THIS MENU WAS UPDATED ON 6TH MAY 2008

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
Hake fillet in a crispy Fuller's 'Discovery' beer batter, served with chips, garden peas & chunky tartare sauce.

All dishes are freshly prepared in kitchens where nuts & nut products are present.

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 ‘Shooting Star' Pie £9.25
Pork loin gently cooked together with English apples & rosemary in a creamy béchamel sauce

The ‘Shooting Star' Pie £9.25
Pork loin gently cooked together with English apples & rosemary in a creamy béchamel sauce

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

Desserts

Cherry Bakewell Pudding £3.95
Morello cherries & raspberry jam with an almond sponge, served with cream or ice cream

Treacle Sponge Pudding £3.95
Moist treacle sponge pudding topped with custard, cream or ice cream

Bramley Apple & Cinnamon Crumble £3.95
Individual-baked Bramley apple & cinnamon crumble with custard, cream or ice cream

Honey Pot Ice Cream £3.95
Individual vanilla ice cream pot topped with honey, toffee & pecan nuts

Sides

Lumberjack Chips £2.75

Coleslaw £1.75

Seasonal Vegetables £2.25

Garlic bread £2.50

Mixed Salad £2.75

Crusty Baguette & Butter £1.25

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

We take table reservations for lunch & bookings for areas of the pub or use of the function room. A buffet menu is available.

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Evening Sharing Plates & Snacks

Available from 5pm until 9pm Monday to Friday

All ideal for two people to share

Pie Tasting Plate £16.00
Mini steak & Fuller's E.S.B, chicken, ham & spinach, Stilton, mushroom & broccoli, lamb, mint & apricot & our house pie, served with mashed potatoes, peas & gravy

Meat Plate £15.00
Fuller's pork & Pride sausages, BBQ chicken skewers, mini Melton Mowbray pork pies, devils on horseback, minted lamb chops, chilli beef potato skins, sour cream & a selection of pickles & Fuller's chutneys

Vegetarian Plate (v) £14.00
Wild mushroom & thyme pâte , basil marinated tomato & mozzarella skewers, Welsh rarebit potato skins, mixed olives, sun-dried tomato hummus, dipping vegetables, guacamole & a selection of breads

Shooting Star Plate £12.00
Sausage rolls, savoury eggs, southern fried chicken strips, cheese & pineapple on sticks & bread sticks with hummus

Onion Rings (v) £3.00

Bread & Olives (v) £3.50
A selection of breads served with mixed marinated olives

Spicy Potato Wedges (v) £3.00
Served with sour cream

Nachos (v) £6.50
Tortilla chips served with melted mixed cheese, jalapenos, guacamole home-made spicy chilli & lime salsa & sour cream

Basket of Scampi £6.75
Breaded whole-tail scampi served with bread, lemon & tartare sauce

Chilli Beef Nachos £7.50
Tortilla chips served with spicy chilli beef & melted mixed cheese, jalapenos, guacamole home-made spicy chilli & lime salsa & sour cream