MERCHANTS A LA CARTE Sample Menu February 2009
STARTERS Pheasant terrine, Cumberland sauce, toasted brioche £7.95 Leek and potato soup with smoked haddock and chives £5.50 Salmon ballotine, creamed horseradish, cherry tomato dressing £7.50 Homemade black pudding, poached hen´s egg, tomato and air dried pancetta £7.95 Pan seared scallop and sea bream, butternut squash purée, chorizo and apple £12.50 MAINS Red wine poached brill, fondant potato, shallot purée, red wine and chive sauce £17.25 Roast sirloin, mash, miniature steak pie £22.50 Loin of fallow venison, sweet potato gratin, carrot purée, chocolate and port sauce £22.00 Loch Duart salmon, gnocchi, pak choi, parmentier potato £15.50 Rolled pork belly with crackling, mash, apple, soy roasted bok choi £15.50 DESSERTS Lemon-grass crème brûlée, raspberry sorbet £7.50 Pineapple tart tatin, vanilla ice cream £7.50 Homemade sorbet and ice cream selection £6.25 Dark chocolate fondant, hazelnut ice cream £8.25 Blackberry soufflé, yoghurt sorbet £6.95 Selection of matured artisan cheeses, homemade chutney bread and biscuits £10.95
Please note that this is a sample menu and that from time to time certain dishes or ingredients are restricted due to market availability.