{"id":2679,"date":"2013-05-25T11:07:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T16:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2013-05-25T11:07:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T16:07:52","slug":"langdon-hall-on-june-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/?p=2679","title":{"rendered":"Langdon Hall on June 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2680\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/langdon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2680\" alt=\"Langdon Hall itself\" src=\"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/langdon-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/langdon-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/langdon-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/langdon.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Langdon Hall itself<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two weeks from today \u2013 on Saturday, June 8<sup>th<\/sup>, to be precise \u2013 I will be motoring down to \u00a0Langdon Hall for the amazing VISA Infinite weekend, one of the highlights of my year. Not only is it an opportunity to spend a night and the best parts of two days in my favourite Canadian hotel, it also involves two spectacular meals from Grand Chef Jonathan Gushue \u2013 of which more later. We did this last year, some of you may remember and it was spectacular fun. You can find my report on this site by searching for Langdon Hall Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>This year Chef Gushue has vowed to raise the bar even higher. Saturday\u2019s dinner will begin in a clearing in the estate\u2019s woodlands where there will be music and lively conversation. Then we\u2019ll proceed to the croquet lawn for the second course (honestly, anyone who hankers after the Downton Abbey lifestyle needs to be part of this) and then into the dining room for the next four courses. Dessert, I gather, will be outside by torchlight in the warm summer night. Langdon hall\u2019s sommelier, Kathleen Moore, will speak about the wines she has chosen for each delectable course. I\u2019ll be introducing the food but I promise not to talk too long.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2681\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/brunch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2681\" alt=\"Brunch by the reflecting pool\" src=\"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/brunch-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/brunch-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/brunch-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/brunch.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brunch by the reflecting pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sunday morning sees a truly spectacular brunch down around the pool. There were something like 50 dishes last year, a jazz band and some very glamorous cocktails. It was one of those days you wish would never end.<\/p>\n<p>The whole weekend is an endless succession of treats, all set in what Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler magazine has deemed to be one of the top 15 hotels in the world. If you haven\u2019t booked your room yet just dial 1 800 268 1898 and do so. The price is $1,250 per couple \u2013 which includes everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks from today \u2013 on Saturday, June 8th, to be precise \u2013 I will be motoring down to \u00a0Langdon Hall for the amazing VISA Infinite weekend, one of the highlights of my year. Not only is it an opportunity to spend a night and the best parts of two days in my favourite Canadian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[91,94,1],"tags":[535,774,536,773],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2683,"href":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions\/2683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}