHERS SHOULD BE HONOURED, SINCE THEY ARE “THE
PERSON WHO HAS DONE MORE FOR YOU THAN ANYONE IN THE WORLD.”
The idea caught on quickly, and within two
years of Anna Jarvis’s highly publicised
memorial to Ann Jarvis, mothers were
enjoying gifts and a rare day off to be
pampered and looked after by their children,
rather than t he other way around.
Mother’s Day really is a lovely thing. Mums
can sometimes get the short end of the
childcare stick (even when their children are
grown up with kids of their own), being ‘bad
cop’ to dad’s ‘good cop’. Not only that, but they
do tend to do the bulk of the school runs,
supermarket shops, after-school activities…and
so on. It’s only right that they get a special day
all to themselves when they don’t have to think
of any of that necessary but arduous ‘stuff’
and can just relax into the best bits of
If that sounds like the ideal Mother’s Day for
your lovely mum, look no further for
restaurant-based inspiration than our list of
fantastic Kent establishments to take mum
out to on her very own special day.
The Honest Miller // Ashford Rowhill Grange // Wilmington
Taking mum out for a proper pub lunch or dinner on Mother’s Day is
a wonderful way to say thank you for all the times she’s been there for
you. At the Honest Miller the food is local and delicious. The special
Mother’s Day menu includes some of their finest dishes such as crayfish
and prawn cocktail, pan-fried salmon supreme with roasted fennel,
saffron creamed potatoes and a red pepper and chorizo bisque, and
warm pancakes stuffed with clotted cream ice cream and hot cherries. Rowhill Grange is a beautiful place to give your mum the meal she
deserves. You really can spend some quality time with her here –
especially if you choose to add some spa treatments to your Mother’s
Day meal out – and indulge in expertly created and perfectly presented
dishes. Choose from an adults only lunch in RG’s Restaurant, or a family
lunch, complete with children’s entertainer, in the Clockhouse Suite.
Price: £23.50 per person
www.thehonestmillerashford.co.uk / 01233 812303
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motherhood – quality time with the kids,
handmade gifts and cards, and gorgeous
meals out with the family.
Price: £30 per person (£15 for children under 12)
www.alexanderhotels.co.uk/rowhill-grange-luxury-hotel-kent/
/ 01322 615136