THE PATTERDALE HEAD CHEF
Ken McDonald
I have worked for Choice Hotels for almost 20 years and still love it as much now as when I arrived. In the kitchen we use as much fresh and local produce as possible, producing most of our menu from scratch every day. Our style of cooking is homely, honest and simple. Read more...
Starters
Chef’s homemade Minestrone soup with fresh parmesan cheese
Chilled melon nest filled with prawns bound in marie-rose sauce
Wild mushroom and hazelnut pate served with homemade onion bread and redcurrant jelly (v)
Warm poached egg set on a salad of cherry tomato, potato and mange tout drizzled with citrus yogurt (v)
Chilled fruit juices (v)
Main courses
Lemon scented roast turkey breast, with Cumberland stuffing and pan gravy
Roast marinated rib-eye of beef with cream and brandy sauce
Breadcrumbed fillet of haddock, fried and served with lemon and tartare sauce
Vegetable and goats cheese frittata with tomato salsa and crisp leaves (v)
A la Carte
Griddled medallions of beef fillet with chilli and garlic scented green lip mussels, served with crisp salad and sweet pepper butter - £6.00
Please order with waiter/ess when ordering your starter
Cauliflower and broccoli florets
Piped creamed potato nest filled with cheese
Potatoes roasted in chicken stock
Sweets
Warm apple pie with custard sauce
Lime and ginger cheesecake
Raspberries soaked in drambuie, topped with whipped cream served with butterscotch shortbread
All the above sweets are homemade and freshly prepared
Vanilla, strawberry, mint choc chip or caramel and chocolate chip ice cream
English Stilton and tasty Lancashire cheese and biscuits
Fresh filter coffee and tea are served in the no smoking lounge
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