Menu the chequers marlow
Starters Bread Basket A selection of freshly baked bread rolls for the table, served with balsamic vinegar, olive oil and butter £4.50 Add a selection of olives £6.50
Gourmet Rustic Garlic and Herb Bread
Homemade garlic bread, with or without cheese : with £4.00 without £3.50
Homemade Soup of the Day Ask your server what’s in the chef’s pot, served with a roll £5.50
Crab, Prawn and Avocado Stack Layers of crab meat, prawn and avocado drizzled with a ginger and lime dressing, served with brown bread £8.50
Boerewors (South African sausage) Grilled Boerewors served with a relish of ginger, peppers, tomato, onion, chilli, garlic, mustard seeds and fresh herbs £8.50 Add cous-cous as a main meal £11.00
Thai Beef Thin slices of beef strips, marinated in soy and oyster sauce with fresh herbs and chillies, stir-fried with mushrooms and mange tout, served with basmati rice £8.50
Exotic Mushrooms on Brioche A selection of exotic and wild mushrooms, pan-fried with fresh thyme and garlic on toasted brioche £7.50
Baked Camembert for Two Oven baked camembert with fresh rosemary, garlic and thyme served with cranberry sauce and freshly baked rustic baguette £11.00
Salads Hout Bay Salad North atlantic prawns, crab meat and smoked salmon with a marie rose dressing on a bed of lettuce £7.50/£12.00 Chicken Caesar Salad Cos lettuce tossed with bacon, croutons, chicken strips and red onion, served with a traditional caesar dressing £7.50/£12.00 Peppered Steak Salad Freshly seared strips of beef in crushed black pepper, served with a blue cheese sauce £9.50/£14.00 Grilled Pepper and Mozzarella Salad Crisp lettuce tossed with roasted peppers and mozzarella drizzled with mustard vinaigrette £7.50/£12.00
Legendary Steaks The Hillbilly Steak 8oz Rib eye steak smothered with bacon, cheese and mushroom sauce topped with a fried egg and onion rings £18.50 New York Strip 8oz Sirloin steak topped with melted stilton or cheddar and finished with a pepper sauce £17.50 Monkey Gland Steak 10oz rump steak topped with a monkey gland sauce £18.50 16oz Steak Platter A selection of fillet, sirloin, rib eye and rump served with a pepper and mushroom sauce £29.50 All steaks will be cooked to your liking and served with a potato of your choice: french fries, thick cut chips, mash potato, new potatoes or baked potato.
Tailor Made Steaks Fillet – The fillet is considered to be the most tender due to the fact that the muscle is non-weight bearing. It is also the leanest of cuts, sometimes considered to have the least flavour. The fillet runs along the inside of the spine.
Sirloin –This cut is more flavourful than the fillet and contains fine strands of marbling ensuring heartiness and tenderness. It has a thin layer of fat along the top that also helps to add moistness when grilling. The sirloin is cut from the lower portion of the ribs.
Rib Eye – Also known as the scotch fillet, taken from the rib. When cut into steaks, the rib eye is one of the most popular and juiciest on the market. This extra fat makes rib eye steaks and roasts especially tender and flavourful.
Rump – This cut is from the rump of the animal which does a lot of exercise and is therefore the least tender, but this means it is the most flavourful. It has a firm texture and a nice layer of fat along the top that also helps when grilling and therefore makes it a popular choice.
What is the perfect size of a steak? We believe the answer is whatever size you want it to be, hence “tailor made steaks”.
So how does it work? You choose: • Type of steak
• Size of steak
• What you would like with it
• How you would like it cooked • Then sit back and relax, we will do the rest!
Please note: the longer a steak is cooked the less tender it will be; therefore well done steaks will appear tough. We also baste our steak with a unique basting that we feel enhances the flavour! Steak Extras New potatoes £3.00
Onion rings £2.50 Thick cut chips £3.00
Grilled tomatoes £2.00 French fries £3.00 Pan fried cup mushrooms £2.50 Mash potato £3.00
Peas £2.00
Roasted butternut squash £3.00
Creamed spinach £3.00
French beans with onions & bacon bits £2.50
Steamed broccoli £2.50
Side salad £3.00 Rocket, parmesan, cherry tomato & olive salad £4.00 Tomato & red onion salad with a balsamic reduction £4.00
Sauces - £2.50 each • Mushroom • Pepper • Diane • Monkey-Gland • Wholegrain Mustard • Blue Cheese Sauce • Garlic • Sheba sauce (spicy African tomato and onion relish) How do you like your steak? Blue – very red and cold in the middle Rare – a cool red centre, otherwise pink Medium rare – a warm red centre, otherwise pink Medium – a warm pink centre, otherwise brown Medium well – mostly brown with a gray centre, very little pink Well done – brown throughout with no sign of pink
Mains Pan Fried Salmon Fillet Salmon fillet rubbed with mild cajun spices served with steamed asparagus and new potatoes £14.00 Grilled Cape Kingklip Fillet of kingklip drizzled with lemon parsley butter and served with a baked potato £14.50 Seafood Lovers Platter for Two Grilled prawns, mussels, kingklip and calamari served with rice and lemon butter, garlic butter and peri-peri sauce SQ Roasted Duck Breast Rubbed With Five Spices Cooked pink and served with wild mushrooms & sautéed new potatoes, drizzled with a honey soy glaze £14.00 BBQ Pork Spare Ribs Rack of long bone ribs coated with our unique basting, served with French fries (20min lead time) Half rack £13.00 Full rack £18.00 (not for the faint hearted) Stuffed Chicken Breast Chicken breast stuffed with sundried tomatoes, chevin and basil wrapped in parma ham, served on mashed potato with a rich jus £13.50 Spatchcock Baby Chicken A whole oven roasted baby spatchcock chicken rubbed in garlic and herbs, served with french fries and a side salad £14.00 12oz Rack of Lamb Marinated with fresh rosemary and garlic, served with dauphinois potatoes and a port jus £18.00 Homemade Beef Burger 8oz beef burger topped with cheese and bacon in a rustic roll served with French fries £10.95 Chicken Burger 8 oz chicken burger with or without cajun spices topped with cheese and bacon in a rustic roll served with French fries £10.95
Hobgoblin Pie Homemade beef pie slow cooked with hobgoblin ale and topped with a crisp puff pastry, served with mashed potatoes & peas £12.00 Butternut and Goats Cheese Tart Oven roasted butternut tossed with basil and red pimento in a crispy pastry topped with goats cheese, served with new potatoes £9.95 Asparagus and Parmesan Risotto Italian risotto cooked with green asparagus and parmesan £9.95 Pesto and Feta Tagliatelle Tagliatelle pasta cooked in a creamy pesto sauce topped with feta cheese £11.00 Add chicken £14.00
Side Orders New potatoes £3.00
Onion rings £2.50
Thick cut chips £3.00
Grilled tomatoes £2.00
French fries £3.00
Pan fried cup mushrooms £2.50
Mash potato
£3.00 Peas £2.00
Creamed spinach £3.00 Roasted butternut squash £3.00 French beans with onions & bacon bits £2.50 Steamed broccoli £2.50 Side salad £3.00 Rocket, parmesan, cherry tomato & olive salad £4.00 Tomato & red onion salad with a balsamic reduction £4.00
Please note that we don’t do fast food, we do good food as fast as we can. During busy periods this may result in a 40 minute wait. All our meals are cooked from fresh and where possible from local suppliers, these may become unavailable during the day.
Dessert Menu Malva Pudding This is a traditional delicate South African sponge pudding served with hot custard, runny cream or vanilla ice cream £5.25 Eaton Mess Topped with strawberries, whipped cream and ice cream and drizzled with raspberry coulis £5.25 Homemade Apple pie Sweet apple pie studded with black cherries served with runny cream £5.25 Chocolate Marble Mousse White chocolate and kahlua mousse mixed with mocha dark chocolate mousse £4.95 Baked Cheesecake Baked vanilla cheesecake served with a raspberry coulis £5.25 Homemade Banoffee Pie Biscuit base with thick caramel and fresh slices of banana topped with whipped cream £5.25 Fresh fruit salad Fresh cuts of fruit served with a dollop of vanilla ice cream £5.25 Ice Cream Selection: Vanilla ~ Chocolate ~ Strawberry ~ Pistachio ~Rum & Raisin ~Crème Brulee~ Caramelita ~ Walnut & Maple 3 scoops £5.50 Sorbet Selection : Passion fruit ~ Raspberry ~ Blackcurrant ~ Lemon~ Mango 3 scoops £5.25 Selection of Locally Sourced Cheeses and Biscuits Organic Cotswold Brie, ,Mature South Coast English Cheddar and from Riseley Spenwood and Waterloo cheeses £6.95