Food & Drink
Starters
- Watercress soup, crisp Colchester oyster £6
- Evesham asparagus, pea and radish salad, caramelised seeds, blood orange dressing £7.50
- Confit duck and chicken terrine, candied cumquats, toasted sourdough £8
- Roast breast of wood pigeon, liver parfait, redcurrant purée, sherry vinegar jus £11
- Steamed clams, samphire, Jersey Royals and beer battered seaweed £9
- Seared Isle of Man king scallops, smoked potato purée, ruby beets, sautéed cucumber £14.50
- Oysters, red wine shallot vinegar, lemon
- Colchester Rocks
- For six £13.50
- For twelve £25
- For eighteen £36
- Duchy Natives
- For six £14.50
- For twelve £28
- For eighteen £42
Mains
- Asparagus risotto, hazelnuts, salted ricotta, black olive crumble £14
- Scottish salmon fishcake, poached egg, chive butter sauce £15.50
- Pan fried fillet of Cornish John Dory, roast Old Spot pork belly, pickled cabbage, liquorice jus £24
- Roast breast of corn-fed chicken, young leeks, truffled mashed potatoes, wild mushrooms, thyme jus £16
- Braised Yorkshire rabbit, pearl onions, baby carrots and leeks, mustard sauce £18.50
- 8 hour slow cooked Herdwick lamb’s neck, purple sprouting broccoli, smoked aubergine purée, roast shallots, rosemary jus £22
- 45 day aged 500g rare breed rib-eye steak (on the bone), roast bone marrow, béarnaise, hand cut chips £29
Side orders (£3.50)
- Purple sprouting broccoli, chilli and radish
- Chargrilled leeks, vinaigrette
- Jersey Royals, seaweed butter
- Hand cut chips
- French fries
- Mixed leaf and herb salad
Puddings (£6) and Cheeses
- Crème brûlée, poached rhubarb, rhubarb sorbet
- Vanilla mousse, sable biscuit, elderflower jelly
- Valrhona chocolate parfait, passion fruit, Oreo crumb
- ‘The Fun Fair’ sharing plate - Mini toffee apple, chocolate and cinnamon doughnuts, caramel popcorn, ice cream cones £11
- Homemade ice creams: Cocoa nib, roast cardamom, yoghurt and orange £5
- Selection of sorbets: Raspberry, mango, passion fruit £5
- Selection of British and Irish cheeses, oatcakes, fruit and nut bread, chutney
(£9.50 or £18 for two to share)
This month’s cheese selection is:
- Cashel Blue, Ireland (blue, cow’s milk, pasteurised)
- Gubbeen, Ireland (washed rind, semi-soft, cow’s milk, pasteurised)
- Caerphilly Gorwydd, Lampeter, Wales (semi-hard, cow’s milk, unpasteurised)
