The food is locally sourced taking strong advantage of the Seaside proximity and the good farming We are now proud to be associated with Charleston farm only a few miles away over the Southdowns with their finest Sussex lamb and Bradford farm in Uckfield with their Aberdeen Angus beef, our sun Antoine who makes the fantastic sausages(english, toulouse and spicy lamb)
Most of our fish comes from Newhaven, Shoreham or Plymouth fisheries
Vegetables coming directly from covent gardens with Tastables
not forgetting Dave the Cheeseman!
French evening 1st Tuesday of the month
3 courses £14.95
bookings only please
Daily menu
LIGHT SNACKS (lunch time only)
Baguettes (baked daily at the pub)
Mature Cheddar cheese with tomato slices or red onion
French Normandie brie with cucumber
Chicken liver pate with sliced gherkins
Ham,red onion and english mustard
Prawns,crispy iceberg and pink mayonnaise
Crispy bacon,brie and tomato
Spicy lamb sausages with sweet chilli sauce
Pork sausages,onion and dijon mustard
(served with fries £1 extra)
Ham, egg and chips
Sausage, egg and chips
Breaded scampi tails, tartare sauce, fries and salad
Ploughman's
mixed cheese(stilton,brie,cheddar)ham or sausages
Chef Special
STARTER
Traditional Provencale fish soup,rouille, aioli,grated emmental and garlic croutons
Baked Normandie Camenbert with Bramley apple sauce
Smooth chicken liver and brandy pate, salad, pickles and tomato chutney
Scallop, prawns, crab and mushroom cassolette with crispy emmental cheese topping
Grilled sardines marinated in olive oil and seasalt
Escargots de Bourgogne baked in mushroom with herby garlic butter
Hot Toulouse sausages with a tomato, capers and shallot salad
Creamy garlic mushroom vol au vent
Pancake of smoked haddock and asparagus in a creamy Dijon sauce
Pan-fried king scallops, bacon, mushroom and sea asparagus in herby garlic butter
served with a sweet chilli dressing
MAIN COURSE
Moules marinieres or provencales served with bread and fries
wild mushroom and spinach risotto with stilton and mascaporne cheese
s/w leafy side salad and garlic bread
Rabbit bourguignon with dauphinoise potatoes
Grilled sardines/whitings marinated in seasalt and olive oil, new and salad
Poached Seabass fillet with leak and saffron sauce and new
Rib Eye Steak with a horseradish and Roquefort sauce, french fries and salad
Stuffed pheasant breast wrapped with smoked bacon s/w wild mushroom sauce
Antoine homemade sausages, melted onions, mustard mash and Spitfire gravy
Aberdeen angus beef 8oz steak burger with pepper sauce, French fries and salad
Bacon wrapped chicken fillet stuffed with mozzarella,
served with a bacon, mushroom, wine and tomato sauce
Pan-fried medalions of fillet steak with bearnaise sauce, fries and salad
PUDDING
Spotted dick and custard £4.50
Dark chocolate pudding with white chocolate and amaretto sauce £4.50
Glazed lemon Tart with raspberry coulis and pistachio ice cream £4.25
Creme caramel with honeycomb ice cream and butterscotch sauce £4.25
Luxury dairy honeycomb ice cream £4.25
Fine french cheese selection £4.95
Our menu change daily please check before making your choice
