These are some of the dishes you may find on our ever changing menu.

Lunch.
Home cooked Suffolk ham, free range eggs, homemade chips £7.50
Suffolk ham and black bomber
ploughman’s lunch £7.95
Beer battered line caught cod or haddock, homemade chips.
Fish pie, seasonal vegetables £8.95
Selection of homemade bread sandwiches, straw fries £4.95
Liver and bacon £8.50
Tomato tarte tatin, goats cheese
and beetroot £8.50
Game pie £8.95

Starters.
Diver Caught Scallops, Garlic Butter £7.95
Devilled Kidneys £4.75
Potted Shrimps £4.95
Soup of the Day £3.75
Tomato and Basil Brushcetta £4.50
Mackerel, Horseradish Potatoes £4.95
Pigeon, Black Pudding and
Bacon Salad £4.95
Sardines and Tomatoes on Toast £4.75


Evening Main Courses.
Braised Oxtail in Guinness,
Horseradish Mash
£10.50
Rump of Local Lamb, Dauphinoise £12.95
35 Day aged Rib – Eye Steak,
homemade Chips
£15.95
Steak and Kidney Pudding £10.50
Rabbit with Rosemary and cream £9.95
French Onion Tart £8.95
Basil and Feta Stuffed
Butternut Squash £8.95
Boiled Bacon, Pease Pudding £8.95
Award Winning Sausage
Toad in the Hole £8.95
Old Spot Belly of Pork, Bubble and Squeak, Black Pudding £11.50
Local Game Casserole £9.95
Braised Beef, Mustard Dumpling £9.95
Wild Bass, Seafood Risotto £15.50
Breaded Monkfish, Pea Puree £13.50


Desserts.

Chocolate Pudding, Clotted Cream £4.95

Tiptree Jam Doughnut £4.75

Sticky Toffee Pudding £4.75

Eton Mess £4.50

Lemon Tart £4.50

Poached Pears £4.50

Baked Figs £4.75

Treacle Tart, Butterscotch Ice cream £4.75



Bar Snacks.
Homemade scotch egg £2.50

Chill roast potatoes £2.00

Homemade sausage rolls £2.50
Black pudding fritters £2.50
Marinated olives £2.00
Homemade crisps £1.50
Homemade pork scratchings £1.50
Half pint of prawns £3.50


Every dish you see on the menu is homemade and cooked to order, there are normally four starters on at any one time and also twelve main courses normally consisting of six meat, four fish and two vegetarian dishes.

Our aim at the Old Crown is to produce Traditional Food as it used to be, using Traditional methods and the finest produce, our Children’s menu is basically the same as the adults but smaller portions as we feel strongly children should be eating the same as adults, and in a world where there is so much emphasis on what children eat, we do our bit to help and there is a strong lack of fried food on the children’s menu.

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