Dining Menu

STARTERS and LIGHTER DISHES

HOMEMADE SOUP OF THE DAY
£4.50
see Today’s Restaurant Specials at the back of the menu

HOME MADE BRANDIED CHICKEN LIVER PATE
£5.75
with granary toast and home made Plum chutney

DOUBLE PEAR PLATTER
£6.25
Avocado and Conference, served with a Ledbury Blue cheese and Poppy seed dressing

HOME MADE CRAB CAKES
£6.75
made with white crab claw meat, with a cucumber salad and sweet chilli dipping sauce

MARCHES TAPAS PLATTER
£7.95 for one
£13.95 for two or more to share
Choice for carnivores or vegetarians

Trealy Farm charcuterie and sautéed chorizo, Marinated sardine fillets with herbs Severn & Wye Valley Smokery fillets of Smoked trout or Char grilled peppers stuffed with Dorstone mozzarella Garlic mushrooms, Spinach and Hereford Hop cheese frittata, and marinated Olives

“PROPER” PRAWN AND CRAB COCKTAIL
£7.25
made with dressed crab, prawns, crayfish tails and home made Marie Rose sauce, served on a leaf salad

SPICED BEEF SALAD
Starter £6.95
Snackette £10.95
Pan-fried strips of Hereford fillet steak with a lemongrass, Garlic, and chilli dressing, served on an avocado and leaf salad with toasted sesame seeds

LOCAL SMOKED SALMON AND FRESH MANGO SALAD
£7.50
from the Severn & Wye Valley Smokery   with Rocket and a Soy, Lime and Fresh Ginger dressing
or Just smoked salmon simply served with lemon and cracked black pepper

Main Courses

ALL DISHES ARE SERVED WITH A PLATTER OF SEASONAL MARKET VEGETABLES OR DRESSED SALAD, AND POTATOES OF THE DAY OR CHIPS, INCLUDED IN THE PRICE

FRESH SPINACH, COBREY FARM ASPARAGUS AND CAWS CENARTH PONT GAR WELSH BRIE TORTE
£12.95
with a roasted tomato and basil sauce

FRESH FISH CATCH OF THE DAY
- see our specials menu for details and cost -

GRILLED FILLETS OF SEA BASS
£16.75
with spinach, prawn, saffron and crayfish tail cream

BREAST OF GRESSINGAM DUCK
£16.50
with a Pea and Smoked bacon confit and Jo Hilditch’s Herefordshire Cassis jus

PAN-FRIED FILLET OF MARCHES VENISON
£15.95
Vin Sullivans Tournedos of Red Deer, cooked to order, with our own Picked pears, parsnip crisps and a Pulling’s Sloe Gin Sauce

TENDERLOIN OF PONTRILAS PORK
£15.95
Escalope of Douglas Willis’s Welsh Pork,  pan fried and served with fresh Cobrey Farm Asparagus and a Mushroom and Weston’s dry cider cream

RACK OF USK SPRING LAMB
£16.95
from Douglas Willis of Cwmbran, cooked to order, served with a Celeriac and Rosemary puree and Claret gravy

HEREFORD FILLET OF BEEF…THE BEST
£19.95
R E Williams and Sons Herefordshire beef,  sourced from local farmers, grilled to order, with a choice of sauces; spicy green peppercorn, red wine gravy, Perl Las Blue Cheese sauce or garlic mushroom butter

Puddings

PUDDINGS £5.75

WARM DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BROWNIES
WITH SEPTEMBER DAIRY’S ORGANIC CAFÉ LATTE ICE CREAM

OUR FAMOUS BRIOCHE BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING
WITH CARAMELISED GLEWSTONE APPLES  SERVED WITH COTSWOLD CLOTTED CREAM

DORSTONE CLOTTED CREAM AND TREBERVA RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

HOMEMADE CRÈME BRÛLÉE
WITH HOME MADE ALMOND SHORTBREAD

WILLOWBANK FARM STRAWBERRY ETON MESS

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LOCAL, WELSH AND OTHER ARTISAN CHEESES
£7.50
WITH CELERY AND BISCUITS…
NORMALLY A CHOICE OF AT LEAST FIVE SUPERB CHEESES, SOME ORGANIC

ICE CREAM
£4.50
We have some very special organic ice creams from the September Organic Dairy in Weobley – Blackberry and Apple, Vanilla Naturally, Butterscotch Crunch, Café Latte or Choc a Lot

PUDDING WINE AND PORT

Muscat de Beaune de Venise, Bouquet des Dentelles
By the glass, 17.5cl £6.95; small, aprox 10cl, £3.95:  Bottle £29.00
Chateau Le Fage 2003,Monbazillac; Half Bottle £17.00
Tanners Sichel, 2002 Sauternes; 50 cl Bottle £24.00

Taylor’s Late Bottled Vintage Port 2002, £3.00 a glass
Dow’s 1985 Vintage Port, £7.25 a glass

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Coffee or Tea or Herbal and Fruit Infusions £2.20