TO START
Potted Morecombe Bay shrimps, radish salad
Home smoked salmon, mackerel, smoked eel and cured fish, traditional garnish
Langoustines and mayonnaise
Shellfish platter: Colchester rock oysters, North Uist langoustines, dressed Dorset crab, cockles, whelks, herb mayonnaise (a supplement will apply)
Selection of cured meats (including our home cured Middlewhite ham), rillettes and confits, remoulade, cornichons, toast
Whole roasted lobe of foie gras, macerated figs and country bread
(a supplement will apply)
Wild mushrooms on toast, garden salad
Seasonal soup: we will discuss your requirements depending on the time of year
Terrines:
Confit duck terrine, apple and fig chutney, homemade brioche loaf
Game terrine, cornichons
Pig's head terrine
Classic English brawn
MEAT, POULTRY AND GAME
Whole roast fore rib of Galloway beef, roast bone marrow and bacon potatoes, beef juices
Dexter beef, bone marrow and oyster pie, herb dumplings
Slow cooked shin of veal, goose fat roast potatoes
Roast leg of salt-marsh lamb, Dauphinoise potatoes, rosemary gravy
Slow braised shoulder of Herdwick mutton, sweetbreads, roast garlic mash
Lamb neck, turnip and ale pie, mash and marjoram gravy
Lancashire Hotpot
Whole spit-roast suckling pig, apple, boulangère potatoes, sage gravy
(price per pig depending on size of group)
Duck and Toulouse sausage cassoulet, crusty bread, dressed green salad
Whole spit-roast free range Devonshire bronze chicken, roast potatoes, thyme stuffing and bread sauce
Denham Estate Venison Wellington, red cabbage, glazed onions
Slow roast shoulder of wild boar, soft polenta
Jugged Norfolk hare, faggots
Game
we will discuss your requirements according to the time of year (pheasant, partridge, mallard, pigeon, grouse, rabbit, woodcock, teal, snipe, game pie)
FISH AND SHELLFISH
Whole Cornish salt-baked wild seabass, buttered new potatoes, lemon and dill butter sauce
Cornish fish stew
Fisherman's pie
VEGETARIAN
Vegetarian options are available on request
(all main courses come with seasonal greens and carrots)
ADDITIONAL SIDE DISHES CAN BE ORDERED AS FOLLOWS
(£3 PER PERSON)
Cauliflower cheese - Honey roasted parsnips - Roast marrow, garlic and herbs
Turnips and chevil - Savoy cabbage - Brussels sprouts, bacon and cream
Peas, bacon and onions - Roast garlic and parsley mash
Goose fat roast potatoes - Hand cut chips and gravy - Mixed green salad
PUDDINGS
Eton Mess - Burnt cream - Bakewell tart
Sussex Pond pudding - Spotted Dick and custard - Sticky toffee pudding
Old fashioned rice pudding - Lemon posset, shortbread fingers
Pear and walnut tart, brandy custard - Apple upside down tart, Calvados caramel, cinnamon ice cream
Chocolate bread and butter pudding, mascarpone ice cream
CHEESE AND PORT
British cheeseboard, oatcakes, biscuits, grapes and quince with a bottle of Ruby port
(£9 per person)
All of our produce is British and is sourced from carefully selected suppliers and small farms throughout the UK. Please note that some of the above items are not available all year round.
Menu @ £28 per person (subject to supplements, side orders and cheese). Please order one dish for your starter, main and dessert (vegetarians will be catered for separately).
All prices include VAT. An optional 12.5% gratuity will be added to your bill
The Empress of India, 130 Lauriston Road, Victoria Park, London, E9 7LH
Reservations: 020 8533 5123