30th-3rd September 2022
To celebrate the launch of our new concept and brand we have come up with a 12 course menu inspired by medieval recipes from the world renowned Canterbury tales.
14-15 Beer Cart Lane, Canterbury CT1 2NY, UK
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Ypocras
Kentish red wine fortified with honey and spices served with cakes, dates and figs.
Barley breed, brown breed and wastel breed
A selection of barley, brown and white bread with parsley flavored beef drippings
Blankmanger chicknes, pickled rote of parsel and pasternak of rassens
literally translates as “spiced chicken”. This dish consists of grilled tender poussin breast in a mildly spiced white sauce. Served with pickled root of parsley and other root vegetables.
Pyk in Brasey
Fillet of pyk with breadcrumbs served with spinach and a sauce called brasey
Grilled Pigeon, Wortes, with the Marybones
The use of marrow or ‘’mary’’was common in medieval cooking. Wortes is seasonal greens such as spinach, cabbage and onions stir fried with butter
Salat of Sawge, Garlec, Chybollus and Oynons
A mixed salad of sage, garlic, chives, onions and new potatoes
Pesen Pottage
The most popular way of eating peas was in soups. But they also served a purpose other than edible- Slippery peas were poured onto the decks of ships in times of battle, to cause advancing sailors to slide and fall.
Mushroom Bake served with Fecches
This dish is a medieval version of a mushroom pie. Fecches literally translates to “legumes and beans”.
Tamworth pork mortreux with pearl barley
mortreux translates as “stew”. This recipe consists of succulent pieces of pork belly slow cooked with pearl barley and a mixture of ground spices such as pepper and cloves. The word mortreux is derived from the mortar in which it was prepared.
Venysoun served with roasted chasteyns and Walsh-notes
Venison loins slow roasted over charcoal served with chestnuts and walnuts and venison gravy.
Poached Peres
Pears cooked over charcoal with aromatic spices
Chese
A selection of canterbury cheese served with honey and grapes
All our food is prepared in a kitchen that handles allergens. Not suitable for allergies.
For more information on allergens, please call at +44 1227 200777