'The Missing Bell' Dining Experience
Philosophy
"We are not simply in the business of being just a B&B or even a private dining place; they are vehicles for our real objective. We are driven by the ambition of delivering a ‘memorable experience’.
A ‘good experience’ for guests, demands exceptional service and outstanding hospitality; a ‘memorable experience’ is created by the combination of exquisite cuisine, friendship and happiness."
An evangelist for healthy, wholesome home-cooking
“It is the antidote to microwave ready meals, take-away fat, high salt content restaurant meals and moreover, good, healthy, home cooking could possibly help to combat rising obesity and diabetes. I also hope that a renaissance of healthy home-cooking could restore some of the lost benefits of family life, as generations share their meal-times together once again”.
"We are not simply in the business of being just a B&B or even a private dining place; they are vehicles for our real objective. We are driven by the ambition of delivering a ‘memorable experience’.
A ‘good experience’ for guests, demands exceptional service and outstanding hospitality; a ‘memorable experience’ is created by the combination of exquisite cuisine, friendship and happiness."
An evangelist for healthy, wholesome home-cooking
“It is the antidote to microwave ready meals, take-away fat, high salt content restaurant meals and moreover, good, healthy, home cooking could possibly help to combat rising obesity and diabetes. I also hope that a renaissance of healthy home-cooking could restore some of the lost benefits of family life, as generations share their meal-times together once again”.
Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
To complement the international cuisine of our dining experience menus, we prepare a unique range of gourmet breakfasts designed to provide a balanced injection of vitamins, fibre and nutrients from menus to excite the taste buds. So come for dinner and stay for breakfast at 'The Missing Bell'.
The Slow Food Movement
The Missing Bell is a celebration of good home cooking from around the world. Here is an opportunity to enjoy the conviviality that should accompany good food; conversation, comradeship, friendship and laughter, with our fellow humans.
Eating at The Missing Bell is an evening experience and is part of a Slow Food movement that originated in Italy in 1989 and is now spreading throughout Europe. So we source seasonal local produce wherever possible. From the enjoyment of canapés through four, five, six or even the eight courses of a Japanese banquet, to coffees afterwards, relaxing in good company with time to talk to each other, is at the heart of the experience.
If you want to eat quickly and rush to the cinema, then our Dining Experience evenings are not suitable for you.
If you are a family, friends, or distant relatives, that enjoy eating good food together in a convivial atmosphere, then we hope that 'The Missing Bell' is just right for you.
Eating at The Missing Bell is an evening experience and is part of a Slow Food movement that originated in Italy in 1989 and is now spreading throughout Europe. So we source seasonal local produce wherever possible. From the enjoyment of canapés through four, five, six or even the eight courses of a Japanese banquet, to coffees afterwards, relaxing in good company with time to talk to each other, is at the heart of the experience.
If you want to eat quickly and rush to the cinema, then our Dining Experience evenings are not suitable for you.
If you are a family, friends, or distant relatives, that enjoy eating good food together in a convivial atmosphere, then we hope that 'The Missing Bell' is just right for you.
The Salt Free Kitchen and More . . .
We operate a salt free kitchen where no salt is added and we use salt free butter (sparingly). We avoid factory produced products that have salt, preservatives and chemical additives except for soy sauce where we use a low salt version. Our own sauces are made for the moment of cooking. We do not add sugar or MSG to savoury food or chemical flavour enhancers of any kind.
And yes, our freshly baked bread products are made without adding salt.
Don't be put off by this, our food is flavourful, exciting and not bland.
And yes, our freshly baked bread products are made without adding salt.
Don't be put off by this, our food is flavourful, exciting and not bland.
'Made for the Moment'
Our kitchen operates a J.I.T. procurement and provisioning policy for freshness of produce, so everything happens Just-In-Time.
World Heritage Cuisine:
Washoku - UNESCO Listed 'Intangible Cultural Heritage'
Washoku being the traditional cuisine and dietary cultures of the Japanese, is listed by the by UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) December 2013.
For more information about Washoku at The Missing Bell click here.
For more information about Washoku at The Missing Bell click here.
Supplier of the year award 2014
Kirkwall Bay Shellfish
Who earned our trust and we rely upon them.
Kirkwall Bay Shellfish
Who earned our trust and we rely upon them.
Supplier of the year award 2014
Kirkwall Bay Shellfish
Who earned our trust and we rely upon them.
Kirkwall Bay Shellfish
Who earned our trust and we rely upon them.
Ocean-friendly Seafood Policy
This is our symbol for fresh healthy seafood. We follow the sustainable procurement policy guidelines of Seachoice.org
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Local, Organic and Fair-trade Produce
We purchase on the basis of local, organic and fair-trade produce as our procurement priorities.
We are registered supporters of the Orkney Fair Trade Group.
Our kitchen's principle source of fresh vegetables is selected from local Island producers, providing a source of fresh-from-the-earth, seasonal food with ecologically friendly, very low ‘food miles’.
We are registered supporters of the Orkney Fair Trade Group.
Our kitchen's principle source of fresh vegetables is selected from local Island producers, providing a source of fresh-from-the-earth, seasonal food with ecologically friendly, very low ‘food miles’.
Orkney Islands are a Fair Trade zone.
Eastward House grow baby daikon, kabu together with green and red shiso leaves for authentic Japanese cuisine. Shiso leaves (seasonal) are picked minutes before serving for absolute freshness.
Shiso = (Perilla frutescens var. crispa)
We operate a salt-free kitchen.
Shiso = (Perilla frutescens var. crispa)
We operate a salt-free kitchen.
Fresh, free-range eggs and freshly cut organic herbs
Daily supplies of fresh eggs are produced by the free-range chickens from a nearby local supplier.
Hmmmm tasty!
With low carbon food miles too!
Daily supplies of fresh eggs are produced by the free-range chickens from a nearby local supplier.
Hmmmm tasty!
With low carbon food miles too!
Shellfish and seafood from Kirkwall Bay Shellfish, including freshly caught mackerel and organically reared, sustainable salmon.
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Dining Room Essentials
Silver service: Arthur Price
Tableware: Denby, Rosenthal, Thomas, Royal Doulton
Tableware: Denby, Rosenthal, Thomas, Royal Doulton