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WARWICK HALL - VERY PRIVATE, VERY SPECIAL, VERY BEAUTIFUL

Dining at Warwick Hall

Food at Warwick Hall is an important part of the pleasure. Fresh, original, locally grown - or caught - or laid - often from the garden - we love food.

We think you'll be able to tell the difference when we give you sausages made by our local butcher, Steve Wilson, or milk delivered from a nearby farm by Stephen Fleming. Life is too short for a poor breakfast. The bacon is local, eggs are new laid by happy hens and the fruit salad is being made while you're pulling on your socks.

At dinner you can expect to be pleasantly surprised - but the basics are the same: good Cumbrian food underpinning our greedy interest in all things culinary.

NB. Breakfast is included in the price of a night's accommodation, but dinner is by arrangement only. Let us know by mid-morning, so we can discuss the evening menu with you. Last minute diners can sometimes be included, but if not, we'll give you a long list of good pubs and restaurants near at hand.

Dinner on the terrace one perfect summer evening

• Asparagus (Herefordshire) with Hollandaise Sauce (new laid eggs)
• Beef Fillet (from Wigton), au jus with Cognac
• New Potatoes (our own garden)
• Green Beans (not local - too early)
• Salad (our own garden)
• Strawberries (Scottish) and Cream (Cumbrian)
• Meringues (the other half of the Hollandaise) with mascarpone cream
• Almond Florentines (homemade)
• English Cheese (some of it Cumbrian)
• Carr's Biscuits (made in Carlisle!)
• Coffee (Italy - they're good at coffee, the Italians)

Vegetarian Supper

• Carrot and Fresh Coriander Salad, with lime juice nam pla dressing
• Cheese Strata (new laid eggs, local milk and cheese)
• Tomato Sauce (homemade)
• Avocado Vinaigrette (divine olive oil from a friend's Spanish connection)
• Courgette, Broccoli and Chick Pea Salad (our own lettuce)
• Fruit Platter

Fish on the Menu

• Early summer Risotto (the first broad beans from the garden)
• Salmon (not our own, I'm afraid, Nick is careful about catch & release)
• with a spicy ginger soy lime and coriander sauce
• or hollandaise if you'd rather
• New potatoes (local)
• Spinach (the garden)
• Green salad (the garden, of course)
• Raspberries (Scotland)
• Creme Brulee (new laid eggs and cream from Charles Taylor)
• Cheese (Lancashire)
• Carr's Biscuits
• That delicious Italian coffee!

Dinner in the Dining Room

• Ricotta Gnocchi wrapped in Aubergine, with a sage butter sauce
• Extra thick Pork Chops with Nick's Magic Crackling
• Apple Confiture (homemade from our own apples)
• Steamed Potatoes (Lancashire - parsley from the garden)
• Broad Beans and Green Peas (too early for our own)
• Homemade Chocolate Tart
• Vanilla Ice Cream (Taste of Eden - made in Cumbria)
• Fresh Plums, sliced
• French Cheese
• Carr's Biscuits
• And lovely Italian Coffee again

A Winter Dinner

• Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup
• Leg of Lamb with mint sauce
• or
• Loin of Pork with Nick's crackling and apple sauce
• Nick's special Roast Potatoes and
• Mashed Potatoes
• Carrots
• Parsnips
• Cabbage (from the garden)
• Hot Lemon Pudding, with cream
• French cheese
• Carr's Biscuits
• And our favourite Italian coffee

The Wine List

We have a wonderful wine cellar full of sparkling, red, rose and white wine to suit each menu option. Please click on The Wine List to view our full wine selection.

Cuisine at Warwick Hall

Our cuisine comes into its own at large parties and family reunions. It's good enough - and sophisticated enough - to satisfy grown ups who love their food and expect to dine well, but it's not complicated. Little people, fussy eaters, and true blue British bulldogs will sit up to the table with pleasure. Who knows? They might even try something new!

Our wonderful cabbage is a case in point. We shred it very finely - cook it in a flash - and always make twice as much as you'd expect. It's a revelation to many guests who 'don't eat cabbage' and invariably they want another helping!

Choices and Menus

If you're planning a house party, we'll confer with you about your wish list, the likes and dislikes of the group and come up with a happy solution. We can easily add a vegetarian option that will have the carnivores looking across the table with envy, or a pasta dish for a child who really doesn't like anything else.

Special Needs Diets

We can manage gluten free diets, but can't offer to provide nut free, diabetic or vegan food. We suggest guests with special needs use the self catering kitchens even if they're not self catering, and bring their food to the table. That way, there's no question it's exactly right.

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