Summer 2012 Dinner Menu

All of our menus carry the following abreviations:

vgn. vegan

vgn.o vegan option available

gf. made with gluten free ingredients

gf.o made from gluten free ingredients option available

All day menu

Starters/Lunch time light bites

Soup of the day with a homemade bread roll £4.95 (Vgno, gfo)

Tapas platter with homemade foccacia bread: £5.95 for 1 person, £9.95 for 2.

The dishes may vary but typically:

Houmous, butterbean puree with garlic, mushroom pate julienne of roasted peppers , marinated olives, leaf salad, tapenade, tomato jam and many more (Vgn, gfo)

Mini golden maize empanadas stuffed with bean salsa (Vgn) £5.75

Individual goat’s cheese, walnut and roasted red pepper tart served with mixed leaves

and a homemade red onion and cider jam £6.50

Mint and citrus quinoa salad with sundried tomato and olive tapenade

served with salsa verde and rocket  (Vgn, gf)  £5.25

Twice cooked cheese and spring onion souffle £6.25

Mains

Tempeh stuffed Portobello mushroom pithivier with truffle mash, local seasonal green vegetable with a rich porcini sauce.

 (Vgn)  £11.50

Marinated and sautéed tofu skewers with Thai jasmine rice and a fragrant seasonal vegetable parcel (Vgno, gf) £11.25

Layers of griddled Mediterranean vegetables on a bed of roasted polenta cake with a rich tomato salsa.  (Vgn, gf) £10.75

Vegetarian haggis with smoky peppers in a warm butterbean and spinach salad with sauté new potatoes

(Vgn)  £10.75

Detox salad; a refreshing salad of crisp leaves and shredded vegetables served with sunflower seeds and segments of orange with smoked tofu and a light lemon dressing (Vgn, gf) £9.50 (main) £5.75 (Starter)

Side dishes (only available as a side)

Julienne of raw vegetables:

Carrots, courgettes, avocado, celery and fennel

with a lemon dressing      £3.50

Three bean salad      £3.00

Chunky chips    £3.00

Green salad      £3.00

Griddled Mediterranean vegeatbles  £3.25 

Desserts all £5.50

Kentish seasonal fruit crumble served with ice cream, cream or custard (Vgn, gf)

Roasted pineapple carpaccio with raspberry sorbet (Vgn, gf)

Chilled, creamy lemon posset with lavender shortbread

  Dairy free chocolate parfait with red summer berries (Vgn, gf)

Eton mess

Selection of Kentish cheeses with chutney, water biscuits or bread

(supplement of £2.00):

Ashmore smoked:  hard cows’ milk cheese

from Dargate nr Faversham.

Kentish Blue:  light and creamy cows’ cheese

from Staplehurst nr Maidstone.

Ashmore mature farmhouse: Award winning hard cows’ cheese

from Dargate

Billy Goat Gruff:  good and goaty.  Semi hard goat’s cheese

from Dargate