Current Menu

~Starters~

Spiced Parsnip Soup

A smooth parsnip & cream soup scented with curry spices & sweet Granny Smith apple

£5.50

Mr Thomas’s Famous Brown Onion Soup

Made properly, with love, over 36 hours & topped with a large mature Cheddar crouton

£5.95

Mr Thomas’s crispy Corned Beef Hash Cake

Even ‘slower’ food - a blend of our home-made corned beef (10 days in the making)

& potato, served with poached egg & the legendary HP dressing

£5.25

Black Pudding Fritters

Award-winning Bury black pudding meets cheese from Cheshire.

Served with a dressed salad & a spiced Granny Smith apple chutney

£5.95

Goosnargh Chicken Liver Parfait

Again from Reg - served with toasted sourdough bread & home-made red onion marmalade

£6.95

Curried Welsh Lamb’s Kidneys

Pan fried lamb’s kidneys in a creamy curried sauce with Cheshire bacon & mushrooms, served with rice

£6.95

Butternut Squash & Yorkshire Fine Fettle Cheese tart

A light thyme-roasted butternut squash & Yorkshire Fine Fettle (feta-style) cheese tart, presented in a puff pastry shell with a mature Cheddar cheese sauce & baked until golden

£5.95

The Finest ‘Demlane’ Mussels

Fresh Irish ‘Demlane’ mussels, cooked with white wine, shallots fresh thyme & bay leaves. Finished with a touch of cream & freshly-chopped parsley

£6.95

Irish Rock Oysters

Natural on a bed of rock salt, served with a wedge of lemon

£1.50 each

~ Main Courses ~

~ Poultry & Game ~

A Crispy Confit of Corn-fed Goosnargh Duck

Crispy-skinned confit duck leg, from Reg Johnson of Preston, served with braised cabbage,

Cheshire streaky bacon, sweet roasted quince, butter braised potato & a bittersweet port wine sauce

£14.95

Breast of Corn-fed Chicken

The finest corn-fed breast of chicken from Reg Johnson’s farm in Preston, basted with herb butter till golden & served with sautéed potatoes & green beans, herb vinaigrette & toasted hazelnuts

£14.95

~ Meats ~

Rare Breed Pork Chop

A salt & fennel-cured pork chop served with sage & onion mash,

herb-roasted carrots, peas & a jug of thyme velouté gravy.

£13.95

Mr Thomas’s Famous Home-made Corned Beef Hash

10 days in the making – to our own secret recipe - served with sautéed potatoes & creamed onions.

Finished with soft-poached egg & Cheshire-smoked dry cure bacon

£12.95

Mr Thomas’s Home-made Steak & Kidney Pudding

Real steak & fresh lamb’s kidneys - served with chop house chips, crushed peas with marjoram & a jug of gravy

This is comfort food just like your mum makes it. Perfect for rainy days

£12.95

Pan-roasted Rump of Lamb

Our favourite dish in the taste-off. Lamb cooked to your preference, served on a bed of crushed potatoes

& award-winning Bury black pudding from Albert’s - with roasted cherry vine tomatoes, wilted spinach & a wonderfully-sweet balsamic sauce

£15.95

Pan-fried Calves Liver & Mash

A tender slice of calves liver, pan fried & served with a piquant devilled sauce & fine green beans

£15.95

~ Vegetarian ~

Chop House Potato Dumplings

Small pan-fried potato dumplings combined with cherry tomatoes, broad beans, parmesan cheese & pesto dressing

£10.95

Wild Mushroom Wellington

Surely enough to convert the carnivores? This dish combines field mushrooms with herbs, seasoning & a classic puff pastry case. Served on a bed of sautéed potatoes & buttered cabbage with a lovely grain mustard white sauce

£9.95

~Fish ~

A Delicate Fish Pie

Made fresh daily, topped with a cheesy potato crust

& served with your choice of mushy peas or home-made baked beans

£9.95

Pan Fried Salmon with Crayfish & Spring Onion Crushed Potatoes

A thick cut fillet of salmon pan fried to medium & served with crushed new potatoes mixed with meaty cold water prawns, spring onions & chives - accompanied by a herb butter sauce

£14.95

Mr Thomas’s Traditional Fish, Chips & Mushy Peas

Served with fresh-cut lemon, chop house chips & home-made Tartar sauce

£12.50

~ From the Grill ~

A most-excellent Seasonal Cheshire Gammon

Served with a fried egg, proper fresh pineapple, roasted vine cherry tomatoes,

a field mushroom & chop house chips

£10.95

Sirloin Steak, Café de Paris Butter & Chips

A thick 8oz sirloin steak cooked to your liking and finished with a savoury shallot & parsley butter, served with chunky chips, fresh onion rings, roasted flat mushroom & slow-roasted cherry tomatoes

£16.95

~ Puddings ~

Sticky Toffee Pudding

Served with homemade vanilla bean ice-cream

£4.95

Lemon Posset

A modern update of the medieval English dish of sweetened curdled milk, this is a light &
smooth lemon cream, served in a glass with crushed raspberries,

accompanied by two sweet puff pastry & almond straws for dipping

£4.95

Chocolate Tart

Home made Chocolate Tart with chocolate sorbet

£4.95

English Burnt Cream

Known by the French as crème brulée, scented by us with Baileys

£4.95

Plum Crumble

Mr Thomas’s home-made crumble, served with custard

£4.95

A Selection of the Finest Award-winning Cheeses