Last Orders 2pm(Lunch) & 8pm(Evening)
STARTERS
Each of the following starters is £4.95
Seafood Selection ~ breaded scampi tails, battered sole goujons, philo paste
prawns with tartare sauce
Big Dipper ~ deepfried breaded mushrooms, chicken, battered onion rings,
crispy treats, BarBQ & garlic dips
Prawn Platter ~ juicy prawns on a bed of salad in Rosie & Jim Sauce
Sesame Prawn Toasties ~ crushed prawn on crispy sesame seed bread
triangles with sweet chilli sauce
Whitebait ~ flash-fried milk-floured whole silver tiddlers
Smoked Mackerel Salad ~ warmed fillets from our own smoker mixed into a
salad with a dab of horseradish sauce
Each of the following starters is £3.95
Hillmorton Soup ~ our own real soup, not out of a can, (so asking what its called might not get the expected
answer) richly flavoured from ingredients and herbs obtained locally, with roll & butter
Chicken Dippers ~ strips of chicken breaded and deep fried with BarBQ dip
Chilli Cheese Pot ~ a dish of spicy chilli concarne topped with melted cheese
Breaded Mushrooms ~ deep fried in a crispy coating and served with a garlic mayonnaise dip
Wasabi Tempura Vegetables ~ strips of selected veggies in a light batter with olive oil & vinigar dip
Salad Bowl ~ leaf selection with tomato, cucumber and capsicum slices in olive oil
Hot Cheeses ~ deep fried camembert served with cranberry sauce and toast.
or a mini brie griddled and served with orange juice
MAIN COURSE DISHES
served with your choice of either new potatoes, chips or rice and fresh vegetables.
Side Orders:
Chips £1.50 ~ Garlic Bread £2.95 ~ Steak Sauces e.g. pepper sauce £1.50
Battered Onion Rings £1.75 ~ Mushrooms £1.75 ~ Dips 70p
MIGHTY MEAT DISHES (weights are as uncooked)
Warwickshire Lamb Shank £10.45
cooked long & slow with rosemary & thyme in a rich gravy
Buckby (where narrowboat Buckby Cans were made) Pork Fillet £10.50
slices marinated in sweet spices cooked in butter with white wine cream sauce
8oz Rump Steak £10.75 8oz Sirloin Steak £11.85 16oz Rump Steak £17.95
griddled or pan-fried to your liking, garnished with Onion Rings, Tomato & Mushrooms.
Crispy Duck £12.80
boneless large half duck, herbed & spiced, soft-meat, crisp-skin & plum sauce (MMmmm).
Each of the following dishes is £8.95
Non-meat ~ Roast Capsicum Ratatouille ~ sweet pepper stuffed with a classic sunshine dish of aubergine,
courgette, onion, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, basil, spices and herbs topped with grilled cheese
Non-meat ~Vegetable Lasagne ~ layers of vegetable mixture, pasta and creamy sauce topped with cheese
Curry ~ Chicken, Beef or Non-meat ~ creamy Korma, medium Thai Red or hot Madras ~ served with crispy
puppodums & mango chutney
Pizza ~ pepperoni or marguarita (Non-meat cheese/tomato) on full size crispy base
Double Cheeseburger with Bacon and Chips ~ think of a large American style 4oz all-beef burger topped with a
rasher of back bacon and a cheese square, then think again, two of 'em hot 'n oozing in one bun
Traditional Sunday Roast (every day) ~ roast meat of the day with Yorkshire pudding in its own rich gravy
Liver and Onions ~ this blast from the past is simmered in a rich thick gravy made with red wine
Hunters Chicken ~ slices of succulent chicken in hickory BarBQ sauce, grilled golden brown cheese topping
Steak 'n Guinness Pie ~ tender pieces of full flavoured beef, cooked for hours with onion in a thick gravy made
with Guinness, topped with puff pastry (allow 40mins).
Throughout WWII Jack James took Badsey into London, dodging the blitz, mooring under bridges to prevent
shrapnel ripping through the cabin, to run essential war supplies from London to Birmingham ~ of Guinness
Coq au Vin ~ chicken chunks in a sauce of wine, garlic, onion, thyme and mushroom
Yorkshire Glory ~ a large Yorkshire pudding filled with the chef's choice of roast meat in a rich gravy
Spaghetti Bolognaise ~ the traditional Italian dish of minced beef, tomatoes, onion, garlic and basil simmered
for hours and served with spaghetti tossed in olive oil & black pepper
Beef Bourguignon ~ Our finest beef simmered in a red wine and vegetable and mushroom sauce - the classic dish of the French Bistro(t), a word that translates as - "Tavern Proprietor" - i.e. the original Pub Grub?
FISH MENU
Scampi ~ juicy breadcrumbed pieces deep fried with lemon & tartare sauce £ 8.95
Barramundi or Tuna steak ~ griddled & laid on mushrooms, sherry, sweet chilli & cream sauce £13.20
Traditional Fish & Chips ~ large cod fillet deep fried in crunchy batter, with chips & mushy peas £ 9.35
Haddock ~ smoked, poached in milk, drenched in butter or cheese sauce £ 9.50
Salmon steak ~ griddled in olive oil and topped with buttered prawns £10.90
Queen Scallops ~ a dozen little beauties laid on tomato, garlic, courgette, and aubergine £ 9.85
Fishcakes ~ (two) breadcrumbed, oven baked & served with chips £ 7.90
SPECIALS FROM BADSEY's SMOKER
Ask about what is available from the variety of fish and meats that we regularly smoke at the Bistro,
including Badsey's Famous Smokie ~
a fabulous haddock fillet smoked over apple or elder woodchips
DESSERT MENU
the following individual sweets are each £4.85
brandy basket filled with ice-cream or sorbet drizzled with sauce
fruit crunge (crumble/sponge) with custard apple pie with custard
large steamy treacle pudding and custard chocolate junkyard with cream
lemon torte with cream one of the range of special ice cream desserts
WINE MENU
House Wines
By the Glass 125ml £1.99 or 175ml £2.40 500ml Carafe £6.95
White: Servignon Blanc (Chile) Dry ~ Colombard Chardonay (Australia) M Dry
Red: Cabernet Sauvignon (Bulgaria) Rich Full and Fruity
Rose: Blossom Hill Zinfandel (California) Pink and Fruity
Wines By the 750ml Bottle £9.95 each
Rose : Blossom Hill Zinfandel (California) Pink and Fruity
Sparkling: Canals (& Nubiola) Cava Brut (Spain)
White Jacobs Creek Chardonnay (Australia) ~ Muscadet (France)Piesporter (Germany) ~ Liebfraumilch (Germany)
Red Jacobs Creek (Australia) or California (USA) Shiraz
Jacobs Creek Cabernet Sauvignon (Australia) ~ Campo Viejo Rioja ~ Mouton Cadet (France Bordeux)
