Menu

Our menus rely heavily on seasonal cooking and using local ingredients and recipes. Our à la carte menu changes daily, please refer to the menu listed as an example of the food we offer.

The Old Fire Engine House - The Menu

Everything is prepared and cooked in our kitchen, including piccalilli, relishes and all our cakes and jams. Local ingredients like Denham Estate venison and Norfolk samphire, feature on our menu, as well as a wide variety of game which we serve daily.

Our cheese is supplied by Neal’s Yard Dairy in London, which has build up a first class reputation for the selection and care of fine cheese from the British Isles and is served, when in season, with fen celery.

We also serve afternoon teas every day, with homemade scones, jam and cakes. Our winter tea menu also features homemade gentleman’s relish and Cambridgeshire honey, while in the summer we serve cucumber sandwiches. Our leaf teas, including assam, lapsang suchong and lemon verbena all come from specialist tea supplier, Michael Matthews, in Cambridge.

Please select from the following options to view sample menus.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A SAMPLE MENU

First Courses

  • WATERCRESS SOUP £5.95
  • JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE SOUP £5.75
  • CRAYFISH AND SPINACH SOUFFLÉ £7.30
  • COLD SMOKED TROUT WITH HOMEMADE HORSERADISH £7.70
  • MITOON OF PORK WITH RED ONION RELISH £6.50
  • HERRINGS PICKLED IN DILL WITH CUCUMBER AND YOGHURT £6.25
  • SMOKED MACKEREL AND CREAM CHEESE PÂTÉ £6.60
  • MELON WITH ORANGE AND MADEIRA £5.80
  • DENHAM ESTATE VENISON PASTY £6.60

Main Courses

  • ROAST LEG OF ENGLISH LAMB WITH FRESH HERB STUFFING £16.25
  • SEA BASS WITH PRAWNS AND CRAYFISH £16.25
  • STEAK AND KIDNEY PIE £16.25
  • RABBIT WITH PRUNES AND BACON £15.25
  • ROAST GUINEA FOWL WITH WILD MUSHROOMS AND MARSALA £17.90
  • HOME COOKED HAM SALAD WITH BAKED POTATO SERVED WITH HOMEMADE PICCALILLI £15.95
  • QUINCE AND STILTON TART WITH STUFFED MUSHROOMS £15.25

Puddings

  • STEAMED TREACLE PUDDING WITH CUSTARD £6.25
  • APPLE AND BLACKBERRY PIE WITH CREAM £6.25
  • LEMON TERRINE WITH LEMON SAUCE £6.25
  • RICH DARK CHOCOLATE MOUSSE £6.25
  • CAMBRIDGE BURNT CREAMS £6.25
  • HOMEMADE YOGHURT WITH HONEY AND ALMONDS £6.25
  • ICE CREAM CHOCOLATE SAUCE AND NUTS. £6.25
  • HOMEMADE QUINCE AND WALNUT ICECREAM £7.25
  • SELECTION OF BRITISH CHEESES £7.30
  • COFFEE WITH HOMEMADE PEPPERMINTS £2.50

Served 3.30pm - 5.15pm

As well as our standard tea menu featuring homemade scones, cakes, crumpets and traditional favourites like gentleman's relish, we are now also serving a luxury tea. (PLEASE NOTE BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL)

LUXURY CREAM TEAS - £17.50 plus service @10%


A variety of finger sandwiches

Cucumber
Smoked salmon with homemade horseradish and crème fraiche
Bantam’s egg and chive
Homecooked ham with homemade picallili

Scones with clotted cream and quince jelly or homemade jam

A selection of tiny cakes and pastries
For example:
Mille feuille
Meringues
Iced Cupcakes
Chocolate Eclairs

A choice of teas from Michael Matthews, Cambridge

We also offer a ‘Sparkling Tea’ which includes a glass of sparkling wine, priced at £22.50.

Vintage champagnes are also available on request.

 Aswell as our à la carte menu, we also offer a set menu at lunchtimes.

Please note this is a sample menu only

Two Courses £15
Three Courses £20

Served Monday to Friday

(NOT AVAILABLE DURING DECEMBER)

Tomato and Onion Soup
Smoked Mackerel and Cream Cheese Pâté
Fresh Melon with Tangerines and Madeira


Lamb, Leek and Apple Pie
Organic Salmon Fishcakes with Dilll and Cream Sauce
Leek and Stilton with Baked Potato


Apple and blackberry Crumble
Ice Cream, Chocolate Sauce and Nuts
Lemon Terrine with Lemon Sauce

 

First Courses

Courgette and Colston Basset Stilton Soup
Smoked salmon Roulade with Crème Fraiche and Cucumber
Galia Melon with Persimmon and Madeira
Denham Estate Venison Pasty with Cumberland Sauce

Main Courses

Tenderloin of Pork with Calvados, Mushrooms and Cream
Fresh Lemon Sole with Tarragon and Crayfish
Guinea Fowl stuffed with Ham and Wild Mushrooms
Jerusalem Artichoke and Fennel Tart

Puddings

Quince and Walnut Ice-cream
Fresh Fruit Pavlova
Chocolate and Drambuie Roulade
Homemade Passion Fruit Ice-cream


Coffee with Homemade Peppermints

3 Courses and Coffee £32.50
2 Courses and Coffee £26.75

Prices include VAT, but not a service charge for which we will charge 10%