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Date change: May 2010

Colchester natives #4 £1.95 (each) Mersea Island rock £1.20 - natural, shallot vinegar - avocado, soy & cracked pepper - grilled w/ garlic & herb butter - tempura & pickled cucumber - Kilpatrick - lime & chilli granita - bloody mary ½ shot £3.00 Welsh rarebit £4.90 Globe artichoke, house dressing £5.00 Salad of shaved pear, radiccio, honey roasted walnuts & gorgonzola £6.90 Hot smoked eel, ras el hanout, radish & apple £7.50 Jerusalem artichoke soup & parmesan soup £5.90 Lamb sweet breads, braised lettuce hearts, peas & summer truffle £7.00 Asparagus in hot butter, Palourde clams & ramsons £7.50 Pheasant & smoked pork terrine with golden raisin chutney £7.20 Char-grilled quail, broad beans & mint £7.90 Seared Scallops, star anise, fennel, samphire & blood orange £8.60 English asparagus, chopped duck egg, celery salt & pea shoots £7.00

Salt roast beetroot risotto, marscapone, orange caramel & wood sorel £9.90 Rare grilled Welsh black onglet, hand cut chips & béarnaise £14.50 Herdwick spring lamb, short saddle, breast & sweet breads, jersey royals £16.90 Tagliolini with clams, squid, crab meat, chilli, parsley & garlic £13.90 Wood fired poussin, lentils du pays, wild mushrooms & celeriac puree £11.90 Whole or half grilled native Lobster, garlic butter, fries & salad £14.90/ £28.00 Brecon Beacon Venison, cottage pie, roast haunch, mini venison burger, celeriac chips & beetroot £15.90 Grilled lemon sole, roast fennel & brown shrimps £14.90 Confit belly of Old Spot, carrot and star anise puree, apple, black pudding £13.50

New potatoes £3.90 Hand cut chips £3.50 Mixed leaf salad £3.00 Sprouting broccoli £3.50

Cardamon affogato, cantucci £3.90 Sticky toffee pudding & spun sugar £4.50 Blood orange sorbet with rhubarb juice £3.90 Glazed conference pear, almond butter & goats’ cheese ice cream £5.00 Cox apple tart fine, butterscotch sauce & cinnamon £5.00 (12 mins) Black truffle & honey parfait with black pepper £6.00 Hot chocolate fondant, honeycomb & salted macadamia ice cream £6.00 (10mins) Sweet sherry trifle, jam doughnuts, toasted hazelnuts £5.90 White chocolate soufflé, maple syrup & lemon thyme £5.00 (17mins) Cheese board, quince paste & lavosh £6.90

An optional 12.5% service will be added to your bill
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