Our menus change twice daily to reflect the local produce available, but here are a sample of dishes which have appeared on our bar boards, lunch and evening menus over the autumn and winter months
Bar bites and boards
From £1.00 – £6.50
Brown sugar flapjacks
Traditional ginger Parkin
Chocolate fridge cake
Lemon drizzle cake
Local pork and cider pie with raised pastry
Marinated olives
freshly baked breads with various fillings such as local ham and mature cheddar
Starters
From £4.50 – £7.50
Kentish pork and game terrine with pickled Kentish beets
Tart of the day with local free-range eggs
Smoked haddock, spinach and cheddar flat omelette with roast tomatoes
Fresh King scallops seared in garlic butter
Coastguard chicken liver pâté with tarragon and orange
Roast aubergine soup with coriander and cumin, homemade walnut bread
Local rabbit and mushroom parfait with truffle oil and Melba toast
Roast tomato, avocado and rocket salad with walnut dressing
Potted prawns with basil and ginger
Mains
From £10.00 – £20.00
The Coastguard’s famous Hoegaarden-battered fresh day boat cod, our own recipe braised peas and double-fried chips
Our equally famous hot-devilled crab topped with mature cheddar
Fresh whole local lemon sole simply grilled with butter and lemon
Smoked haddock roasted with a Shetland mussel and saffron cider cream
Fillet of local plaice, creamed spinach with garden herbs, roast tomatoes and a little bucket of chips
Wild boar braised with juniper, cider, honey and mustard, celeriac mash
Fresh free-range chicken breast pan-fried with wild and tame mushrooms and a leek, grain mustard and calvados cream
Curry of Kentish autumn vegetables and coconut with fresh spinach
Gratin of Kentish broccoli with cider, mushrooms and leeks
Warm salad of Kentish roots, peppers and red onion in a honey dressing
Matured local sirloin, local fillet and local T-bone steaks
The Coastguard is proud to have won Cheeseboard of the Year Award 2005 for our Waterloo cheeseboard and to have been highly commended at the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Great British Cheese Awards for our British Cheeseboard.
We usually have at least 3 different boards of unpasteurised artisanal cheeses available.
Desserts
Amaretto Tiramisu Spiced Kentish autumn fruit and oat flapjack crumble with fresh cream
White chocolate cheesecake with a gingersnap crust
Sea salt caramel and chocolate tart with fresh berries
Sticky toffee pudding with treacle sauce and clotted cream
Steamed stem ginger pudding with cinnamon custard
Dark chocolate stout cake with Kriek beer marinated cherries
Triple chocolate sundae with fresh cream and shiny chocolate sauce
Crème brulée made with Bailey’s Irish Cream Banana, white chocolate and banana blondie with banana ice
I hope this gives you a taste of the style of our dishes, however, please note we do not guarantee that they will be available at the time of your visit! If there are any dishes you would specifically like to indulge in, please do not hesitate to call Sam and if we can seasonally source the ingredients, we will!
To download a sample of our menu click here.
To take a look at our Valentines Day Menu click here.
