Menu de Noël

Menu de Noël at Cote Restaurant Tunbridge Wells

Available from 21st November to 24th December

3 Courses - £39.95 per person

Christmas Club Cocktails:
The classic Clover Club, re-imagined for the festive season. Santé
- Winter Berry +£11.50 Portobello Road Sloeberry Gin & Absolut vanilla vodka shaken with cranberry, lemon & vegan foam, garnished with dusted rosemary
- Blood Orange & Cranberry +£8.95 Non-alcoholic Pentire blood orange spirit shaken with cranberry, lemon & vegan foam, garnished with a dried orange slice

Starters:
- Smoked Salmon Rillettes Creamy salmon rillettes layered on honey & mustard pickled beetroot. Topped with whipped horseradish cream, dill & lemon & served with seeded sourdough
- Truffled Pumpkin Soup Topped with pumpkin seeds & chestnuts, served with toasted sourdough baguette
- Crab & Comté Rarebit Rich Comté & white crab béchamel on toasted brioche, topped with samphire & drizzled with herb oil
- Brûlée Camembert When crème brûlée met Camembert. Caramelised cheese served with pickled sweet grape chutney, sugared walnuts & toasted sourdough baguette
- Chicken Parfait Mille-Feuille Our rich chicken liver parfait piped into thyme puff pastry slices with caramelised red onion chutney, alongside dressed julienne pears & a port reduction

Mains:
- Grilled Sea Bream On a bed of Champagne velouté sauce, braised fennel, tomato concassé, dill & crushed new potatoes
- Salt-Baked Celeriac Grilled & topped with creamed wild mushrooms, confit shallots, crumbled chestnuts & a caper relish, served with frites
- Butternut Squash Tarte Tati Sage brown butter salted caramel & red onion tarte tatin topped with whipped goat's cheese & toasted almonds, served with a green salad
- Roast Turkey Ballotine Wrapped in smoked bacon with a chestnut & sage stuffing. Served with crispy confit potatoes, apricot & mustard glazed Chantenay carrots, watercress, spiced honey pig in blanket and a shallot & thyme jus
- Sirloin (8oz) Cut & prepared in the Côte butchery Served with crispy confit potatoes, black garlic jus & watercress. Recommended medium rare (+£5 supplement)

Sides:
Can't decide? Choose any three sides for £12
- Crispy Confit Potatoes +£4.95 With gravy mayo ( option available)Four per portion
- Côte Pigs in Blankets +£5.95 Drizzled with sticky hot honey Five per portion
- Truffled Cauliflower au Gratin +£4.95 Roasted cauliflower in a truffle cheese sauce topped with a rosemary crumb
- Crispy Comté Sprouts +£4.95 Fried Brussels sprouts with mornay sauce & Comté cheese

Desserts:
- Christmas Pudding Nougat A frozen parfait filled with mixed fruit, almonds & brandy on a bed of gingerbread crumb, topped with frosted red currants & chiffonade mint
- Clementine & Pistachio Mess Crushed meringue tossed with pistachio & white chocolate ganache, spiced poached clementines, dried raspberries & a winter berry coulis. Topped with pistachios
- Brandy Butter Madeleines Three warm butter madeleines, served with brandy butter & red currants
- Warm Chocolate Fondant Served with winter berry coulis, hazelnut tuile & cinnamon ice cream
- Chocolate Praline Tart Served with raspberries & vanilla ice cream

Digestif:
The perfect after dinner cocktail
- Après Eight +£10.50 Norfolk Nog whisky cream liqueur, Crème de Menthe & vanilla frappé, served with an After Eight^™ mint & icing sugar snow

Fancy Another Course?
- Cheese Board Finish your meal with a selection of French artisanal cheeses
+£7.25 3 cheeses
+£10.75 6 cheeses
+£13.95 8 cheeses

Served with quince paste, pickled sweet grape chutney, sourdough baguette and charcoal & rye crackers. Ask our team for our cheese selection