The Cumberland Hotel

STARTERS

Seasonal soup of the day £6.00

Classic French onion soup £7.00
With a soft Swiss cheese croute

Deep fried salt & pepper squid £6.50
Fresh chilli dipping sauce

English Breakfast salad £7.50
Salad of bacon lardons, black pudding, frizzy salad and a fried organic hen’s egg

Chicken & duck liver parfait £8.00
With toasted sour dough, English cider, apple and grape chutney

Autumn Vegetable Salad V £6.50
Salad of heritage beets, squashes, mushrooms and parsnips

Rock Oysters from West Mersea Island Essex
Served with lemon, shallot vinegar & Tabasco’s
Per £2.60
3- £7.50
6- £14.00
12- £26.50


CHEF’S SELECTION

Market fish of the day £18.00
(May carry a supplement due to market prices)

Roast Partridge £17.50
With its own toast, gravy and roasted autumn vegetables

Pan fried haddock fillet £17.50
On a poached potato with a cockle, leek and parsley casserole

Braised Beef and red wine stew £17.00
With carrots, onions, potatoes and dumplings

Roast rump of lamb £20.00
On confit aubergine, tomato & parmesan gnocchi, Provencal sauce


CLASSICS

Fish & Chips £16.50
Tempura Cod fillet, with braised split peas, triple cooked hand cut chips & house made tartare sauce

Casterbridge burger £16.00
Pure 8oz burger, melting Swiss cheese & triple cooked hand cut chips

Calves liver £ 17.00
With soft mash potatoes, caramelised onion gravy and crispy bacon

Chicken Caesar salad with crispy bacon, anchovies,
parmesan cheese and croutons
Starter portion / Main portion £7.00 / £13.95


FROM THE GRILL

All our steaks are from traditional breeds, aged for a minimum of 30 days & served with triple cooked chips, slow baked tomato, grilled mushrooms & crisp onion rings.


7oz Bavette steak £18.00
(best served rare or well done)

8oz Sirloin steak £20.00

9oz Rib-eye steak £22.50

Blythburgh Free range T-Bone of Pork £17.95

Spatchcock of baby chicken £17.50
with a honey, garlic & citrus glaze

Please choose from our selection of steak sauces £1.50
Hollandaise sauce Café de Paris butter
Béarnaise sauce Blue cheese butter
Green peppercorn Sauce Bercy


DESSERTS

Apple tart £6.00
Apple and ginger sorbet, apple gel

Iced honey and orange nougatine £6.00
With bitter sweet kumquats, mango and citrus salsa

Passion fruit soufflé £7.50
Orange ice-cream& passion fruit sauce

Chocolate & hazelnut pudding £7.00
Hazelnut ice cream & warm chocolate sauce

Blackcurrant mousse & jelly £6.00
With blackberry sorbet, pistachio nut & berry fool

The best of British farmhouse cheeses £8.50
Cheese biscuits, oat cakes, celery & apples

Ice creams & sorbets selection £6.00

Seasonal fresh fruit salad £4.00

-SAMPLE SET MENU-


STARTERS

Smoked Eel Escabeche

Soup of the day

English Breakfast salad with bacon lardoons, black pudding, frizzy salad and a fried organic hen’s egg


MAIN COURSES

Mushroom fricassée pappardelle pasta

Pan seared Salmon with glass noodles, bok choi, Chinese cabbage and Thai flavoured bisque

Roast chicken breast on bed of buttered leeks with chestnuts and Madeira cream sauce


DESSERTS

Selection of ice-cream and sorbets

Chocolate covered profiteroles filled with Chantilly cream

Lemon sponge with blackberry compote with vanilla Aglaise


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1 course £9.95
2 courses £13.95
3 courses £17.95


All prices are inclusive of V.A.T.
A 12.5 % discretionary service charge will be added to our bill

Selection of Tea and Coffee

2 course hot & cold buffet to include meat, fish & vegetarian option, salads, sides, soup, and dessert

Working lunch to include sandwiches, wraps, flatbreads, salad, fries, and dessert