5th June Thursday dinner

Northumbria dining pub of the year 2008
Dinner Thursday 5th June

Starters
North Sea fish soup with rouille and croutons £5
Pink beetroot soup £3 V
English asparagus and creamed field mushrooms on toast with a poached free range egg £6 V
Devilled lambs kidneys on toast £5.50
Rhian’s homemade black pudding, poached free range and a devilled gravy £5.50
Corn fed chicken liver parfait, toast and pickles £5
Herring fillets in oatmeal with Northumbrian bacon £5
Local duck egg, fairy ring mushroom and wild asparagus omelette £5
or as main with chunky chips and salad £9 V
MAIN COURSES
Dere street highland cattle beef in red wine with chorizo and chilli,
Creamy mash and spring vegetables £11
North Shields wild Halibut fillet, English asparagus hollandaise, heritage royal kidney potatoes £14
Beer battered North Sea fish with chunky chips, mushy peas and tartar sauce £10
Peppered Sirloin or fillet of 28 day aged Haydon Bridge beef, chunky chips,
garden leaf salad £16/19
Local roe deer pie with braised red cabbage and creamy Yukon gold mashed potato £9
Local wild sea trout, crushed epicure potatoes, spinach and peas, samphire, white wine sauce £14
Laura Thearle’s soft goat’s cheese and Swiss chard tart with heritage new potatoes
and garden leaf salad £10V
Roast corn fed quail with potato pancakes, wild asparagus, fairy ring
mushrooms and tarragon sauce £12
Extras
Homemade organic bread and butter, garden leaf salad, creamy mashed potato, spring vegetables,
chips and aioli, heritage potatoes all £2.50. English asparagus £3
DESSERTS
English summer fruit compote, meringue and cream £5 – a glass of Monbazilliac £3.50
Sherry trifle with local cream, rhubarb and cherry jelly £5- a glass of Ollorosso sherry £2.50
Burnt Northumbrian Cream £5 - a glass of Elysium Black Muscat £4.50
Poached pear and almond tart £5 - a glass of Pedro Ximenez £4
Local cheeses from the board with biscuits and homemade bread £7 - a glass of C &B port £3
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