There’s no doubt you want to spoil your mom this Mother’s Day and with Sunday, May 14^th fast approaching, you may be starting to stress about what to do for her. Here’s a thought; why not give your mother a break from the kitchen by treating her to a royal lunch on her special day?

Start off with a tomato and mozzarella salad, coleslaw salad with crispy bacon bits, Greek salad station or bread rolls. Then from the carvery you can enjoy a roasted leg of lamb with garlic gravy and mint sauce, or sage and onion stuffed grilled chicken. Mains include ginger & lemon crusted fish bake on baby marrows, beef and vegetable stir fry with noodles, selection of seasonal vegetables in herb butter and glazed carrots, garlic & parsley roasted potatoes and basmati rice. From the dessert menu you can indulge on ice cream with chocolate sauce, a chocolate and Amarula mousse, fruit salad with custard or a traditional malva pudding.

The best part is that you won’t have to prepare anything, but can sit back and enjoy the lunch with your mom, catching up and having a laugh.

Nothing says “I love you mom” like spoiling her to these tasty options in an elegant and sophisticated atmosphere that is Thyme@Royal Palm.

The special Mother’s day lunch is from 12 noon to 3pm and the cost is just R320 per person. To book, email info@royal-palm.co.za or call 031 581 8000. T&C’s apply.

The Royal Palm Hotel, located on Palm Blvd, New Town Centre in Umhlanga Ridge, is delighted to announce the launch of their new menu. The hotel was relaunched in early 2018 where all of the hotel’s 94 rooms were revamped adding much colour, energy saving lights and air conditioning systems and now has an equally tantalising choice of meals to choose from, for the hotel guest as well as for non-guests and locals.

The menu for lunch features ever popular salads that of Greek salad, smoked chicken or try their famous blue cheese and fig salad. You can enjoy one of their gourmet toasties of bacon, cheese and egg, chicken mayonnaise or cheese and tomato served with French fries or side salad.

Light meal options are all served with French fries or side salad and choices include that of beef salsa wrap; grilled beef fillet, grilled chicken fillet or Cajun chicken in a whole-wheat tortilla.

Gourmet baskets include tender pork ribs, crumbed chicken strips, crumbed mushrooms or tempura hake goujons. You have to try Royal Palms spicy chicken livers simmered in their world famous house made creamy peri-peri sauce or munch on some Buffalo wings served with a choice of sweet and sour or blue cheese dipping sauce.

For the main course, there is English beer battered fish & chips, beef rump, traditional Durban mutton curry bunny or grilled quarter chicken.

For the true sweetie lover, there is ice cream & chocolate sauce, chocolate brownie, decadent dark chocolate brownie served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream OR fresh cream, home-made waffle and seasonal fruit salad served with vanilla ice cream, toasted almonds and mixed berry coulis.

The new dinner menu features starters of salads, spicy chicken livers and Buffalo wings.

Mains are extensive with lots to choose from; chili and prawn linguini, grilled queen prawns, linefish of the day, grilled half chicken, mutton curry, chicken and mushroom alfredo or mushroom alfredo and Asian vegetable stir-fry, as a vegetarian options.

From the grill, there is lamb loin chop, beef rump, beef sirloin or fillet served with a choice of sauces; mushroom, peri peri, creamy cheese, pepper or monkey gland.

You also have the option of ordering dinner for two from the grill, either a grilled T bone or whole roast chicken served with two side dishes being chips, potato wedges, salad or sautéed vegetables.

After a lip smacking dinner, dessert includes cake of the day, crème brule, ice cream and chocolate sauce or seasonal fruit salad.

So make a booking and enjoy a lunch or dinner with your besties, significant other or the whole family.