Smoked Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup
A smooth cream of sweet corn soup finished with sweet corn kernels and tender pieces of smoked chicken from Reg Johnson’s farm in Preston
£4.95
Butternut Squash & Yorkshire Fine Fettle Cheese tart
A light thyme-roasted butternut squash & Yorkshire Fine Fettle (feta-style) cheese tart, presented in a puff pastry shell with a mature Cheddar cheese sauce & baked until golden
£5.95
Sam’s Famous Brown Onion Soup
Served with a thick, melted mature Cheddar cheese crouton
£5.95
Sam’s Spring Fish Cake
A combination of fresh cod fillet, smoked trout, smoked salmon & Jim Peet’s Southport shrimps, bound with crushed new potatoes, cream, fresh parsley & tarragon.
Served with baby spinach & a caper & lemon butter sauce
£6.95
Salted Ox Tongue Salad with Pear Chutney
Home-cured ox tongue (30 days in the making) served sliced through a crunchy watercress & flat parsley salad, with the addition of red onions, vine ripened cherry tomatoes & a Dijon mustard dressing.
Chef Simon reckons this would make a brilliant sandwich
£6.95(main course portion £9.95)
Chicken Liver & Foie Gras Parfait
A smooth parfait of corn-fed chicken livers & foie gras, served with red onion marmalade,
lambs lettuce & toasted sourdough
£5.95
~ Main Courses ~
~ Vegetarian ~
The Vegetarian Dish of the Week
Each week our chefs are challenged to create a new veggie special. Please ask your server for details
£9.95
Wild Mushroom Wellington
Surely enough to convert the carnivores? This dish combines field mushrooms, creamy polenta, baby spinach, chestnuts, herbs & a classic puff pastry case. Served on a bed of sautéed potatoes & buttered cabbage with a lovely grain mustard butter sauce
£9.95
~ Fish & Shell Fish ~
Sam’s Traditional Fish, Chips & Mushy Peas
With fresh-cut lemon & home-made Tartar sauce
£12.50
Spring Pan-fried Salmon
Fresh salmon fillet, cooked medium & served with linguine pasta bound with pesto & finished with a cherry tomato, coriander & balsamic dressing. Light & simple
£12.95
~Seasonal Poultry & Game ~
Butter-basted Golden Corn-fed Chicken
The finest corn-fed breast of chicken from Reg Johnson’s farm in Preston, basted with herb butter till golden & served with pan-roasted potatoes, button mushrooms, baby spinach, shallots, tarragon & a splash of sherry vinegar & truffle oil, with fine green beans & triple-distilled chicken gravy
£14.95
Venison Haunch Steak
An 8oz venison haunch steak cooked medium rare & served with spinach, carrot, celeriac, butter-braised potato & a classic red wine sauce finished with dark chocolate.
That’s right! Wine & chocolate. We can describe it or you can try it. Guess which one’s more fun?
£16.95
Confit of Duck
Barbary duck leg salted with herbs &slowly cooked in its own rendered juices served with finely sliced buttered spring cabbage & red wine-poached pear, pan-fried potatoes & a fine red wine & cassis sauce
£12.95
~ Meat ~
Sam’s Homemade Steak & Kidney Pudding
Not seasonal just substantial. Real steak & fresh lamb’s kidneys.
Served with chop house chips, marjoram crushed baby peas & a jug of gravy
£12.95
Honey & Mustard-glazed rare Breed Pork Chop
Thick-cut, served simply with mustard & herb mash, buttered spinach & a light apple-scented jus
£14.95
English Lamb Rump
This tender rump of English lamb, cooked medium & served with crushed Jersey Royal potatoes, artichokes, slow roasted tomatoes, black olives & broccoli. Finished with a light Madeira dressing.
£16.95
Sirloin Steak, Café de Paris Butter & Chips
A thick 8oz sirloin steak cooked to your liking and finished with a savoury shallot & parsley butter, served with chunky chips, fresh onion rings, roasted flat mushroom & slow-roasted cherry tomatoes
£16.95
Sam’s Famous Homemade Corned Beef Hash
With Sautéed Potatoes & creamed Onions and finished with soft poached Egg
& Cheshire-smoked Dry Cure Bacon
£12.95
Devilled Lamb Kidneys
Originally a Victorian breakfast dish, this take on the traditional dish sees fresh English lamb kidneys pan fried with button mushrooms & smoked Cheshire bacon - finished with a spiced devilled sauce
(including Worcester sauce, mustard & cayenne pepper), served with pilaf rice
£10.95
~ Very Seasonal SWEETS~
Cherry & Almond Tart
Fresh cherries baked with an almond cream & served warm with homemade vanilla bean ice cream
£4.95
Steamed Syrup Sponge Pudding
A light-as-a-feather steamed golden syrup sponge served hot with English vanilla custard
£4.95
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Served with home-made vanilla bean ice-cream
£4.95
Lemon Posset with Crushed Raspberries
A modern update of the medieval English dish of sweetened curdled milk, this is a light & smooth lemon cream, served in a glass with crushed raspberries
Eton Mess
Famously served at Eton College’s annual prize giving celebration picnic on the 4th June & allegedly invented when a Labrador sat on a picnic basket in the back of a car when on the way to the event. The dish comprises whipped vanilla-scented cream, fresh strawberries & strawberry purée - all bound together with crushed meringue
& piled high in a sundae glass
£4.95
A Selection of the Finest British Cheeses
Served with biscuits, a home-made seasonal chutney, grapes & celery
Perfect to share
£8.95
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