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Soup of the Day With crusty baguette & butter
£4.25
Walnut Crusted Goat’s Cheese (v)
Warm goat’s cheese in a walnut crust on mixed garden leaves, citrus fruit & sweet orange dressing
£5.25
Sandwiches
In your choice of white, granary farmhouse bread or organic white baguette
Sandwiches are served with a mixed salad
All at £6.25
Crab, Cucumber, Mayonnaise & Baby Spinach
Home-Cooked Ham, Tomato & Piccalilli
Pork & Pride Sausages with Onion Marmalade
Honeyed Chicken, Bacon & Wholegrain Mustard
Grilled Vegetables, Cottage Cheese & Chives (v)
Add Chips for £1.50 or a Bowl of Soup for £2.50
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Gilt Head Bream Fillet
Pan-fried Gilt Head bream fillet on braised fennel in a cockle, white wine, garlic & parsley liquor £9.95
Steak Burger with Bacon & Smoked Cheddar
8oz minced steak burger in a sour dough bun, smoked Cheddar, crispy bacon & spicy tomato relish, chips & mixed salad £9.75
Vegetable Filo Parcel (v)
Crisp filo pastry filled with buttered leeks, carrots, onion, Savoy cabbage & celery, served with a pearl barley, parsley & mint salad & red pepper dressing £8.50
‘Discovery’ Battered Fish ‘n’ Chips
Hake fillet in a crispy Fuller’s ’Discovery’ beer batter, chips, garden peas & chunky tartare sauce £9.75
Chicken Liver Salad
Pan-fried chicken livers on mixed garden leaves, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions & yellow peppers with balsamic dressing £8.95
Bangers & Mash +(v)
Pork & Pride or vegetarian sausages on a mound of mashed potatoes, with red wine gravy & vegetable crisps £8.95
Our Speciality Pies
Our home-made pies are individually oven-baked in our kitchen
& come with seasonal vegetables & your choice of chips, creamy mash or buttered new potatoes.
All at £9.75
The Butchers Hook & Cleaver House Pie
Tender pork loin gently cooked with Fuller’s Organic Honeydew, sage & caramelised pears
Traditional Fisherman’s Pie
Sustainably sourced salmon, pollack & smoked hake with prawns & boiled egg in white wine, lemon & parsley cream sauce, served in an oven dish, topped with Cheddar mash
Steak & Ale (Fuller’s E.S.B.)
Tender chunks of steak, onion & button mushrooms slowly cooked in a Fuller’s Extra Special Bitter gravy
Sweet Potato & Goat’s Cheese (v)
Roasted sweet potatoes, spinach & leeks bound in a creamy goat’s cheese & tarragon sauce
Chicken & Asparagus
Diced chicken breast & thigh with onion & asparagus in white wine parsley cream sauce
Lamb, Shallot & Mint
Slowly braised chunks of diced leg of lamb & shallots in a rich mint gravy
Summer Classics
Ploughman’s +(v)
Mature Cheddar or home-cooked ham, organic white baguette, Braeburn apple, tomato, pickled gherkin & onion, celery, Branston & piccalilli £8.95
Stilton & Spinach Quiche (v)
Served warm or chilled, with your choice of chips or new potatoes & a mixed salad £8.75
Picnic Plate~
Melton Mowbray pork pie & a Scotch egg, chips, gherkin, a mixed salad & Branston pickle
£9.25
Evening Sharing Plates & Snacks
Available from 5pm until 9.30pm
Monday to Sunday
All ideal for two people to share
Pie Tasting Plate
Mini steak & ale, lamb, shallot & mint, chicken & asparagus, sweet potato & goat’s cheese & our house pie, served with mashed potatoes, peas & gravy £16.00
House Plate
Mini fish cakes, breaded plaice goujons, calamari rings, smoked salmon & cream cheese on crostini, skewered lemon, chilli & coriander marinated king prawns, potato salad, tartare sauce, sweet chilli sauce & a selection of bread £16.00
Onion Rings (v)
Beer- battered whole onion rings £3.00
Chicken & Chorizo Skewers
Spicy tomato salsa £6.95
Bread & Olives (v)
A selection of breads with mixed marinated olives £3.50
Nachos (v)
Tortilla chips topped with melted cheese, jalapenos, guacamole, home-made spicy tomato salsa & sour cream £6.95
Basket of Whitebait
Tartare sauce, lemon & baguette £6.75
Spicy Potato Wedges (v)
With sour cream £3.25
Melton Mowbray Pork Pie
Pickled gherkin £5.75
Box Baked Camembert (v)
Cranberry sauce & crusty baguette £7.25
Lemon & Chilli Crab Cakes
Sweet chilli dipping sauce £6.95
All dishes are freshly prepared in kitchens where nuts & nut products are present.
We work closely with suppliers on our produce to ensure the best quality.
Desserts
All at £4.25
Bread & Butter Pudding
British classic made with currant, served with custard, cream or ice cream
Butchers Hook & Cleaver Apple Pie
With custard, cream or ice cream
Trio of Ice Cream
A scoop each of white chocolate, strawberry & hazelnut ice cream
Cheese & Biscuits
Somerset Brie, mature Cheddar & Stilton with Fuller’s E.S.B. chutney
Sides
Chips £2.95
Seasonal Vegetables £2.75
Garlic Bread £2.75
Mixed Salad £2.95
Organic White Baguette & Butter £1.75
Tea & Coffee
Selection of Traditional English & Herbal Teas £1.75
Espresso £1.95
Black Coffee £1.95
Café Latte £2.25
Cappuccino £2.25
Double Espresso £2.35