Thursday, 23 August 2007

23rd August dinner

STARTERS
Honey roast Northumbrian swede soup £3 V
Rabbit and Ravensworth grange middle white pork pâté with celeriac coleslaw and pickles £5
Caesar salad of Doddington’s cheese, Northumbrian bacon, pickled anchovies and
free range egg £5.50
Wild River Tyne sea trout gravalax with pickled cucumber and sweet mustard dressing cucumber £6
Smoked eel, Northumbrian bacon, fresh horseradish and creamy mash £6
Devilled Northumbrian lambs kidneys £5
Crispy Fillet of North Sea Brill, tartare sauce and lemon £5.50
MAIN COURSES
Spiced chic pea pasty with marinated Hedley beetroot salad £9 V
Beer battered fish, chunky chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce £10
Dere Street highland cattle silverside in real ale with slow cooked tail and tongue, pickled mushrooms and red Duke of York potatoes £11
North Sea plaice, Ratte heritage potatoes, summer beans and local chive veloute £11
Slow cooked Northumberland pork belly, crushed swede and carrots, high house ale mustard sauce £11
EXTRAS
Buttered ratte heritage potatoes, green salad, chunky chips and garlic mayo, creamy mash, runner beans, home made organic bread and butter all £2 each
DESSERTS
Northumbrian spice biscuit with red fruit compote and local cream -£5 suggested accompaniment Elysium Black Muscat £4.50
Brandied Victoria plum batter pudding £5 suggested accompaniment Poncho Cabalero, spiced brandy liqueur £2.95
Damson sponge with Elderflower custard £5 – a glass of Chateau Poulvere Monbazillac £5
Selection of Wheelbirks ice cream (Jersey cream, orange milk ice and wild cherry ripple) £4
Burnt Northumbrian Cream £5 suggested accompaniment Ambre Rivsaltes Vin Doux £5.50
Local cheese from the board £7- suggested accompaniment -Poças Directors choice Port £2.95
Pumphrey’s teas, ‘Feathers’ blend Daterra single estate coffee and decaffeinated coffee from £1.95
Wide choice of rare malt whiskies, fine Cognac and other digestives available