Venison & Dumpling Stew £10.50
"Out shopping with the girls in Dublin, stopped at a local pub and, with a chunk of bread, devoured this sumptuous slow cooked stew. Or was that the waiter?"
House Viennese £9.50
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Vegetarian option available.
"Trying to impress, I ordered this dish to appear a little sophisticated. Imagine how happy I was to discover it consisted of lean beef mixed with onions, made into burgers and served with thick hand-cut chips."
Fish of the Day - Priced Daily
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Served with a choice of potatoes and vegetables of the day.
"I remember the weekend fishing trips with my father. Arriving home at sunset, we would impress my mother with our bountiful catch. Fortunately for us, the fishmonger was always open on Sunday."
Calves Liver & Hock Bacon £11.00
"Whilst out looking for bargains in Greenwich Market, I stopped at the pie and mash shop and ordered my usual of organic calves liver, served with steamed mash and smothered with thick, sticky onion gravy. I could almost hear the echoes of Mr Dickens."
Spaghetti & Meatballs £8.60
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Vegetarian option available.
"Whilst travelling in Rome I asked, 'What is the secret to a good meatball?' Surprisingly, I was told to add grated onions and potatoes. So, when in Rome..."
Honey & Rosemary
Squired Lamb £13.80
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Served with a choice of potatoes and vegetables of the day.
"Having dated 'Rosemary' at college, who had, believe it or not, a sister called 'Honey', I find it hard to think about these prime fillets of marinated lamb sizzling on charcoal!"
Wild Mushroom Risotto £7.80
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Suitable for vegetarians.
"Being a vegetarian often meant I got stuck with some boring and flavourless concoction, but then I discovered this risotto with roasted peppers and goats cheese - it really hits
the spot."
Pizza Pie £7.95
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Vegetarian option available.
"According to my Italian connection, the very first pizzas were pastry pies filled with layers of mixed hams and salamis, mozzarella, tomato sauce and pesto; compact enough for an olive farm worker to eat under a shady tree. True or not, it's delicious."
Beef Wellington £15.80
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Served with a choice of potatoes and vegetables of the day.
"Our very good friends spent a long, leisurely day preparing these prime fillets of beef, topped with duck liver paté and rolled in fine pastry. Accompanied by far too much Barolo, we all spent a long leisurely evening too."
Corn Fed Chicken Salad £12.90
"A little warm goats cheese with smashed walnuts makes a nice reason for this chicken to cross the road."
Rolled Fillets of Sea Bass £13.00
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Served with a choice of potatoes and vegetables of the day.
"My great roasted bass, with cream cheese, spinach and asparagus-tip stuffing, always made me look good at dinner parties. Looking back at the photographs does makes me ponder though."
The House Roast £10.50
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Vegetarian option available.
"When asked what goes well with a good English roast, I always think of a long snooze in front of a blazing hearth and an old black and white movie."
Duck & Sweet Noodle Rosti £10.50
"Medium rare slices of the finest duck, with a sticky plum sauce and simple noodle rosti - just the thing for lounging beside the pool with my very large Manhattan."
Panchetta Wrapped Monkfish £16.80
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Served with a choice of potatoes and vegetables of the day.
"The Chinese believe that cooking a 'wrapped' fish retains it's soul, thus adding to its flavour. I believe that cooking a wrapped fish stops it disintegrating while it bakes!"
Prime Steaks
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Served with a choice of potatoes and vegetables of the day.
Fillet Steak £18.50 Rib Eye Steak £14.00
"Pepper sauce or fried onions? Well done or blue? Burnt or 'just cut off the horns'? You never really know someone until you know how they eat their steak."
Sa Kaeo Curry £10.90
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Vegetarian option available.
"This beautiful blend of coconut, fresh chillies, pressed spices and sticky rice was a pleasant suprise, but the real surprise was having my authentic Thai massage."
Choice of: Corn Fed Chicken, Jumbo Shrimp or the Vegetarian option.
Pollo Loco £13.00
"A prine chicken breast, filled with mozzarella, basil leaves and red pepper, roasted and served on red pesto and ratatouille pasta. Why is this dish called crazy chicken? I think the answer lies with the question; Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"
Buda Roast Belly & Scallops £15.50
"Whilst roasting myself at the Gellert baths in Budapest, it seemed a good idea to ask the fat man sat to my left for a good place to eat. He told me stories of the 19th Century Austrian Empire's famous marinated and slow-roasted pork belly, topped with sweet mash and scallops. He then told me of a little eatery in Pest that actually still cooked
this roast."
