April 2021

A la carte

Starters

 Price

Mersea Crab Tartlet

Avocado, preserved lemon, pickled radish and shiso (C, E, G, Mk, Mu, SD)

 £19.25

Pressing of Guineafowl, Goose Liver and Parma Ham

Beetroot, apple and sorrel cress (Mk, SD)

 £17.50

Grilled Fillet of Red Mullet

Blood orange hollandaise and fennel (E, F, Mk, SD)

 £18.25

Smoked French Quail

Leg rillette, Serrano ham bonbon, sweetcorn and fried quails’ egg (E, G, Mk, SD)

£17.00

Lobster Ravioli

Elderflower cucumber, caviar and chive beurre blanc (C, E, F, G, Mk, SD)

 £19.75

English Asparagus (v)

Smoked egg mayonnaise and black garlic (E, G, Mk, Mu, SD)

 £14.50

Poached Pavé of Chalk Stream Trout

Broad bean fricassée, miso jelly, mizuna and cod roe (F, G, Mk, S, SD, Se)

 £14.00

Mains

 Price

If you would like extra vegetables or potatoes then we offer the following sides: £4.25 each
Dauphinoise (Mk, SD), triple cooked chips, French fries, spinach (Mk),
green vegetable fricassee (Mk) or Talbooth salad (Mu, SD)

Fillet of Dedham Vale Beef and Glazed Short Rib

Chestnut mushroom, Boulangère potatoes, shallot rings and watercress (Mk, G, SD)

 £38.00

Creedy Carver Chicken

Miso glazed leg, wild garlic, confit purple potatoes and cep sauce (G, Mk, Mu, S, SD)

 £31.50

Butter Roast Lemon Sole Fillets

Samphire, ‘Nduja sausage and oyster (E, F, G, Mk, Mo)

 £30.75

Roast Devonshire Duck

Poached nectarine, rocket, black pudding and lavender jus (E, G, Mk, SD)

 £34.00

Gruyère Crusted Halibut

Farfalle, tiger prawns, peas and sauce Américaine (C, E, F, G, Mk, SD)

 £31.00

Pancetta wrapped Rabbit Loin

Confit leg, butter roast rack, Spring peas, Jersey Royals and meaux mustard sauce (E, G, Mk, Mu, SD)

 £30.25

Tenderloin, Belly and Glazed Cheek of Dingley Dell Pork

Spring peas, mint infused potatoes and curry velouté (Ce, Mk, Mu, SD)

 £32.75

Desserts

 Price

Glazed Dark Chocolate Delice

Tonka bean crémeux, caramelised popped rice and Baileys ice-cream (E, Mk, N, SD)

 £11.85

Tropical Fruit Shortbread

Passion fruit curd, coconut meringue, confit pineapple and banana ice-cream (E, G, Mk, SD)

£10.95

St Clements Bread and Butter Pudding

Preserved lemon ice-cream and Grand Marnier butterscotch sauce (E, G, Mk, SD)

 £11.00

Rhubarb and Vanilla Parfait

Macerated raspberries and pistachio (E, G, Mk, N, SD)

 £11.85

Blueberry Soufflé

Maple and yoghurt sorbet (E, Mk, SD)

 £11.85

Talbooth Welsh Rarebit

Quince jelly and tahoon cress (Ce, E, G, Mk, SD)

 £10.00

Chef’s Selection Cheese Board

Homemade grape chutney, biscuits, grapes and celery (E, G, L, Mk, N, SD)

 £11.85

Dessert and sweet wine (100ml glass)

 Price

Straw Wine, Chenin Blanc, D.Trafford, Stellenbosch

£25.00

Passito di Noto, DOC, Planeta, Sicilia (1)

£11.50

Elysium, Black Muscat, Andrew Quady, California (2)

£9.00

Chateau Petit Vedrines, Sauternes, France (3)

£12.50

Dessert wine flight

 Price

35ml of each that are stated

£13.80

Coffee

 Price

All of which are served with handmade chocolates...

Paddy & Scott’s coffee

£4.50

Liqueur coffee

£8.50

Deluxe premium hot chocolate

£4.50

ALLERGENS KEY
[C] Crustaceans, [Ce] Celery, [E] Eggs, [F] Fish, [G] Cereals Containing Gluten, [L] Lupin, [Mk] Milk, [Mo] Molluscs, [Mu] Mustard, [N] Nuts, [P] Peanuts, [S] Soya, [SD] Sulphur Dioxide and [Se] Sesame seeds
Notification of a food allergy will mean your dishes will be served with a small MH&R . If not please check with one of our team members before starting your meal. Our suppliers and kitchen handle numerous ingredients and allergens. Whilst we have controls in place to reduce contamination, unfortunately it is not possible for us to guarantee that any dishes we prepare for customers with special dietary requirements will be 100% allergen or contamination free.

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