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Classics
Soup of the Day £3.95
With crusty baguette & butter
Lemon & Chilli Crab Cakes £5.25
Home-made crab cakes with lemon, chilli & coriander, served with tarragon mayonnaise
Sandwiches
Organic White Baguette, Organic Brown Baguette or Sour Dough Bun
All sandwiches served with mixed salad & coleslaw
Free-Range Egg, Watercress & Mayonnaise (v) £4.95
Pork & Pride Sausages with Fried Red Onions £5.95
Tuna, Celery & Red Peppers £5.75
Roast Chicken, Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Spinach £6.25
Add Chips for £1.50 or bowl of Soup for £2.50
Cheese Ploughman's (v) £8.50
Mature farmhouse Cheddar & Shropshire Blue served with celery sticks, pickled gherkin & onion, white grapes, crusty baguette, chunks of Cox apple & Fuller's E.S.B. chutney
Bangers & Mash £8.95
Pork & Pride or vegetarian sausages on a mound of mashed potatoes, served with red wine gravy & red onion marmalade
Roasted Beetroot, Artichoke & Tomato Salad (v) £8.75
Artichoke hearts, balsamic roasted beetroot, cherry tomatoes, red onions & green leaves with sweet onion dressing, topped with shaved Parmesan
Pan-Fried Gilt Head Bream Fillet £9.95
Served with minted pea, rocket, French & broad bean salad, buttered new potatoes & zesty lemon dressing
Steak Burger with Bacon & Applewood Smoked Cheddar £9.50
8oz minced steak burger, served in a sour dough bun with applewood smoked Cheddar, hot crispy bacon & spicy tomato relish. Served with chips & mixed salad.
‘Discovery' Battered Fish ‘n' Chips £9.50
Haddock fillet in a crispy Fuller's 'Discovery' beer batter, served with chips, garden peas & chunky tartare sauce.
Our Speciality Pies
Our pies are individually oven-baked in a short crust pastry base topped with puff pastry.
All pies come with your choice of chips, creamy mash or new potatoes,
served with a seasonal vegetable selection
The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie £8.95
The original traditional Dickinson & Morris Pie, served cold with chips, a mixed dressed salad & creamy coleslaw.
Lamb, Mint & Apricot £9.20
Shoulder of lamb slowly braised with mint & sweet apricots, then finished with béchamel sauce
Traditional Fish Pie £9.50
Smoked haddock, poached salmon & North Atlantic prawns with parsley & wholegrain mustard in a creamy white wine sauce. This pie is served in an oven dish & topped with Cheddar mashed potatoes.
Steak & Fuller's E.S.B. £9.20
Tender chunks of steak & button mushrooms, slowly cooked in a Fuller's Extra Special Bitter gravy
Stilton, Mushroom & Broccoli (v) £8.50
Wild & field mushrooms with tender stems of broccoli bound in a creamy Stilton sauce
Chicken, Ham & Spinach £8.90
Diced chicken breast with honey-baked ham & leaf spinach cooked in a Dijon mustard béchamel sauce
Summer Quiches
Our quiches are individually oven-baked in a short crust pastry base & can be served warm or chilled
All quiches come with chips or new potatoes & a mixed salad
Covent Garden Quiche (v) £7.95
Yellow courgettes, green & red peppers, garlic, onion & summer herbs
Shropshire Blue, Watercress & Bacon Quiche £8.50
Tangy Shropshire Blue, smoked back bacon & peppery watercress
Smoked Salmon & Chive Quiche £8.90
Scottish smoked salmon with fresh chives