The Metropolitan: Menu

EVENING MENU : Starters

Homemade soup of the day
£4.95

with crusty bloomer bread (v)

Smoked haddock, prawn & chorizo fishcakes
£5.95

with basil creme fraiche

Warm salad of roast wood pigeon
£6.95

with black pudding, new potatoes & crispy parma ham with a honey & mustard dressing

Pear, stilton & red onion puff pastry tart
£5.95

with a rocket & walnut pesto* (v)

Pan fried Scottish scallops
£7.95

with a smoked Lancashire cheese scone, wilted spinach, tomato & balsamic dressing

Warm roast beetroot, fennel & red onion salad
£6.50

with rocket, pistachios, orange & pomegranate dressing* (v)

Steamed Shetland Mussels
£6.50

in a leek & cider cream sauce, crusty bread

Confit duck leg & liver rillette
£6.95

with Cumberland sauce & toast

Bread & Olives
£6.95

marinated olives & focaccia with homemade houmous, balsamic vinegar & extra virgin olive oil

Mezze platter for two
£12.50

marinated olives, sunblushed tomatoes, chorizo, crispy halloumi, roast red pepper & chilli dip, focaccia, homemade houmous, balsamic vinegar & extra virgin olive oil

MAIN COURSES

Grilled smoked haddock
£11.95

with bubble & squeak potato cake, wilted spinach, soft poached egg, hollandaise sauce

Slow roasted belly of pork
£13.95

stuffed with caramelised onions & sage, parnsip mash, bramley apple puree, buttered carrots & red wine sauce

Roast fillet of Loch Duart salmon
£12.95

with creamy horseradish lentils and a beetroot, caper & herb dressing

Baked stuffed mushrooms
£10.95

with leek, shallot & parmesan topped with brioche crumbs and served with a rocket & sunblushed tomato pesto (v)

Packington free range chicken supreme
£13.50

with pan haggerty, purple sprouting broccoli, Black Forest ham & chicken jus

Pan fried hake supreme
£14.95

with soft herb crushed potatoes, smoked bacon, clams & tomatoes and a light herb broth

Roasted Moroccan spiced vegetables with grilled halloumi
£11.95

herb couscous and a chick pea & apricot tagine sauce (v)

Beer battered fillet of cod
£12.95

with homemade chips, mushy peas & fresh lemon

The famous Metropolitan burger
£11.95

8oz prime 28 day aged beef topped with dry cured bacon, mature cheddar or stilton, homemade burger sauce served in a caramelised onion focaccia with homemade chips & salad

Pork & herb sausages
£10.95

with creamy mash, garden peas & onion gravy

Braised beef in a rich red wine sauce with home smoked mashed potato
£14.95

buttered carrots, purple sprouting broccoli, & roast shallots

FROM THE GRILL

10oz sirloin on the bone
£19.95

Dry aged for 28 days from locally sourced beef & supplied by W.H Frosts of Chorlton. Accompanied with confit plum tomato, baked field mushroom, homemade chips, watercress & beer battered onion rings

10oz ribsteak on the bone
£19.50

Dry aged for 28 days from locally sourced beef & supplied by W.H Frosts of Chorlton. Accompanied with confit plum tomato, baked field mushroom, homemade chips, watercress & beer battered onion rings

8oz bavette steak (we recommend served medium rare or less)
£13.95

Dry aged for 28 days from locally sourced beef & supplied by W.H Frosts of Chorlton. Accompanied with confit plum tomato, baked field mushroom, homemade chips, watercress & beer battered onion rings

100z Barnsley chop with kidney
£16.95

Accompanied with confit plum tomato, baked field mushroom, homemade chips, watercress & beer battered onion rings

Packington free range chicken supreme
£12.95

Accompanied with confit plum tomato, baked field mushroom, homemade chips, watercress & beer battered onion rings

SIDE ORDERS

Homemade chips
£3.50

Rocket, parmesan & sunblushed tomato salad
£3.95

Beer battered onion rings
£3.95

with barbeque sauce

House Salad
£3.50

Marinated Olives
£3.25

Creamy Mash
£2.95

Selection vegetables
£3.50

Garlic bread
£2.95

Green peppercorn sauce
£1.75

Cafe de paris butter
£1.75

Stilton & red wine sauce
£1.75

DESSERTS

Baked chocolate cheesecake
£5.95

with cherry compote & pistachio cream*

Treacle tart
£4.95

with roasted plums & clotted cream

Vanilla rice pudding
£4.50

with winter fruit compote & shortbread crumbs

Warm ale cake
£4.95

with caramel sauce & Guinness chocolate chip ice cream

Banoffee creme brulee
£4.95

with shortbread biscuits

Warm chocolate & nut brownie
£5.50

with vanilla ice cream*

Homemade ice creams or sorbets
£4.50

Metropolitan cheeseboard
£6.95

a selection of farmhouse cheeses with chutney & crackers