menu

monday 12th May 2008

dishes in red will come on after dishes in green

carrot & cumin soup  4.-

goat’s cheese crottin, crispy bacon & fried potato salad  6.-

braised pork meatballs, slow cooked tomato sauce, soft polenta  6.-
griddled asparagus, prosciutto di parma, shallot dressing   6.50
warm salad of crispy pig’s cheek, black pudding & poached egg  6.-
homemade pork pie, coleslaw & june’s piccalilli  6.-

mackerel & leek fishcakes, salsa verde mayonnaise & watercress  6.-
breaded fillet of john dory, salsa verde mayonnaise & watercress  6.-

tomato, parmesan & rocket tart tatin  5.50 / 10.-

grilled whole dover sole, tarragon butter sauce  18.50
butterflied monkfish stuffed with lemon leaves, chilli & prosciutto, tomato dressing  14.50

roasted fillet of wild sea bass, wild garlic, local asparagus, café de paris butter    13.50

griddled red devon sirloin steak, garlic & parsley butter  16.-
griddled hereford sirloin steak, garlic & parsley butter  16.-
griddled dexter sirloin steak, garlic & parsley butter  16.50

pan roast free range chicken breast, butter braised leeks, bacon pangratatto  13.50
confit chicken leg, creamed polenta, chorizo & thyme  11.-

grilled pork cutlet, puy lentils with chorizo, thyme & onions  12.-
slow cooked ‘old farm’ pork shoulder, braised borlotti beans with oregano & fennel   12.50

‘old farm’ lamb moussaka  12.50

sides:
freshly baked bread 1.00     a dish of olives 2.00
new potatoes 1.50                homemade chips 2.50
mixed leaf salad 1.75           dauphinoise potatoes 2.50


puds:
vanilla pannacotta, rhubarb & ginger jelly  5.-

river café’s chocolate nemesis   5.50
chocolate, banana & mascarpone cheesecake  5.-

apple & rhubarb flapjack crumble  5.-

british cheeses, mixed leaves  5.50

organic:  ice cream – vanilla or cornish fudge   4.50

                 sorbet – raspberry

lemon & almond tart, mascarpone cream  5.-

mrs g's toffee meringue  6.-