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Bleu
grill and wine gallery
Winter
Winter is when the big pots come out. This is the season of slow food. The kind of food that you throw into a heavy casserole dish and then forget for a couple of hours, allowing the combination of heat and great produce to work its alchemy with very little interference from you. Then just lift the lid and gather with friends around a pot of rich velvety meat or hearty vegetables. This kind of food needs little more than a side dish of creamy mashed potato or spicy couscous to turn it into the culinary equivalent of a soft thick blanket.
Winter – now we’re talking, creamy, white wines absolutely bursting with flavour such as Chablis 1er Cru – the king of chardonnay chilled but not too much and as the room warms the wine the flavours just explode onto your tongue.
Big, big reds are definitely in this season and Amarone a valpolicella from the house of Bolla is quite simply ‘liquid love’. Snuggling up on a sofa with a ‘good’ friend sipping this wonderful wine in front of the embers of a dying fire is what winter is all about.
HAPPY HOUR
each evening
6.30 – 7.30
two course dinner
£9.95
half price wine
valle andino, sauvignon blanc, merlot, merlot rose
£7.73
why not dine in the lane?
EARLY DINER SAMPLE MENU
6.30 – 7.30 pm
£9.95
Starters
Chef’s soup of the day with freshly baked crusty bread
Garlic mushrooms in a creamy cheese sauce
Homemade chicken liver pate with Cumberland sauce and melba toast
Mains
Grilled marinated chicken breast, topped with tomato and basil sauce and glazed with cheese
Pan fried rainbow trout with buttered almonds and lemon
Char grilled minute steak in a peppercorn sauce with homemade chips tomato and mushrooms
All the above are served with either homemade chips or new potatoes and buttered garden peas
Baked vegetable lasagne with grilled garlic bread and dressed salad
A LA CARTE MENU
Starters
Soup of the day£3.95
Homemade and delicious, served with crusty bread
Chicken liver pate£4.50
Made to our own recipe and served with
onion marmalade & crusty bread
Salmon & Dill Fishcakes£5.60
Served
Chilled melon (V)£4.95
With mango sorbet
Potted shrimps£5.95
Traditional brown shrimps, set in butter with a hint of nutmeg and served with melba toast & citrus relish
Pan fried crayfish tails£5.95
Drenched in garlic and herb butter
Crayfish salad£5.95
On a bed of leaves with Marie Rose sauce
Main courses
All main courses are served with vegetables and your choice of potatoes
Choose from homemade chips, French fries, baby potatoes or mixed salad
21 day mature 8oz Sirloin£16.95
British beef steak, char grilled and topped with garlic butter, with mushrooms and grilled vine tomato
Confit of Duck£13.95
Marinated in orange and thyme and slowly braised in duck fat, and a cranberry and orange jus.
Roasted lamb Rump£14.95
A juicy lamb steak
Garlic Chicken Breast£12.95
Char grilled with tomato, basil and glazed with cheese
Pork belly£13.95
Slow roasted pork belly and coated in a cider marinade,
Braised shank of lamb£14.95
Slow cooked in a rosemary and redcurrant sauce and served on a bed of creamy mashed potato
Wild Mushrooms Stroganoff(V)£12.95
Pan fried forest mushrooms in a classic red wine and brandy sauce, finished with cream and served on a bed of rice
Fillet of salmon£13.95
Grilled and served with hollandaise sauce.
Pan fried sea bass fillets£15.95
Served with vine cherry tomatoes and citrus fruits
Grilled Tuna Steak£14.95
Simply grilled and topped with anchovy butter
Grilled swordfish£14.95
With garlic butter and capers
(SUNDAY ONLY)
Roast topside of British beef£8.95
Served with traditional roast potatoes seasonal vegetables and Yorkshire pudding
Puddings
Bread and butter pudding£5.75
Our famous pudding served with amaretto
and baileys custard
Banoffee Pie£5.25
Served with vanilla ice cream
Judes Local Ice Cream£5.95
Made near Winchester using the very freshest
ingredients choose from vanilla, butterscotch,
strawberry or chocolate
Profiteroles £5.25
Served with double cream and chocolate sauce
Chocolate torte£5.25
Classic chocolate pudding with double cream
Steamed Treacle Pudding£5.25
Served with custard
Cheese platter£6.25
Selection of English cheeses
Coffee & Tea
Americano£2.25
espresso£2.25
double espresso £2.50
cappuccino£2.25
latte£2.25
mocha£3.00
hot chocolate£3.00
liqueur coffee£5.25
breakfast tea£2.25
herbal teas£2.25
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Private Dining
Jane Austen the famous author danced the night away on her 18th birthday in the assembly rooms right here at The dolphin. Now four private dining rooms all situated on the first floor of the hotel, in what was in the 1700’s the main assembly rooms for Southampton, where the great and good of the city regularly met - some things don’t change.
The whole facility is supported, on the same floor, by it’s own toilets and pantry.
Winter private dining menu suggestions
£30 per person
we aim to provide a bespoke menu for our diners and would
be delighted to discuss your personal tastes and ideas. Here are the
some of our suggestions for the months of December, January
& February. You either choose a fixed menu for your guests
(one starter, one main course, one pudding) or have a choice
for you guests (upto 40 diners)and simply give us an order in
advance of your arrival – giving our chefs time to prepare your food.
on arrival
selection canapé optional extra per person£6.00
starters
parsnip & apple soup topped with chopped walnuts,
with warm focaccia bread and (V)
pan-fried tiger prawns with garlic and chilli butter with crisp leaves
Caramelised shallots served with cous cous and grilled pancetta
Intercourse
Judes cranberry sorbet optional extra per person £2.50
main courses
chicken, mushroom and tarragon casserole served with roasted winter vegetables
and minted new potatoes
sirloin of beef braised in a red wine and onion sauce served on a bed of creamy
chive mashed potato with crisp broccoli
baked sea bass served on braised celery with sauté potatoes
wild forest mushroom cooked with walnuts in a cream and paprika sauce
Served on a bed of brown rice (V)
puddings
sticky toffee pudding
bread and butter pudding with baileys and amaretto custard (V)
apple and apricot crumble with double cream (V)
Cheese
Selection of cheeses with water biscuits optional extra per person £5.25
coffee
freshly brewed coffee with minted chocolates
Special Offers
Happy Hour
Two course dinner
only £9.95 per person!
featuring some great traditional dishes
6.30 - 7.30 every day
To book your table call us on: 023 8072 0501
Bleu wine vaults
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Tariff
We would be delighted to quote for your private dinner or reception and as a guide we have menus as follows:
Full three course dinner with coffee - from £30.00
Informal reception menus - from £15.00
Please call our banqueting office direct on 023 80 720515.
Tel: 023 8033 9955
Fax: 023 8033 3650
email: enquiries@thedolphin.co.uk
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