Dress Code: Upscale Casual
Wheelchair Accessible:
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Set lunch
Starters
Slow-braised smoked pork belly
with Cumberland sauce and watercress salad
Grilled sardines
with marinated tomatoes and black olive dressing
Salad of baked English beetroot
with rocket, aged feta and pine nuts
Main courses
Warm salad of artichoke, green beans, confit tomato, olives and buffalo moz
Pan fried fillet of gilthead bream
with crushed charlotte potato, crab and basil
Roasted breast of guinea fowl
with pancetta, Swiss chard, braised Castelluccio lentils and wild garlic
Desserts
Tia Maria crème brûlée
with chocolate ice cream
Creamed rice pudding
with rum soaked prunes
Vanilla and gingerbread cheesecake
with wild berry compote
A la carte
Starters
White onion soup
with roasted shallots and rosemary croutons
Fried West Mersea oysters
with fennel and lemon
Potted salt beef brisket
with grain mustard, pickled cucumber and buckwheat flour crackers
Ceviche of Scottish organic salmon
with chilli, lime, coriander and grapefruit
Glazed pea and leek tart
with soft boiled quails’ egg and herb salad
Carpaccio of Lancashire duck breast
with toasted walnuts, beetroot and aged sherry vinegar dressing
Baked queenie scallops
with sea urchin butter, bittercress and apple
Smoked salmon and Sevruga caviar croque-monsieur
with a walnut salad
Tagliolini of crab, chilli, wild garlic and parsley
Roasted tomato and shallot tatin
with coriander cress
Pan fried duck foie gras
with spiced quince and pickled ginger
Main courses
Ravioli of Italian squash
with caramelised hazelnuts and parmesan, goat's curd and soft herbs
Steamed fillet of wild sea bass
with cockles, mussels, leeks and chorizo
Seared loin of yellow fin tuna
with fennel, red onion, quail's egg and black pepper sauce
Pan fried fillets of John Dory
with morels, wild garlic, sea purslane and crushed Charlotte potatoes
Risotto Jerusalem artichoke and Dorset blue lobster
Roasted loin of suckling pig
with garlic roasted potatoes and grain mustard sauce
Grilled and poached breast of Goosnargh chicken
with lemon thyme broth and sea kale
Red wine braised shoulder of Dedham Vale beef
with mashed potato, roasted carrots and baby spinach
Veal and foie gras burger
Grilled Black Angus rib-eye chop
with beef marrowbone and port wine braised shallots
Sides
Roasted new potatoes, garlic butter and shallots
Mashed potatoes
Green beans, walnuts and lemon
Mixed endive and baby leaf salad
Vegetarian Options
White onion soup
with roasted shallots, rosemary croutons
Warm roasted wild mushroom salad
with curly endive and quail’s egg
Roasted tomato and shallot Tatin
with coriander cress
Ravioli of squash
with caramelised hazelnuts, parmesan, goat’s curd and soft herbs
Jerusalem artichoke risotto
Braised Castellucio lentils, Swiss chard leaves and roasted root vegetables
Desserts
Banana sticky toffee pudding
with coconut sorbet
Warm sugared doughnuts
with malted milk cappuccino
Carpaccio of pineapple and roasted mango
with Campari and blood orange sorbet
Vanilla panna cotta
with pick Champagne rhubarb and shortbread
Bakewell tart
with Seville orange marmalade and clotted cream
Warm chocolate fondant, salt caramel, iced almond milk
Valrhona hot chocolate fondue, marshmallows, biscotti and bananas
Home-made ice cream cones
Selection of British cheeses
Taste of Boxwood menu
Taste of Boxwood menu
White onion soup
with roasted shallots and rosemary croutons | Langlois Château, Saumur Blanc ‘Vieilles Vignes’ 2003
Carpaccio of Lancashire duck breast
with toasted walnuts, parmesan and aged sherry vinegar dressing | (or Ravioli of squash with caramelised hazelnuts, parmesan, goat's curd and soft herbs) | Sancerre Rosé, Domaine André Dezat 2006
Baked English beetroot
with rocket, aged feta and pine nuts | Gevrey-Chambertin, Bouchard Père & Fils 2003
Seared loin of yellow fin tuna
with fennel, red onion, quail’s egg and black pepper sauce | (or Jerusalem artichoke risotto) | Akarua Pinot Noir ‘The Gullies’, Central Otago 2004
Red wine braised shoulder of Dedham Vale beef
with mashed potato, roasted carrots and baby spinach | (or Braised Castelluccio lentils, Swiss chard leaves and roasted root vegetables) | Château Haut-Badette, St. Emilion Grand Cru 2002
British cheeses
(supplement Price: £6.00)
Valrhona hot chocolate fondue, marshmallows, biscotti and fruit kebabs