Last week, we told you about an initiative to reduce our staff working hours and to introduce a service charge to make us much more competitive in the recruitment market from 17th May. You may have read in the national press, this week, about the recruitment crisis facing our industry, accentuating the need for action. We had such a great positive response to this. Thank you so much.
Outside life has been treating us well and we have had a brilliant response. The sun has mostly been shining and it has been great to see so many people visiting us. That and our online support is keeping us going, thank you so much. We cannot wait to fully re-open with limited restrictions on 17th May, and hopefully start trading fully again. As good as things are now, we are still only trading at 40% of being fully open is like. But thanks to your wonderful support, we are still here and with a bigger and better offer than ever.
We still have some wonderful Zoom based events and this weekend is the last chance to book on two at the end of this week:
- An Arroz Negro live cookalong on Friday - this is the squid ink driven black rice paella
- Vallemayor Rioja tasting with the wine-maker, Rafa Perez, from Rioja beamed in, plus live Flamenco guitar music
Details of both of these and how to book before midnight Sunday are below.
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LAST CHANCE TO BOOK THIS WEEK'S EVENTS |
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VALLEMAYOR RIOJA WINE TASTING
8th May 2021 via Zoom
A rare opportunity to join the winemaker himself, direct from Rioja. You will be introduced to 6 of their super wines and get to taste a range of matching accompaniments PLUS be entertained live by Alex Mackenzie with moody Flamenco guitar playing.
We guarantee you a fabulous night. Bookings close midnight Sunday, so click below if you want to secure your place on this event
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ARROZ NEGRO COOKALONG
7th May 2021 via Facebook Live By very popular demand, you receive all the ingredients to make this iconic paella and get to cookalong with Peter on Facebook Live on Friday evening. This is a one-off opportunity to learn how to cook this dish and create something very special for your Friday night dinner. But you must book by midnight Sunday to secure a place on the cookalong and receive all of the ingredients on time
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Featured Products This Week
Each week, we will draw your attention to either new products in the deli, or older products that deserve a little more attention
PX Sherry Infused Sherry Bites
If you had our Valnetines or Mother's Day banquets, you may have had some of these for dessert. Made by our very talented chefs, they are our Belgian chocolate brownies with PX infused raisins. Simply adorable, the PX raisins take them to another level. A box of 8 bite sized pieces. Limited quantities, when they're gone, they're gone! Details here
Torreznos Pork Scratchings
These are most exceptional pork scratchings we have ever eaten. Based on the famous Torreznos from Soria - strips of belly pork, roasted and fried, these contain a light layer of puffed skin, then a layer of perfectly seasoned dry pork fat, then a layer of belly meat. All perfectly fried then seasoned with Iberico ham flavouring. they are light and crispy and will never break your teeth. One work of warning, they are utterly addictive! Details here
Morcilla Bellota
This is out of this world. It is a black pudding made from the acorn-fed Iberico pigs and cured. You don't cook it, just simply slice it and enjoy it with crusty bread and your favourite wine or beer. The bellota fat gives it an almost buttery texture. Fabulously seasoned with smoked paprika, it is seriously out of this world, and superb value, too. A lot of world-class meat for the money. Try it on a muffin, with poached eggs drizzled with hollandaise sauce for the most exquisite eggs benedict. Details here
Roasted Marinated Red Peppers
Produced by the leading vegetable conservas company, Caprichos de Paladar of Murcia. These are flame roasted red peppers, preserved in a Moscatel wine and sunflower oil marinade. This gives the smoky peppers a glorious floral flavour. superb in salads, torn over crusty bread, or for a perfect simple and healthy meal, try torn over penne pasta with basil leaves and a sprinkle of Maldon salt. nearly enough to persuade you to go vegan! Details here
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We have our best every sherry tasting on 13th May. Based around some of Gonzalez Byass' best sherries, in the most beautiful, limited edition, decorative tin box. Just check out the photo. You will get 6 miniature bottles, in the commemorative box (pictured), plus lots of matching tapitas, all in a fun-filled sociable Zoom tasting. |
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PLUS we have Alex Mackenzie playing Flamenco guitar, live, during the tasting. This is a one-off. Be sure to book your place quickly.
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New Cookalong - book now to secure places |
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Croquetas
Our most requested cookalong. Everything you need to make a big batch of the most perfect Croquetas on a cookalong on Facebook Live with Peter
Friday 14th May
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Our largest selection of food and drink on any of our tastings - ever! |
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Premium Spanish Food & Drink Tasting - 15th May |
This is our most spectacular tasting event to date. A range of superb Spanish drinks, with each one individually paired to a perfect tapa. This tasting includes Spanish craft beer, wine, sherry, vermouth, gin and a liqueur. Our feast of tapitas include sa selection of the very best deli products in very generous quantities. Come and join us for a fabulous evening that showcases the very best of Spanish food and drink culture, all accompanied by live Flamenco music.
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BBQ packs reminder
We have larger BBQ packs now larger groups and outside mixing is allowed in some shape or fashion across the country. Our own chorizo, home-made chorizo burgers, our own recipe butifarra (if you have not tried these mildly spiced Spanish sausages – made right here in Liverpool – you don’t know what you are missing), plus our 1KG Txuleton – ex-dairy cow steak from Galicia and the Basque Country, they’re sensational. And if meat is not you’re thing, we have glorious roasted peppers marinated in Moscatel wine, roasted artichoke hearts and a Vegan deli treat pack.
Just check out some new ideas and old favourites for the Spring and Summer
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Virtual Events at Lunya
As we mentioned above, these events are so popular with such fantastic feedback. They include tastings, quizzes and cook-alongs. Each event is always a sell out and fabulous sociable fun, so don't leave it too late! For more details and to book, follow the links below:
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Take-away reminder - order now for this weekend!
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, our chefs are in waiting for your hot take-away orders. With a large selection of tapas and paella from our regular menu, there is something for everyone. we deliver across Liverpool and much of Wirral. Collection is now from Lunyalita
Click here to order, it will make our chefs very happy!. You can also pre-order now and choose a time for tonight, Sunday, next weekend or any time into the future. We deliver throughout most of Liverpool and the Mersey side of Wirral (Bebington to New Brighton plus Oxton and Prenton)
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And finally .....
Thank you all so much for your good wishes to Elaine.. so many people ask about her and we really struggle to keep in touch and reply to every single person.
She is now nearly half way through the chemotherapy. It's hitting her hard and she seems to come down with every side-effect going, but her spirits are brilliant, considering. We both still have to shield because of the impact on her immune system, and hope to be able to get out in the summer, together with some good news when it is all over.
Thank so much for your support, we really appreciate it
Peter & Elaine, and the whole of our team x
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