What’s your favourite holiday of the year? Perhaps, Easter with chocolate and the four day weekend might feature somewhere. For me it’s a toss up between ghoul’s day aka Halloween and Christmas. Alas Christmas comes around only once a year but here you can also celebrate Christmas in July where we celebrate the cold weather by eating delicious roast turkey and pudding with custard instead of our usual Christmas fare of fresh seafood and beaches. And do I have a Christmas in July meal for you!
The Trippas White team are behind the food of Sydney’s most well known restaurants. Their Sydney venues are the Art Gallery of NSW Restaurant, Botanic Gardens restaurant, 360 Bar & Dining, Sydney Tower Buffet, Centennial Parklands Dining, Sydney Mint Cafe, The Pavilion and also Watt Restaurant and Bar in Brisbane. This July, they have a special two course Christmas menu with an array of festive Christmas dishes. Some of the Christmas menu items are: roast guinea fowl with caramelised parsnip puree and pear and mustard chutney; ox‐tail pie with yorkshire pudding; roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus, slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans; and cherry glazed leg ham. Dessert includes steamed maple sponge with brandy anglaise, almond biscuit and champagne steeped figs; traditional Christmas pudding with brandy custard; rum & raisin bread and butter pudding with cinnamon ice‐cream; mince pie with fresh berried and cream; and warm sticky date pudding with berries and cream finished with a glass of glühwein.
Thanks to Trippas White, one lucky Not Quite Nigella reader will win a $170 voucher to use at any of the Trippas White venues for their very own Christmas in July meal during the month of July! For a chance to win, all you have to do is tell me which dish, main or dessert, from the above you like the sound of most ! Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition is a short one as this is a July only offer and ends at midnight AEST on the 8th of July, 2012. You can enter this competition once daily and it is open to anyone within Australia. Transport to and from the venue is not included and any remaining value not spent on the day will not be given as cash and will be forfeited (a good excuse to have another dessert, bring a friend or have some more wine! 
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Best of luck!
Lots of love,
Lorraine
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OMG, Lorraine, that photo is INCREDIBLE. I don’t think a food stylist could have made it more appetizing and beautiful. Nice job!
I know I can’t win, but I just love reading your blog so I can’t resist commenting.
We’re celebrating Canada’s 145th birthday on July 1. And we’re away on the weekend, so if I miss a post, I apologize in advance. I’ll for sure be back to read up. Have a great weekend. XOXO
Hi Lorraine, This is another choose-your-favourite-child dilemma. Hmm. However, the guinea fowl sounds too too scrumptious!
Gobsmack’d
The traditional christmas pudding with brandy custard sounds divine! Christmas is my absolute favourite time of year primarily because we get to eat pudding (oh and spend time with family etc)
The slow roasted crackling pork belly sounds divine, especially in this cold weather. I can’t go past crackling! I’m also now craving the Christmas pudding and brandy custard. I’m glad to see Watt in Brisbane is taking part, they are a pretty awesome restaurant
You had me at rum & raisin!! I love anything with that combo and I always prefer sweets over savory so I would love to try the rum and raisin bread and butter pudding!
It all sounds scrumptious, but I would have to go with the Christmas pudding with brandy custard. One of the best parts of Christmas is the pudding : )
Oh, how lovely. The guinea fowl with parsnip & pear has got me hungry (and it’s 7:55am!) and I love the sound of the sticky date with gluhwein. I might go anyway, winner or not!
You have the best comps..
My attention was captured by this
” steamed maple sponge with brandy anglaise, almond biscuit and champagne steeped figs”
so many alluring elements, but the figs really do it for me.
Im mad for anything with figs right now… fresh or dried.
I would have to say the glühwein appeals to me the most.. reminds me of Xmas markets in Cologne, Germany, where you get a Santa mug of glühwein , and walk around each of the stores filling it up again when you’ve finished!
slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans & and the steamed maple sponge w/ brandy anglaise. Yum
The slow roasted crackling pork belly sounds delicious!
Mince pie with fresh berries and cream.
I was sad I had to pick just one!
All sound yummy.
Slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans – sounds to be the best for me
just because I love pork!!!
The roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus. I can never go past turkey and cranberry in any form!
I like the sound of the guinea fowl because it’s not something I cook (better honesty would be that I have never cooked a guinea fowl). I’m currently organising a Christmas in July dinner at a friend’s house in a few weeks time – it will be the first time I’ve been to a Christmas in July and I’m really looking forward to it xx
OMG!! This would be awesome to win!!! I’m an Irish ex-pat who’s been living in Australia for 7 years now. My most favourite holiday season is Christmas and I really struggle with celebrating Christmas in summer!
My favourite dish(es) from the above menu would have to be the roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus, but I’d also love a little cherry glazed ham on the side! Mmmm just like my Mum serves at home!!
I haven’t had a Christmas in winter since my last visit home to visit my folks in 2009. This would be an awesome prize as hubby can hopefully whisk me to Sydney for a weekend treat … As a last adult only getaway before our first baby arrives in September!!
Only 177 sleeps to Christmas everyone!!!
It would have to be the slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans.
I love the sound of the sticky date pudding
Trippas White Restaurants are very well thought out and deliver a high quality service and food choice.
oooh…has to be the slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans. Everything sounds delicious, but that really made me ooh-aah, before I got to the desserts, and then it was no choice/one of each !!!!
The Guinea fowl with all the caramelised parsnip,pear and mustard chutney, immediately have me wanting to win this prize. It’s only 9am but I can taste the flavours and look forward to sitting down to this meal soon.What a wonderful menu.Mmmm!!
Definitely roast turkey & Christmas pudding….how could you choose anything else at Christmas! Yum!
Warm sticky bread pudding with berries! Gosh, that sounds soo yummmm!!
Love the family Christmas most,its busy ,hot,and fun,they all leave,then you miss the constant call for food,the mess,noise,but most of all…. them.
Would have to be the slow roasted pork for me,traditional with a twist!
I’d love to win this prize to try the Roast Guinea Fowl dish, something that I have seen a lot on British cooking shows but have never eaten!
Oh it has to be the slow roasted pork belly for sure!
This is the cutest my friend!!!
They have literally made it a Xmas in July
I love their venues of food, especially the art gallery!
Thanks for holding this giveaway my friend!
From above, everything sounds fantastic, but the best for me would be the cinnamon ice cream but with the sticky date and berries
Yum!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
As much as I’m tempted by the pork belly, I have to choose the Guinea fowl. They are the funniest bird I’ve ever seen- and they sure do taste delicious
Pork. I mean, I want everything but it has to be pork. Slow-roasted….crackling…pork belly…I see these in my dreams.. they call my name.. whispering…”eat me”. Yup. Has to be the pork. The Pork. Yeah.
it would have to be the slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans – this would happily be my last meal on the earth
I love the sound of the pork belly – yum!
Do I have to choose? Today I feel like the ox‐tail pie with yorkshire pudding… you don’t see yorkshire pudding on too many menus in Australia.
Obviously, I’d have to say a dessert would have to be my fav; the warm sticky date pudding with berries and cream to be precise
So yummy choices but the maple sponge with the brandy anglaise sounds like a delicious dessert!
Pork belly with the balsamic apples and cannellini beans sound delicious. And I won’t have to cook it !! Wonderful
ox‐tail pie with yorkshire pudding! My mum makes the best oxtail stew – its such a family meal – I love it!
I love Christmas pudding and brandy custard. It’s the best part of Xmas.
Being from England although here for over 30 years I do miss the traditional roast turkey breast with sage and onion stuffing and cranberry. I get so nostalgic at Christmas when I smile at my children and husband and guests all devouring BBQ prawns, avocado salad and yummy melt in the mouth medium rare fillet steaks. I just dream of the roast turkey but with this prize I need not hide my feelings for a super duper Christmas in July. Bring it on! Yummiferous! Cheers.
Ham. Christmas Ham tastes about a thousand times better than ham does at any other time during the year.
It seems like oxtail everything is ‘in’ at the moment! The oxtail pie with yorkshire pudding would be my pick
Yummo, definitely the oxtail pie with Yorkshire pudding. Memories of a childhood in UK, Mum knew how to turn any cheap cut of meat into amazing meals for us 5 hungry kids in the 50′s. She never consulted a recipe book either, as she had been ‘in service’ from the age of 15, so had a magnificent array of recipes, all in her head!
slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans!
The roast guinea fowl with caramelised parsnip puree and pear and mustard chutney sounds divine – I’ve never tried guinea fowl but this sounds delectable!
You simply cannot go wrong with pudding and brandy custard!
YUM! Christmas is the best.
The warm sticky date pudding with cream and berries sounds delicious!
Oh dear,,,all these delicious dishes and I have to choose just ONE? How about roast turkey with sage and mushroom stuffing and ALL the desserts?!
slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans & and the steamed maple sponge w/ brandy anglaise. Yummy!
Wow! This selection would make my normal Christmas look dull. The one meal I really like the look of is the roast guinea fowl with caramelised parsnip puree and pear and mustard chutney. I for one don’t know how to cook that and it sounds amazing, I can taste it on my tongue now!
roast guinea fowl with caramelised parsnip puree and pear and mustard chutney and warm sticky date pudding *foodgasm, drool, weep because I can’t have them*
Roast Turkety breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus – I am so looking forward to Christmas – thank goodness it now comes twice a year!
Jude
For the Yule tidings I think I must say fruit pudding.. I am sure Only enhanced by the gluwine!
Mmm, oxtail pie
Christmas in the cold I love – especially the food!
I want what’s in that platter. Do you deliver, Lorraine?
As one who was very accustomed to Christmas in the winter when it is cold and gets dark at 4:30pm, I like the idea of Christmas in July. Easter just doesn’t do it for me. Christmas = presents and a boat parade and parties.
Thank you for sharing this very tempting
roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus yum!!!
Did someone say…Pork belly with the balsamic apples and cannellini beans?…Yes please!.My mouth is watering already.Yum!!!
My partner is a department store Santa and swelters in 30 degree heat with a beard, gloves, fur-lined outfit. He loves pork, which I am not the best cook of, so I would love to win this prize and take him to the Centenial Parklands dining so he can enjoy some slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans and Christmas cheer in July as he spends November and December spreading Christmas cheer for lots of other people.
oh i would go the roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus and fpor dessert i would get the steamed maple sponge with brandy anglaise oh my mouth is watering so much now
WOW this is a great gift Lorraine
I love Christmas in July hehe I never use to spend July in Melbourne cuz back at Uni I was always going back to HK but now that i”m working I’m stuck in melbourne lol so it’s nice to have something to celebrate and Xmas is definitely one of my favourite holidays ~
Thanks as always for this wonderful give away!
The flavour of the month, Ox‐tail pie with yorkshire pudding has me curiously intrigued
the warm sticky date pudding with berries and cream sounds lush!
My gosh those roast chickens look absolutely lovely! Christmas in July sounds amazingly good.
No reason why we can’t celebrate Christmas in the cold. 
I’d fly to Sydney to have this meal! My favourite dish would have to be the slow roasted crackling pork belly. Nothing can beat that crunchy crackling and juicy meat underneath.
Cherry glazed leg ham sounds amazing!
I am a desset addict so it would be the sticky date for me!
I can never go past pork belly so the slow roasted crackling pork belly would definitely be my pick. It is so the weather for this kind of food right now!
Slow roasted crackling pork belly sounds so good.
Traditional Christmas pudding with brandy custard – beautiful memories of my nan’s pudding and her ‘limit’ of brandy in the custard she used to make. The brandy was always saved for ‘medicinal purposes’ when she needed a nip!
I am abit of a sweet tooth myself so I think the Sticky date pudding with berries and cream sounds like a sticky, gooey, caramelly warm dessert surprise with the addition of the berries and gluhwein, salivating just thinking about it.
They all sound amazing but I could never pass on a crispy pork belly on any menu!
This will make you laugh – I belong to an online group that celebrates Christmas all year:-)
So I can honestly say I love Christmas.
My favourite would have to be the Christmas pudding with brandy custard, yep I have a sweet tooth..
Thanks so much
Cherry glazed ham for sure! I’m a sucker for all things ham…..
What a menu!, but, without a doubt, the figs stole my heart! I have a fig tree in my garden, but alas, have to share with all of Sydney’s feathered friends.
Needless to say, i always have to watch someone else (feathered) enjoy them. But did once ate a green one to spite them. Yummy!
the slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans sounds lovely!
Yum!! Too many awesome choices! I would have to say warm sticky date pudding with berries and cream finished with a glass of glühwein. I can’t go past a good sticky date with a glass of sticky.
Has to be the sticky date pudding with berries and cream!
Wow, that all sounds incredible… And I’m definitely making mushroom and sage stuffing this Xmas! I couldn’t go past the turkey – so Christmassy!
Cherry glazed leg ham – an enticing combo of some of my favourite flavours.
It all sounds absolutely delicious but I *LURVE* crackling so it would have to be the “slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans”.
slow roasted crackling pork belly sounds absolutely devine with pudding and brandy custard these are both a favorite of mine.
Sticky date pudding with berries and cream. Yum! I am a sucker for all things sweet.
Steamed maple sponge with brandy anglaise for me. Anything with brandy in it has to be good.
I just love the sound of the slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans.
I love Christmas food. On a cold winter’s day like it is today you can’t beat slow roasted pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans. Yum.
The steamed maple sponge with brandy anglaise,
My trainer will allow me one day.
To be bad and this is it,
Definitely my sugar hit!
Pork Belly!
Definitely can’t go past the turkey. I love it, always makes it feel like Christmas.
Luckily I can come back daily to post as they all sound divine. The slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans though stands out – yum!
I will go with the roast turkey breast for sure as it’s our Brazilian typical Christmas dish. And also, it’s my birthday in July and my best present is always a dinner out enjoying my day doing what I most like to do: eating !!!
Its soooo hard to pick just one, the whole Christmas in July menu sounds absolutely delicious.
My choice will be the slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans.
OMG the steamed maple sponge with brandy anglaise sounds delectable and incredible!!!!
My mum was not the best of cooks and although she would try her best, her Christmas Turkey was always ‘grey’. I have been scarred, however when I saw there is roast turkey, this could heal my scar and my awful memories of grey turkey.
After reading your 4Fourteen blog this morning, all I can think of is pork..so the slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans in my tummy please!! Is it wrong to want crackling at 9am in the morning?!
warm sticky date pudding with berries and cream finished with a glass of glühwein!!
Is there anything else which says ‘luxurious comfort food’ like this does?! yummy!
OHHHHHH YUM! definately slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans
Jingle bells the aroma of TURKEY on the way.
Chrisy PUDD you know you should.
Christmas is not every day.
It all sounds sooooo good but I love everything poultry and I have never tried guinea fowl so Id have to say the – roast guinea fowl with caramelised parsnip puree and pear and mustard chutney! Im salivating just thinking about it!
It would have to be the slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans….YUM!!!
All the desserts sound to-die-for, but I’m actually in a savoury mood and could not go past the ‘roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus’. I couldn’t think of anything more scrummy (yummy + scrumptious), hearty & warming for my palate & soul in this chilly weather.
Being that my better half is English, Christmas in July is always a highlight in our calendar. Perfect weather for a opulent roast dinner with sticky pud.
From the menu I was going to say the oxtail pie with Yorkshire pudding, cause any day when someone will make you Yorkshire pudding is like Christmas to me, but have to say tradition reigns supreme and it would have to be the turkey breast with sage stuffing – all the more tastier in knowing I won’t be doing the washing up after!
Beautiful sounding Christmas food. As an ex-Canadian I do so miss the cold Christmas experience. The roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus sounds delicious.
It all sounds fantastic. I can never resist pork belly!
Warm sticky date pudding with berries and cream today please.
As a sugar addict I would have to say the steamed maple sponge with brandy anglaise however, a good mince pie is hard to beat too. Oh the decisions!
wow, the steamed maple sponge with brandy anglaise, almond biscuit and champagne steeped figs sounds amaaazing!
steamed maple sponge with brandy anglaise, may I also request a blob of cream
This sounds amazing, i have to sat the guinea fowl with parsnip puree. One because i have never had guinea fowl and two because parsnip is a new found love of mine!
I absolutely ADORE Christmas and have been countin down since January. Stud even incorporated Christmas in to our wedding vows lol. I’d have to choose the roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus. Traditional and perfect for a July Christmas. Its like a hug on a plate
Has to be steamed maple sponge with brandy anglaise. Yummo
I love christmas it is my favourite time of the year.. Spending time with family and watching the excitement on my childrens faces when they wake up and see what Santa has given them priceless… Oh and did I mention food… I love preparing food all day with my mum on Christmas Eve… I think nothing beats Turkey at Christmas time and that roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus sounds divine… Bring on Christmas…
The guinea fowl sounds interesting.
mine would have to be the slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans…..yum
Slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans…mmmmmmmmm
Can’t seem to get past the desserts – warm sticky date pudding with berries and cream yum!
Crackling pork belly fit for a queen
A sensation for the taste buds is this cuisine
I love Christmas in July and always try to go to at least two or more of these functions with family and friends, the food is so amazing and good.
Main: cherry glazed leg ham- it sounds delicious!
OH MY GODDDD i am salivating at the thought of the slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans! MMMMM
Seriously, we can only choose ONE dish? What a challenge! I’d love to try them ALL
The Rum n Raisin Bread and Butter Pudding kinda stands out, but oh, I LOVE mince pies and yorkshire puddings… Can I make my own dish from the ones you’ve listed????
The guinea fowl sounds fantastic, but I’m a sucker for sticky date, so it’s going to have to be the warm sticky date pudding with berries and cream!
Anyone have any recommendations for Melbourne based xmas in July?
Oh the turkey!! Christmas just isn’t Christmas without turkey. Looks and sounds amazing with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus. Best festive menu around – what a winner so no chance of getting any thinner!!
The warm sticky date pudding with berries–I love comfort food.
How could I resist the almond biscuit and champagne steeped figs mmmmm.
Oxtail pie AND yorkshire pudding!?! Bring it!
I LOVE Christmas!! And love that we can have christmas in July here for something a bit more traditional. The pick of the dishes for me would be the roasted pork belly and the rum and raisin bread and butter pudding- yum!!
They all sound good, but as for the I-haven’t-had-it-before vibe, I’d have to go with cherry glazed leg ham. It seems simple, but also kind of awesome.
Rum & raisin bread and butter pudding with cinnamon ice‐cream sounds great for dessert.
The sticky date pudding sounds fantastic!
roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus is my pick, I imagine the meat would be infused with the flavours of the earthiness of mushrooms and the cranberry sweetness such a nice combo and so delicate combined with the turkey. YUM.
The slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans sounds fabulous – Christmas twice a year yeah!
The roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus sounds yum! Turkey and cranberry are a classic but a goodie
The slow roasted belly pork sounds delish and I’m hungry just thinking about it.
Crackling pork belly sounds beyond Devine. Lovely post
Rum & raisin bread and butter pudding with cinnamon ice‐cream, I’m sure that will blow the minds of all my guests!
Lorraine – my mouth water’s everytime I come back to your blog – this time rum & raisin bread and butter pudding with cinnamon ice‐cream.
Rum & raisin bread and butter pudding with cinnamon ice‐cream ooh what a dream! All I know my plate would be left completely clean!
The rum & raisin bread and butter pudding with cinnamon ice‐cream sounds to die-for. I cannot believe so much goodness could possibly packed into one dish. I would endeavour to make it myself, but I’m not sure I could do justice to such a delight!
The slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples. How yummy. The meat that melts in the mouth with the contrasted crunchy crackling. A huge treat in our family.
Lastly I would like the cherry glazed leg ham. Which looks divine. Thanks Lorraine for my Christmas in July I couldn’t eat another thing
The slow roasted crackling pork belly with balsamic apples and cannellini beans sounds amazing. I love pork but am not very good at cooking it myself so this would be a real treat. Am happy to see there is a Brisbane venue too.
Roast turkey breast brings back wonderful childhood memories,love Christmas my favourite time of year.
Maple sponge with brandy anglaise sounds divine yummo!
Wow.. all sounds really good but I’d have to say the ox‐tail pie with yorkshire pudding sounds rich and decadent.
I love Christmas when the family comes together and works to make it a special day.
The roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus…mmmmm
Warm Sticky date pudding with berries and cream and then finished off with a glass of gluhwein sounds like the perfect dessert to end a beautiful Christmas in July for a sweet-tooth like me.
roast guinea fowl with caramelised parsnip puree and pear and mustard chutney – I wonder if it would beat my mum’s mustard chutney?!
Lorraine, I think the traditional Christmas pudding with brandy custard will have me singing “deck the halls” in the most delicious way
Roast turkey breast with sage and mushroom stuffing and cranberry jus … can anyone say YUMMMMMMMY!!!!!!!
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