The Old Bull's Head menù, Loughborough
The Old Bull's Head Loughborough - Menu
All day menu - to get started
Baked camembert
Hand-ladled cheese, pine nuts & pumpkin seeds, toasted artisan sourdough bread, plum & apple chutney for dipping. For two to share
Padrón peppers
Hot honey, extra virgin olive oil
Mediterranean mezze
Hot honey padrón peppers, feta, hummus, spiced grains, aubergine baba ganoush & fresh pomegranate, homemade tzatziki, flatbread
Artisan rustic breads & nocellara olives
Netherend farm salted butter, extra virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar
Halloumi fries & sweet chilli sauce
Freshly stonebaked garlic & mozzarella pizzette rocket
Nocellara olives
All day menu - small plates
Pan-fried wild scallops*
Fennel, saffron velouté, risotto, green pesto
Chicken liver & brandy parfait
Pumpkin & sunflower seed crumb, plum & apple chutney, toasted artisan sourdough bread
Sea salt & cracked black pepper squid
Pickled ginger mayonnaise
Sticky beef dumpling*
Soy sauce & chilli dressing, black onion seeds, pink pickled onion
Creamy baked mushrooms
Vintage cheddar & white port sauce, garlic & rosemary pangrattato crumb, ciabatta
Fresh italian burrata
Homemade green pesto, extra virgin olive oil, ciabatta
Hummus & toasted ciabatta
Tomato tapenade, pine nuts & pumpkin seeds, pomegranate
Chipotle sticky chicken
Karaage fried chicken, smoky chilli jam
Pan-fried king prawns with chilli & feta*
Tomato & chipotle chilli sauce, lemon gremolata, toasted ciabatta
All day menu - mains
Pan-roasted lamb rump
Dauphinoise potatoes, sautéed green beans, mediterranean vegetables, red wine sauce
King prawn, crab & chorizo linguine
White wine, tomato, garlic & chilli sauce
Rotisserie half chicken*
Fries, rich chicken gravy, aioli. finished with: truffle flavour, BBQ or chipotle chilli
Fries, rich chicken gravy, aioli. finished with: truffle flavour, BBQ or chipotle chilli
Pulled pork & cider bonbon, charred pineapple & chilli salsa, dauphinoise potato, tenderstem® broccoli, rich gravy
Maple-glazed slow-cooked pork belly & without scallops
Pulled pork & cider bonbon, charred pineapple & chilli salsa, dauphinoise potato, tenderstem® broccoli, rich gravy
Freshly battered line-caught cod & chips
Minted pea purée, chunky tartare sauce, lemon
Sweet potato massaman curry
Sticky jasmine rice, green beans, spring onion, red chilli
Pan-fried seabass fillets
Fire roasted red peppers, baby potatoes, tomato chilli dressing, pea purée, lemon gremolata
All day menu - premium steak cuts
28 day-aged 7 oz fillet steak
Lean, tender and delicate in flavour, recommended rare
30 day-aged 10 oz rib-eye steak
Juicy in texture and bursting with flavour, recommended medium
28 day-aged 16 oz chateaubriand for two
Decadent, tender cut from the thickest part of fillet. Recommended medium rare. Includes your choice of two sauces
All day menu - burgers, sourdough pizzas & salads
Our dirty burger
Prime beef burger, crispy bacon, lashings of cheese, beef dripping sauce, fries, pickles
Prime cheeseburger
Beef patty, monterey jack cheese, fries, pickles
Buttermilk chicken burger
Crispy chicken, shredded slaw, baby gem lettuce, garlic aioli, tomato, chilli jam, fries, pickles
Plant-based burger
Meatless farm patty, violife melting mature slice, red pepper & tomato sauce, house salad, pickles
Diablo pizza
Chorizo, pepperoni, bacon, fire roasted and sweet red peppers, mozzarella, jalapeños, red chilli
Three cheese and mushroom pizza*
Parmesan, mozzarella, vintage cheddar bianco base, shiitake mushroom crisps, baby spinach, truffle infused olive oil
Margherita pizza
Mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, basil
Mortadella and mozzarella pizza*
Finely sliced italian sausage, vintage cheddar bianco base, rocket, pine nuts
Chicken, bacon & avocado salad
Copper maran egg, baby gem lettuce, plum tomato, red onion, shaved parmesan, blood orange dressing, croutons
Nourish bowl
Hummus, mixed grains, avocado, roasted cauliflower & squash, mooli, pomegranate seeds, watercress
All day menu - sides
Billionaire’s fries
Parmesan, prosciutto, truffle flavour mayonnaise
Halloumi fries & sweet chilli sauce
Sautéed pak choi
Crispy onion rings
Mac & cheese
Tenderstem® broccoli, green beans, spinach, samphire
Rocket salad
Tomato, cucumber, capers, pine nuts & lemon olive oil
Rustic thick-cut chips
Fries & sea salt
All day menu - desserts
Summer pavlova
White chocolate & raspberry meringue, freshly whipped cream, blackcurrant sauce, lime, berries
Home-baked chocolate brownie
Amaretti biscuit crumb, chocolate sauce, bourbon vanilla ice cream
Raspberry, cookies & cream, and yuzu meringue cheesecake trio
White chocolate cream cheese spheres, biscuit crumb, toffee sauce, fresh berries, blackcurrant curd
Creamy vanilla panna cotta
Passion fruit coulis, lime
Lotus biscoff chocolate bomb
Chocolate brownie, lotus biscoff spread, vanilla ice cream, hot toffee sauce
Apple & damson crumble
Choose from: bourbon vanilla ice cream or custard
Sticky toffee pudding
Honeycomb ice cream
Ice cream or sorbet & home-baked triple chocolate cookie
Choice of ice cream or sorbet
Mini dessert & hot drink
Choose from: apple & damson crumble, blackcurrant mousse, home-baked chocolate brownie, white chocolate cheesecake or summer pavlova
Lunch menu - to start
Creamy baked mushrooms
Vintage cheddar & white port sauce, garlic & rosemary pangrattato crumb, ciabatta
Chipotle sticky chicken
Karaage fried chicken, smoky chilli jam
Rustic tomato & basil soup
Toasted pine nuts, warm rustic bread, netherend farm salted butter
Lunch menu - mains
Chargrilled gammon steak & fried eggs
Rustic thick-cut chunky chips, honey-roasted pineapple
Smoked haddock florentine fishcakes*
Poached copper maran egg, lemon velouté, sautéed spinach . served with your choice of salad or fries
Nourish bowl
Hummus, mixed grains, avocado, roasted cauliflower & squash, mooli, pomegranate seeds, watercress, blood orange dressing
Seared salmon fillet
Fresh herb & garlic crumb, red pepper & carrot purée, baby potatoes, tomato & spring onion salsa
Sweet potato massaman curry
Sticky jasmine rice, green beans, spring onion, red chilli
Margherita pizza
Mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, basil
Fillet steak sandwich
Caramelised red onion chutney, rocket, beef dripping sauce
Tempura king prawn sandwich
Crab & lemon aioli, tomato & spring onion salsa, toasted ciabatta
Grilled chicken and mozzarella sandwich
Rocket, roasted red pepper tapenade, artisan bread
Hummus & mediterranean vegetable sandwich
Tomato & spring onion salsa, rocket, ciabatta
Lunch menu - desserts
Creamy vanilla panna cotta
Passion fruit coulis, lime
Home-baked chocolate brownie
Amaretti biscuit crumb, chocolate sauce, bourbon vanilla ice cream
Mini dessert & hot drink
Choose from: home-baked chocolate brownie , apple & damson crumble, summer pavlova, blackcurrant mousse, white chocolate cheesecake
Lunch menu - hot drinks
Americano
Double espresso
Cappuccino
Spiced vanilla latte
Flat white
Latte
Chai latte
Honeycomb hot chocolate
Tangerine hot chocolate
Hot chocolate
Sunday menu - while you ponder
Mediterranean mezze
Hot honey padrón peppers, feta, hummus, spiced grains, aubergine baba ganoush & fresh pomegranate, homemade tzatziki, flatbread
Artisan rustic breads & nocellara olives
Netherend farm salted butter, extra virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar
Baked camembert
Hand-ladled cheese, pine nuts & pumpkin seeds, toasted artisan sourdough bread, plum & apple chutney for dipping. For two to share
Sunday menu - starters
Pan-fried wild scallops*
Fennel, saffron velouté, risotto, green pesto
Fresh italian burrata
Homemade green pesto, extra virgin olive oil, ciabatta
Chipotle sticky chicken
Karaage fried chicken, smoky chilli jam
Creamy baked mushrooms
Vintage cheddar & white port sauce, garlic & rosemary pangrattato crumb, ciabatta
Pan-fried king prawns with chilli & feta*
Tomato & chipotle chilli sauce, lemon gremolata, toasted ciabatta
Chicken liver & brandy parfait
Pumpkin & sunflower seed crumb, plum & apple chutney, toasted artisan sourdough bread
Rustic tomato & basil soup
Toasted pine nuts, warm rustic bread, netherend farm salted butter
Sunday menu - roasts
Roast duo of beef
Boneless beef rib, 21 day-aged sirloin
Trio of roasts
Beef, pork and chicken, crackling, stuffing wrapped in bacon, bread sauce
Roast half chicken
Bread sauce, stuffing wrapped in bacon
Roast pork belly
Crackling, stuffing wrapped in bacon
Roast sirloin of beef
21 day-aged
Fig & dolcelatte roast
Roasted potatoes, sautéed greens, roasted root vegetables, honey-roasted apple, yorkshire pudding, onion gravy
Sunday menu - roast sides
Stuffing wrapped in bacon
Cauliflower cheese
Tenderstem® broccoli, green beans, spinach, samphire
Dauphinoise potatoes
Sunday menu - fish & classics
Freshly battered line-caught cod & chips
Minted pea purée, chunky tartare sauce, lemon
King prawn, crab & chorizo linguine
White wine, tomato, garlic & chilli sauce
Pan-fried seabass fillets
Fire roasted red peppers, baby potatoes, tomato chilli dressing, pea purée, lemon gremolata
Sweet potato massaman curry
Sticky jasmine rice, green beans, spring onion, red chilli
Chicken, bacon & avocado salad
Copper maran egg, baby gem lettuce, plum tomato, red onion, shaved parmesan, blood orange dressing, croutons
Nourish bowl
Hummus, mixed grains, avocado, roasted cauliflower & squash, mooli, pomegranate seeds, watercress
Sunday menu - premium steak cuts
28 day-aged 7 oz fillet steak
Lean, tender and delicate in flavour, recommended rare
30 day-aged 10 oz rib-eye steak
Juicy in texture and bursting with flavour, recommended medium
Sunday menu - burgers
Our dirty burger
Prime beef burger, crispy bacon, lashings of cheese, beef dripping sauce, fries, pickles
Buttermilk chicken burger
Crispy chicken, shredded slaw, baby gem lettuce, garlic aioli, tomato, chilli jam, fries, pickles
Plant-based burger
Meatless farm patty, violife melting mature slice, red pepper & tomato sauce, house salad, pickles
Sunday menu - sides
Billionaire’s fries
Parmesan, prosciutto, truffle flavour mayonnaise
Halloumi fries & sweet chilli sauce
Sautéed pak choi
Crispy onion rings
Mac & cheese
Tenderstem® broccoli, green beans, spinach, samphire
Rocket salad
Rustic thick-cut chips
Fries & sea salt
Sunday menu - desserts
Summer pavlova
White chocolate & raspberry meringue, freshly whipped cream, blackcurrant sauce, lime, berries
Home-baked chocolate brownie
Amaretti biscuit crumb, chocolate sauce, bourbon vanilla ice cream
Raspberry, cookies & cream, and yuzu meringue cheesecake trio
White chocolate cream cheese spheres, biscuit crumb, toffee sauce, fresh berries, blackcurrant curd
Creamy vanilla panna cotta
Passion fruit coulis, lime
Lotus biscoff chocolate bomb
Chocolate brownie, lotus biscoff spread, vanilla ice cream, hot toffee sauce
Apple & damson crumble
Choose from: bourbon vanilla ice cream or custard
Sticky toffee pudding
Honeycomb ice cream
Ice cream or sorbet & home-baked triple chocolate cookie
See dessert menu for your choice of ice cream or sorbet
Mini dessert & hot drink
Choose from: apple & damson crumble, blackcurrant mousse, home-baked chocolate brownie, white chocolate cheesecake or summer pavlova
Vegan menu - to start
Nocellara olives
Rustic tomato & basil soup
Toasted pine nuts, green pesto, ciabatta, olive oil & balsamic vinegar
Roasted chickpea & carrot falafel
Creamy hummus, roasted red pepper & olive tapenade, ciabatta
Vegan menu - mains
Nourish bowl
Hummus, mixed grains, avocado, roasted cauliflower & squash, mooli, pomegranate seeds, watercress, blood orange dressing
Plant-based burger
Meatless farm patty, violife melting mature slice, red pepper & tomato sauce, baby gem lettuce, house salad, pickles
Sweet potato massaman curry
Sticky jasmine rice, green beans, spring onion, red chilli
Vegan menu - sides
House salad
Tenderstem® broccoli, green beans, spinach, samphire
Vegan menu - dessert
Blackcurrant mousse
Biscuit base, fresh strawberries, blackcurrant compôte
Apple & damson crumble
Choose from: vegan custard or vegan vanilla ice cream alternative
Salted caramel billionaires bar
Chocolate chip cookie base, salted caramel & dark chocolate ganache, vegan vanilla ice cream alternative
Vegan sorbet
Choose three scoops from: coconut or raspberry