The Friston Chequers

Menus
Sample Special board (week beginning Wednesday 21st March 2023)




Please find below our current menus. These are changed regularly and we offer a range of specials (on the blackboard) both at lunchtimes and in the evenings.
Sample Main Menu
Nibbles & Starters
Bread & balsamic oil to dip/ with olives (v) 5/8.50
Soup of the day (v) 6.50
Classic prawn cocktail with Marie Rose sauce & wholemeal bread & butter 7.25
Goats’ cheese, beetroot & toasted walnuts on rocket salad with balsamic dressing 7.25
Salt & pepper squid, rocket & sweet chilli dipping sauce 7.25
Chicken liver pate with chutney and toasted wholemeal 7.25
Mains
East coast cod in a light beer batter with chips & tartare sauce 14.95
Old Chequers beef burger with cheddar cheese & bacon in a brioche bun served with a
tomato burger relish 14.95
Hand carved Suffolk honey & mustard ham served with fried egg & chips 14
10 oz Suffolk rump steak served with large field mushroom, grilled tomato, onion rings, chips
with peppercorn sauce or garlic butter 21
Tomato & chive tagliatelle, garlic bread and a feta, rocket roasted pepper salad 14 (V)
Blue cheese brûlée, herb roasted new potatoes with a celery radish salad (v) 14
Sides
Bowl of chips 3
Seasoned skinny fries 3
Side bowl of vegetables 3
House salad with tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, peppers & dressing 3
Desserts 7.25
Strawberry & blueberry medley with meringue and pouring cream
Warm Chocolate brownie served with vanilla ice cream
Sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce & and salted caramel ice cream
Raspberry delight, raspberry sorbet, fresh berries and a shot of prosecco
Selection of cheeses with biscuits, grapes & chutney 8
Suffolk Meadow ice creams/sorbets available 1.80 per scoop
Ice cream; Strawberry, vanilla, clotted cream, salted caramel
Children’s Meals 7.25
Sausages & fries/mash. peas & gravy
Fish fingers with fries, baked beans or peas
Chicken goujons with fries, baked beans or peas
Pasta in a tomato sauce & garlic bread
Sunday Menu
Starters /Nibbles
Olives (v) 2.50
Garlic bread (v) 3
Bread with oil & balsamic to dip (v)5
Leek & potato soup served with crusty bread
Prawn cocktail with Marie Rose sauce & wholemeal bread & butter 7
Goats’ cheese, beetroot & toasted walnuts on a bed of rocket with balsamic syrup 7
Duck liver pate served with wholemeal toast & Stokes red onion marmalade 7
Breaded whitebait, garlic mayonnaise dip & brown bread & butter 7
Salt & pepper squid, rocket & sweet chilli dipping sauce 7
Mains
Roast topside of beef with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, vegetables, horseradish sauce & gravy 14.50
Roast loin of Suffolk Blythburgh pork, Yorkshire pudding, sausage meat stuffing, roast potatoes, vegetables, apple sauce, crackling & gravy 14.50
East coast cod in a light beer batter with peas, hand cut chips & tartar sauce 14
Hand carved Suffolk honey & mustard ham, fried egg & chips 14
Lamb’s liver and bacon, mashed potato, vegetables and gravy 14
Oven roasted courgette topped with a creamy minted pea risotto, on sauté potatoes with green beans, tomato coulis & rocket garnish (v) 14
Oven baked stuffed pepper with ratatouille set on tomato coulis, green beans, broccoli,
sliced new potatoes with pesto dressing (v/ve) 14
Sides
Bowl of chips with Maldon sea salt 3
Seasoned skinny fries 3
Side bowl of vegetables 3
House salad with tomato, cucumber, red onion, peppers & dressing 3
Desserts (all 7.25)
Banana & toffee Eton mess with cream
Chocolate pudding, chocolate sauce, pistachio ice cream
Salted caramel & honeycomb cheesecake served with pouring cream
Belgian chocolate & praline torte served with pouring cream
Apple & mixed berry crumble with custard
Cherry Bakewell tart served with custard
Suffolk Meadow ice creams &sorbets available 1.80 per scoop
Ice cream; Strawberry, vanilla, clotted cream, salted caramel
Sorbets; lemon & mango
Cheeseboard
Brie, farmhouse cheddar & stilton served with biscuits, grapes & real ale chutney 8
Children's Meals
(7.25 for aged 12 & under)
Fish fingers with fries & baked beans or peas
Chicken goujons with fries & baked beans or peas
Sausages with fries/mash & baked beans or peas
Small roast pork or roast beef dinner
Tea & Coffee
Filter or instant coffee & tea or fruit/mint tea
available on request
Little Tipples
Port - ideal with the cheeseboard
Port 50ml 5
LBV Port 50ml 6
Dessert Wines
Errazuriz late harvest sauvignon blanc, Chile, 37.5cl 17.50
Muscat de Baumes de Venise, light floral & sweet muscat, France 37.5cl 18
Please make us aware of any special dietary requirements
Please ask for any gluten free buns, breads or crackers