The best way to know about the quality of your food is to know where it comes from.

Archie’s uncle rears Aberdeen Angus locally at Fifield Farm and the beef served in our restaurant is hung for 28 days to bring out its true flavour. We also have personal contact with all the gamekeepers in the area. Pork, lamb and poultry, meanwhile, are ordered from Martin’s Meat of Cirencester, who are able to offer full traceability. Other trusted suppliers include the family-run Upton Smokery near Burford and A M Bailey of Evesham and even our cheeseboard features local ‘Windrush’ organic produce from Daylesford.

Of course, for fish, we have to go a little further afield. Fresh catches arrive daily from Devon and Cornwall and make a huge difference to the taste experience that our guests enjoy. And whenever you stop off for lunch or dinner, you can be sure of imaginative, seasonal dishes that are produced from some of the finest ingredients.

SUMMER MENU 2010

Appetisers

Taramasalata served with warm pitta bread - £4.50

Marinated olives served with tomato foccacia - £4.50

Starters

Upton loin of roe deer carpaccio served with pea shoots
& walnut cream - £8.00

Gravadlax of Salmon with mustard & dill sauce, seeded bread £6.50

Windrush goats curd & pickled beetroot salad, lentil vinaigrette - £6.00

Soft shell crab with spiced crust, carrot salad & chilli dressing
- £7.50

Ham Hock & corn fed chicken pressed terrine, piccalilli
& toasted spelt bread - £6.50


Mains

Roasted fillet of Cod, spiced aubergine salad, cucumber
& chive oil - £15.00

Fifield sirloin steak, sweet & sour red onions, baby watercress salad, roasted tomato chutney, mixed peppercorn butter skinny chips - £19.00

North Atlantic halibut with steamed samphire, Cornish crab
& lemon hollandaise, brown shrimp fritter - £17.50

Cotswold lamb chump & spare rib, broad bean, pea & garden spearmint risotto, lamb reduction - £16.50

Wild mushroom ragout, potato soufflé & baby shoots
- £12.50

Side Orders

Skinny Chips - £3.00

Green salad, gem lettuce with anchovy & parmesan, sugar snap peas with sultana, ginger & soy - £3.00


Puddings
(All home-made on premises & may contain nuts)

Vanilla & gingerbread cheesecake with fresh raspberries
& raspberry sorbet - £6.00

Strawberry & almond shortbread with lime crème fraiche,
basil syrup - £6.00

Coffee crème brûlée, fig & pistachio biscotti biscuit, pistachio cream - £6.00

Rich chocolate & orange tart with orange sorbet, toffee cherries - £6.00

Selection of cheeses from the surrounding counties served with nutty bread & rye biscuits - £8.50

Saint Eadburgha - A soft white moulded camembert-style cheese with a creamy flavour

Oxford blue - a soft creamy blue cheese that has a mild taste with a bit of sharpness. It is made from pasteurised cows milk curdled with vegetarian rennet

Montgomery cheddar - this cheddar can be mature for 18 months to produce a full nutty flavour

Barkham blue - channel island milk and develops a natural mould rind, an open soft texture and a mild flavour

Oxford Isis - this cheese is ripened using honey mead, giving it a creamy texture and distinctive flavour

Tea and coffee

Fresh ground coffee served in a cafetière - £2.00

Fresh ground decaffeinated coffee - £2.00

Espresso single - £2.00

Espresso double - £3.50

Cappuccino - £2.50

Hot chocolate, mocha, or latte - £2.50

Peppermint, camomile, green tea - £2.00


Sandwiches (Lunch only)

Smoked salmon sandwich with brown crab mayonnaise - £7.00

Peppered Pastrami with mustard and marinated onions - £6.50

Mature cheddar cheese & tomato chutney - £6.00

Hot salt beef sandwich with beetroot & horseradish relish - £6.50



We always try to use as much free-range, organic and local produce as possible-with our Aberdeen Angus beef from Fifield Farm (hung of 28 days): pork, lamb and poultry from Martins Meats of Cirencester. Game and smoked meats from Upton Smokery, Burford. Fresh fish delivered from Cornwall & Brixham. Our cheese which all native is supplied by Fromage to age.

If you have any allergies, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Service is not included – gratuities entirely at your own discretion.