The Barn Menu

Menus at a fixed price with dishes selected from the a la carte menu (see a la carte for dish descriptions)

Menu A - 2 courses £12.50

2 Courses (main plus starter or dessert) £13.50 (not available Friday and Saturday evenings)
 3 Courses plus coffee £18.50 (always available)

Starters

  • The Barn pâté
    Home-made smooth pate served with a tomato and red onion chutney and Melba toast

    Rocket, pear, pine nut and Parmesan salad
    Dressed with virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar

    Parmesan crusted crayfish
    Served on a bed of mixed leaves with a lemon and tarragon mayonnaise

    Bruschetta
    Grilled foccacia bread topped with slowly roasted tomatoes flavoured with olive oil, basil and garlic

    Soup of the day

    • Brie with Cranberry
    Deep fried Brie with a Cranberry sauce

    Black Pudding and Bacon Stack
    Served with a dijonnaise sauce and topped with a fried egg.

Main Courses

  • 8oz Rump steak

    Roasted butternut squash filled with a wild mushroom stroganoff
    Served with rice

    Grilled pork loin
    Served on a bed of caramelised apples served with a calvados sauce

    Local free range chicken breast
    Topped with bacon and Swiss cheese on a bed of fresh tomato sauce

    Beer battered haddock
    Served with chips, mushy peas and a home-made tartare sauce

    Bangers and mash
    Local Speldhurst sausages served with a mustard mash, gravy and topped with parsnip crisps

    Fresh poached pear and Stilton salad
    Served with a drizzle of walnut oil

    Free range chicken and mushroom tagliatelle
    Chicken breast cooked in a cream, mushroom and thyme sauce with fresh tagliatelle

    Paella
    Cooked in the traditional way.


    All served with your choice of potato and vegetable of the day or mixed salad unless otherwise stated

Desserts

(See seperate menu)

 

Full A la Carte Menu

STARTERS...

  • Pint of prawns 'shell on' £5.65

    Served with brown bread and butter.

    The Barn pâté £4.95

    Home-made smooth pâté searved with a tomato and red onion chutney and melba toast.

  • Deep fried brie £4.95

  • Served with cranberry sauce.

    Black Pudding and Bacon Stack - £4.95

    Served with a dijonnaise sauce and topped with a fried egg.

  • Rocket, pear, pine nut and Parmesan salad (v) £4.95

    Dressed with virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

    Moules Mariniere - £5.95

    Mussels cooked in a white wine and cream sauce with a touch of garlic, served with bread and butter.

  • Bruschetta £4.75

    Grilled foccacia bread topped with slowly roasted tomatoes flavoured with olive oil, basil and garlic.

  • Parmesan crusted crayfish £5.65

    Served on a bed of mixed leaves with a lemon and tarragon mayonnaise.

  • Soup of the Day £4.45

MAIN COURSES...

28 days aged British steaks

All served with grilled tomato, mushrooms, home-made onion rings and a choice of potatoes. Plus your choice of sauce: Dijonnaise mustard, pepper or the Barn's own steak sauce (a creamy white wine sauce with sundried tomatoes, bacon and a touch of garlic)..

  • 8oz Rump Steak £12.85
  • 8oz Sirloin Steak £15.25
  • 8oz Fillet Steak £17.95

Surf and turf £17.95

8oz sirloin steak and tiger prawns cooked with garlic butter.

The mixed grill £17.95

8oz rump steak, local Speldhurst sausage, lamb cutlet, black pudding and a fried egg.

  • Local free range chicken breast £10.95

    Topped with bacon and Swiss cheese on a bed of fresh tomato sauce.

  • Roasted butternut squash filled with a wild mushroom stroganoff £9.25

    Served with rice.

  • Rack of lamb roasted with a herb and pistachio crumb £12.85

    Served with a redcurrant reduction.

    Grilled pork loin £12.25

    On a bed of caramelised apples with a balsamic reduction. Served with new potatoes.

  • Scallop and Bacon Salad £12.95

  • Paella £10.75

    Cooked in the traditional way.

  • Beer battered haddock £9.95

    Served with chips, mushy peas and a home-made tartare sauce.

  • Free range chicken and mushroom tagliatelle £10.75

    Chicken breast cooked in a cream, mushroom and thyme sauce with fresh tagliatelle.

  • Bangers and mash £9.25

    Speldhurst sausages with a leek and potato mash, gravy and topped with parsnip crisps.

Fresh poached pear and Stilton salad £8.75

Served with a drizzle of walnut oil.

  • The classic chicken Caesar salad £9.95

  • Made in the traditional way with a poached egg, bacon and free range chicken.

All served with a choice of potato and vegetable of the day or a mixed salad unless otherwise stated.

SIDE ORDERS…

  • All £1.50...

  • Mushrooms pan fried in olive oil
  • Creamed Spinach
  • Grilled tomatoes

DESSERTS…

All Home Made Priced at £4.45

  • Caramelized Rum Bananas

    Served with rum and raisin ice cream
  • Sticky Toffee Pudding
  • Served with butterscotch sauce and coffee ice cream

  • Hot chocolate pudding

    Rich dark chocolate sponge topped with a chocolate sauce

  • Baileys Cheesecake

    Served with cream

  • Toffee, apple and pecan crumble pie (n)

    Served hot or cold with ice cream or fresh cream

  • Rum Bread and Butter Pudding

    Served with vanilla ice cream

  • “Eton Mess”

    A delicious blend of crushed meringues, berries, puree of raspberries and fresh cream

  • Cheese and Mini Port

    Stilton, Cheddar and brie served with celery, crisp biscuits and butter
ICE CREAM AND SORBETS £3.25

Choose any three flavours from our home made ice creams

COFFEE…

  • Cappuccino £1.75

    Served with Ameretti biscuits

  • Filter Coffee £1.75

    Freshly brewed coffee served with chocolate mints

  • Coffee in a Glass “The Floater” £2.00

    Served in a glass with sugar and a generous topping of cream

  • Double Expresso £1.75

    Served with Ameretti biscuits

  • Connoisseur Coffees £2.85

    Freshly brewed coffee served with chocolate mints

  • Filter Coffee £1.75

    A large glass of coffee with a full measure of liqueur or spirit of your choice, Topped with a generous topping of cream

For the connoisseur, choose from:

  • Irish with Irish Whisky

  • Russian with Vodka

  • Parisienne with Brandy

  • Calypso with Tia Maria

  • Caribbean with Rum

  • Highland with Scotch Whisky

  • Seville with Cointreau