Tawny’s A La Carte Restaurant

Chef Jean-Pierre Gillet’s personal repertoire of seasonal menus.
Enjoy good food in elegant surroundings at sensible prices. 

Spring Menu 2013

Starters

Selection of bread with extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic vinegar   (V)   £2.50
Soup of the day   (V)   £5.50
Oxford blue cheese and figs creme brulee, rocket and red onion salad   £6.50
Lobster ravioli, pea puree and basil mousse   £6.50
Oxtail confit and pancetta terrine with dressed leaves and champagne dressing   £6.50
Salmon and Scallops tartare, tarragon dressing   £6.50
Jerusalem artichoke mousse with a tomato bavarois and balsamic glaze   (V)   £6.50
Asparagus with a crispy poached duck egg and hollandaise sauce   (V)   £6.50

The Grill

28 day dry-aged steaks
All served with onion rings, tomatoes, and homemade chunky chips.
Along with your choice of either peppercorn, bordelaise or bearnaise sauce. 

Rib eye  £22.50   Sirloin  £22.50   Fillet  £24.50
Bavette (Flank Steak)  £17.50   Onglet (Hanger Steak)  £17.50
Char-Grilled Marinated rack of spring lamb provencale  £17.50

Main courses

All main courses £15.95

Tea scented hot smoked salmon with crushed purple potatoes and dill sauce
Roast saddle of rabbit, leg confit and shoulder cottage pie, with celeriac dauphinoise
Pan-Fried pork fillet with black olives and fennel pollen crust with an apple and potato puree
12 hour slow cooked shoulder of lamb with vanilla, red wine jus and pickled red cabbage
Pan-Baked guinea-fowl breast with a chunky putanesca sauce confit vegetables
Pan-Baked Wild Sea Bass with beurre blanc sauce and steamed wild rice
Pollenta and sun-blushed tomato and Cerney goat cheese gateau, with salsa Verde   (V)
Almond, thyme and roasted garlic risotto   (V)

Desserts

All desserts £6.50

Bitter chocolate and hazelnut millefeuille with vanilla ice cream
Baked banoffee cheesecake with creme fraiche sorbet
Hot chocolate fondant with espresso and marscapone ice cream
Pistachio panacotta with leomon verbena and shortcake crumble
Raspberry and chili creme brulee with passion fruit sorbet
Assiette of dessert, assortment of the chef’s mini dessert selection

Homemade ice cream – select three scoops of your choice
served in a chocolate nest with honey tuiles (Belgian dark chocolate,
Whole strawberry, Vanilla, Almond nougat and clotted cream,
Prune and maple syrup)
 
Platter of English cheeses – Cornish Yarg/ Double Gloucester/
Stilton/ Somerset Brie Mature Farmhouse Cheddar  £7.50

Children’s Menu

Choose a main course, a dessert and a glass of fruit juice.
All main courses served with chips and peas (excluding Penne pasta)  £6.95
 
Main courses – Golden fish tiddlers, Penne pasta with steamed chicken
and tomato sauce, Char grilled beef burger or Cheesy pizza
 
Dessert – Fresh fruit salad or ice cream cup
 

Open for dinner  7:00 – 10:00pm Monday to Saturday
Also open for Sunday Lunch 12:00 – 2:00pm with separate menu.
Three course lunch with tea, coffee and chocolates for £19.50. 

For Bedroom and Dining Reservations please call: 01793 721701