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Date change: November 2009
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
Salad of shaved pear, radiccio, honey roasted walnuts & gorgonzola £6.90
Hot smoked eel, ras el hanout, radish & apple £7.50
Jerusalem artichoke soup, black truffle £5.90
Chicken, leek, field mushroom & smoked pork terrine with toast £6.60
Braised hare, pappardelle, wild mushrooms & cep purée £8.90/ £13.50
Char-grilled quail, fig, rocket & truffle vinaigrette £7.90
Seared Scallops, star anise, fennel, chicory & blood orange £8.60
Seared pigeon breast, black pudding, parsley salad £7.90
Red wine braised bacon, garlic roasted snails, cep purée & celeriac £8.00
Smoked haddock & brown shrimp fish pie £10.50
Salt roast beetroot risotto, marscapone, orange caramel & wood sorel £9.90
Rare grilled Welsh black onglet, hand cut chips & béarnaise £14.50
Braised Herdwick lamb breast, Janssen’s temptation, broccoli purée £11.90
Line caught fillet of sea bass, fricassée of clams, mussels & salsify £15.90
Brecon Beacon Venison, cottage pie, roast haunch, mini venison burger, celeriac chips & beetroot £15.90
Old spot pork cheek, puy lentils, roast turnip, star anise & crackling £13.90
Three bird cassoulet, - duck, pheasant, pigeon £14.00
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
Panettone bread & butter pudding, ginger ice cream £5.00
Cheese board, quince paste & lavosh £6.90
An optional 12.5% service will be added to your bill
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