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Menu page was last updated Wednesday March 10, 2010 at 11:29 am

Starters

Minestrone soup with crusty bread £4.50
Staffordshire oatcakes layered with chargrilled vegetables & sunblushed tomatoes £4.95
Bosworth Ash goats cheese, roast beetroot, apple & walnut salad £5.25
Shropshire Fidget home-raised pie with Herefordshire cider & apple chutney £5.45
Smoked eel & leek tart with rhubarb compote £5.50
Wenlock Edge air cured ham, Whitmore cheese & watermelon salad £5.50
Deep fried tempura tiger prawns with sweet chilli dipping sauce £6.75
Potted crayfish with granary toast £5.25
Chicken liver pate, red onion jam & toast £5.75

Light Bites

Omelette Arnold Bennet with tomato & rocket salad £7.75
Grilled mackerel fillets with black olive gnocchi and warm cherry tomatoes £7.50
Buttercross Farm black pudding, poached egg & bacon on a Staffordshire pikelet with Vickies mustard sauce £7.50
Sauted wild mushrooms, thick granary toast, fried duck egg £6.95
Double Gloucester & Shropshire Lad rarebit with tomato relish £6.95
Sweet chilli beef (served rare) with cashews, crunchy Asian vegetable & herb salad £7.25
Pan fried chorizo & poached egg salad £6.95
Roast pepper filled with basil & vegetable cous-cous on a tomato sauce £7.25
4oz steak, fried onions on chunky white toast with blue cheese mayonnaise & a few fries £8.25

Mains

Smoked haddock and salmon fishcakes with a tomato & spring onion salad £9.25
Braised lamb & apple topped with mashed potato and swede £10.95
Pan fried chicken breast, Herefordshire cider and apple risotto, baby leaf salad £10.95
Wild mushroom & leek roly poly with a butternut squash veloute £9.95
Trout Wellington, purple sprouting broccoli, new potatoes & sorrel mayonnaise £11.50
Beer battered Haddock, chips & mushy peas £11.75
Faggots served with butter mash & mushy peas £10.25
Buttercross farm free-range ham (served cold), eggs & proper chips £9.45
Gloucester Old spot pork loin chop, baked Hereford russet apple, celeriac dauphinoise, Westons cider & sage gravy £13.50
Smoked Seabass, lemon and Paprika potatoes, warm green bean & rocket salad. £13.95
Black Country casserole - beef, black pudding & ale with a herb cobbler £11.95
Poached chicken, Hereford pear & Wrekin blue salad £9.25
Gloucester Old Spot pork sausages, buttered mash & onion gravy £9.75
8oz Beef burger with grilled bacon, mozzarella, coleslaw & proper chips £10.25
Heart of England platter - Buttercross ham, black pudding, fidget pie, Little Hereford, St Eadburgha cheese, pickles & crusty bread £10.75
Braised shoulder of lamb, roast potatoes & Shrewsbury sauce £13.95
Pan-fried 8 oz Rib-eye steak with Diane sauce & chips £16.75
Pan-fried 7 oz Fillet steak with Diane sauce & chips £19.95
Ploughman's - A selection of farmhouse cheese - Wrekin Blue, Double Gloucester, St Eadburgha, Little Hereford, Shropshire Blue £8.75

Sandwiches

Wrekin White cheese, Herefordshire cider & apple chutney in granary bread £4.95
Crayfish, rocket & lemon mayonnaise in granary bread. £5.95
Smoked salmon with cream cheese & capers, on granary bread. £5.95
Chicken tikka wrap with a mint yoghurt dressing & a few fries £6.45
Egg mayonnaise & watercress served on granary bread £4.75
Rare roast beef with horseradish mayonnaise in white bloomer £5.45
Buttercross Farm ham with tomato in white bloomer £5.45

Side Orders

Butter mash £2.30
Tomato, red onion & Parmesan salad £3.00
Mixed side salad £3.00
Crusty bread with butter £1.50
Fries £2.30
Proper chips £2.95
Mixed vegetables £2.50
Mixed marinated Olives £2.00

Puddings and Cheese

Rice pudding with Highdumpsideary jam £4.95
Warwickshire apple cake, vanilla icecream & blueberry coulis £5.25
Vanilla panacotta, Market Drayton gingerbread biscuit & port poached plums £5.25
Hereford pear tart tatin with cinnamon ice cream £5.25
Orange polenta cake soaked in Shropshire honey with roasted figs £5.25
Warm chocolate nut brownie served with chocolate fudge sauce & vanilla ice cream £5.25
Bread and butter pudding with apricot sauce & clotted cream £5.25

Coffee and Hot Drinks

Espresso (single) £2.00
Espresso (double) £3.00
Cappuccino £2.50
Tea - either traditional, Earl Grey or fruit £1.50
Hot Chocolate £2.50