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A La Carte Menu

Available every day


Appetisers

A selection of homemade bread, plain butter 'v' £2.75

Marinated Greek olives 'v' £2.95



Starter

Tomato and basil soup with freshly baked granary bread 'v' £4.95

Duck liver and orange pate with a red onion marmalade and melba toast £5.95

Seasonal soup of the day, freshly baked granary bread 'v' £4.95

Plum tomato and buffalo mozzarella salad with pesto dressed leaves 'v' 'gf' £5.25

Pan-fried scallops served with black pudding, cauliflower puree and apple jelly 'gf' £8.95

Smoked salmon served with a cucumber pickle and granary bread £5.95

Thai fish cake served with a rice noodle salad and sweet chilli dressing £5.95

Goats cheese, walnut and honey crostini with dressed rocket 'v' £5.95

Carpaccio of beef fillet served with rocket, Parmesan and truffle oil 'gf' £7.95

Scottish mussels cooked in a Thai broth with lemon grass, chilli, corriander and ginger £6.95



Mersea Oysters

Mersea rock oysters £4.50(3)/£9(6)/£18(12)



Main Course

Roast rib of British beef with all the trimmings available every Sunday lunch

Chicken breast stuffed with brie, wrapped in Parma ham with sauté potato and rocket 'gf' £13.95

Monkfish served with saffron mash, creamed leeks and Pernod sauce 'gf' £17.95

Aubergine charlotte served with sauté potatoes, baby spinach and a tomato sauce 'v' 'gf' £11.95

Braised lamb shank, served with spring onion mash, fine beans and a red wine jus 'gf' £13.95

Gressingham Duck breast with potato dauphinoise, parsnip puree and blackcurrant jelly 'gf' £16.95

Fillet of beef served with smoked garlic mash, roasted root vegetables and foie gras 'gf' £19.95

Fillet of sea bass with crushed new potatoes, artichoke puree and lime jelly 'gf' £14.95

Butternut squash and chilli risotto with basil dressed rocket and Parmesan 'v' 'gf' £11.95



Side orders

Selection of seasonal vegetables £2.50

Garlic bread £2.50

Handcut chips £2.50

Buttered new potatoes £2.50

House salad £2.50

Battered onion rings £2.50

Buttered spinach £2.50



Desserts

Lemon tart with a raspberry sorbet £5.50

Baileys crème brulée with shortbread biscuit 'gf' £5.50

Chocolate brownie with chocolate sauce and coconut ice cream £5.50

Selection of home made sorbet and ice cream, served in a tuille basket £5.50

Poached Pear tart tatin with basil ice cream £5.50

Cheese Board (served with celery, grapes, port jelly and apple) £5.95 for 2 cheese/£6.95 for 3 cheese/£7.95 for 4 cheese

Fruit berry parfait served with a chilled brandy sauce £5.50

Vanilla panna cotta with stewed pineapple scented with chilli 'gf' £5.50

Blackcurrant cheesecake with a berry compote £5.50

Sticky toffee pudding with a toffee sauce and vanilla ice cream £5.50



Tea and Coffee

Espresso £1.80


Double Espresso £2.35


Cappucino £2.35


Cafe Latte £2.35


Liqueur Coffee £5.00


Cafetierre of Coffee (large/medium/small) £5.50/£4.20/£2.80


Hot chocolate £2.00


Selection of Teas available from £1.85