Rose & Thistle

Starters

• Basket of Bread£1.75

• Bowl of Olives£2.50

• Chicken Liver Pâté£7.50

  with toasted brioche and piccalilli

• Creamy Garlic Mushrooms£7.50

  with granary bread

• Warm Goats Cheese and Red Pepper Salad£7.50

  with a honey and grain mustard dressing

• Twice Baked Mature Cheddar Cheese Soufflé£8.25

  topped with parmesan

• Smoked Salmon and Dill Tart£8.25

  with a chive, lemon and crème fraîche dressing

• Fjordling Smoked Duck£8.75

  orange and pomegranate salad

• Fjordling Fish Platter£9.25

  Hot smoked mackerel, cold smoked trout, mixed fish pâté, cornichons, caper berries and granary bread

Main Courses

• Roasted Red Pepper and Halloumi Burger in a Brioche Bun£12.75

  with chipotle mayonnaise and hand cut chips

• R.A.T Burger£12.95

  with smoked bacon, emmental, Dorset gherkins and hand cut chips

• Spicy Vegetable and Bean Crêpes Topped£13.95

  with cheddar and served with salad

• Homemade Steak and Kidney Steamed Suet Pudding*£15.95

• Oven Roasted Chicken Breast on a Bed of Crushed Peas and Prosciutto*£15.95

  with a white onion sauce and truffle oil

• Confit Rare Breed Pork Belly*£16.95

  with spring onion mashed potato, black pudding and a red wine jus

• Lamb Cutlets on a Bed of Wilted Spinach*£19.95

  with a redcurrant jus

• Seasoned 8oz Dorset 28 Day Aged Sirloin Steak*£21.95

  With slow roasted tomatoes. Optional Sauce: Port and Stilton Sauce £1.50; Peppercorn Sauce £1.50; Garlic Butter £1.50

Lunchtime Favourites

available 12-2:15 only

• Rare Roast Beef Sandwich£7.95

  with horseradish

• Crayfish Tail Sandwich£7.95

  with avocado and salad

• Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and Emmental Sandwich£7.95

• Red Pepper and Goats Cheese Sandwich£7.95

• Soup and Sandwich£9.95

• Welsh Rarebit£9.50

  with slow roasted tomato and bacon

• Mr Price's Local Sausages£12.50

  with wholegrain mustard mashed potato, onion gravy and seasonal vegetables

R.A.T Ploughman's Lunch

A perfect light lunch for two or ample for those with a bigger appetite!

• Rare Roast Beef£15.95

  local mature cheddar, pork pie, scotch egg, piccalilli, caper berries, cornichon, grapes and granary bread

Homemade Puddings

All £6.95

• Sticky Toffee and Date Pudding

  with cream, ice cream or custard

• Seasonal Fruit Crumble

  with cream, ice cream or custard

• Raspberry and Amaretto Meringue

  topped with toasted flaked almonds

• Chocolate and Cointreau Mousse

  topped with crumbled honeycomb

• Ice Creams and Sorbets

  • per scoop£1.95

• Rose and Thistle Cheese Board

  with celery, apple, grapes & biscuits (please see separate cheese menu)

Featured Items

• Glass of Port£3.50

• Louis Eschenauer Sauternes Dessert Wine

  • 125ml£7.10
  • Half Btl£20.00

Hot Beverages

• Cafetière of Coffee

  decaffeinated available

  • per person£2.95

• Pot of Tea

  • per person£2.95

• Liqueur Coffee

  • Large Glass£6.50