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Welcome to the Tongue Hotel a Hearty Taste of the Highlands… SERVED TONGUE HOTEL RESTAURANT 6 - 9PM (LAST SEATING 8.30) RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED 01847611206 Welcome to the Tongue Hotel A hearty taste of the Highlands….. Recommended Aperitifs Recommended Scottish Gin of the week: Rock Rose from Dunnet Bay Distillery, a new gin for every season! Served with interesting garnishes, ice and Fever Tree Tonic Specials Shetland Moules Mariniere (GF/DF avail) Starter/main £8.50/18.50 White wine cream, crusty bread West coast scallops Starter £10.50 Pineapple, red onion, avocado salsa, apple purée Braised lamb shank Main £18.50 Creamy mash, honey glazed carrots, kale, lamb jus Starters Homemade soup (V, GF/DF avail) £5.50 Warm crusty bread roll Kyle of Tongue oysters (5) (GF/DF) £9.50 Red onion vinaigrette, side salad Ullapool langoustines (GF/DF avail) £10.50 Garlic butter, leaves and crusty bread Tempura and sesame chicken strips (GF) £7.50 Lime and basil aioli, crispy kale Highland ham hock, apricot and pistachio terrine (Contains nuts, GF avail) £7.50 Homemade chutney, oatcakes Sweet potato and avocado tartare (V, DF, GF) £7.50 Gazpacho, burnt orange segments Main Courses Catch of the Day! Scrabster landed hake (GF/DF avail) £18.50 Pea and mint purée, new potatoes sautéed in Tain lemon butter, spinach, roasted cherry tomato Pan roasted fillet of north coast salmon (GF/DF) £18.50 Pomegranate and lemon cous cous, green beans, asparagus, fresh fennel salad and tomato sauce Please make allergies known! Note our salad dressing contains mustard seeds Locally Sourced - Produced with Pride SERVED TONGUE HOTEL RESTAURANT 6 - 9PM (LAST SEATING 8.30) RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED 01847611206 Duo of Highland pork (GF) £19.50 Slow roasted pork belly and tenderloin, parsnip and apple purée, gratin dauphinois, wilted greens, pan jus Pan fried Scottish chicken supreme (GF/DF avail) £18.50 Creamy mashed potato, roasted pak choi, baby carrots, red wine jus North coast langoustines (GF/DF avail) £24.50 Garlic butter, leaves and frites 10oz Black Isle sirloin steak (GF/DF avail) £24.50 Sauté potatoes, roasted tomatoes, onions and mushrooms, pepper sauce Garlic and parmesan polenta cakes (V, GF) £15.50 Honey roasted vegetables, spicy tomato and basil sauce, micro herbs Sides House salad (Ve, V, GF, DF) £3.95 Chips (Ve, V, GF, DF) £3.95 Garlic bread (Ve, V, GF) £3.95 Onion rings (Ve, V, DF, GF avail) £3.95 Desserts Hazelnut sponge £6.50 Caramel sauce, vanilla ice cream Lemon cheesecake £6.50 Dark chocolate mousse, chocolate soil and orange segment Homemade ice-creams £5.95 choose 3 scoops…. Vanilla, milk chocolate, white chocolate, strawberry, chocolate brownie, chocolate orange, apple and berry crumble Highland cheese selection (GF avail) £8.50 Tongue Hotel oatcakes and chutney Please make allergies known! Note our salad dressing contains mustard seeds Locally Sourced - Produced with Pride SERVED TONGUE HOTEL RESTAURANT 6 - 9PM (LAST SEATING 8.30) RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED 01847611206 Children’s Dishes Vegetable and fruit crudités available for the tiny tots! £3.50 For the wee ones (A small portion suitable for under 10's) 2 courses £6.95 North coast haddock goujons, chips and peas (GF/DF avail) Salmon fishcake, chips, peas and mayonnaise (DF avail) Pasta Bolognese, garlic bread (DF avail) Scottish chicken breast, mash potato, roast vegetables, gravy (GF/DF avail) Roast vegetable, cheddar and tomato enchiladas, chips and salad Vanilla or chocolate ice cream cone with sprinkles! £5.95 Recommended Digestifs Dow’s Fine White Port, Portugal Hennessy VS Cognac, France Glayva, Scotland Stags Breath Liqueur, Scotland Or finish with a A fine single malt whisky - please ask your server for our whisky list Please make allergies known! Note our salad dressing contains mustard seeds Locally Sourced - Produced with Pride SERVED TONGUE HOTEL RESTAURANT 6 - 9PM (LAST SEATING 8.30) RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED 01847611206 Teas and Highland Roast Coffee from the Inverness Coffee Roasting Company Espresso Intense coffee taste with Golden brown and aromatic crema £2.20 Americano Double espresso dispensed through hot water for a longer, smoother drink £2.50 Flat White Two shots of espresso with microfoam milk £2.80 Cappuccino Single shot espresso with steamed and foamed milk, dusted with cocoa £2.50 Babyccino Steamed and foamed milk with dusting of chocolate £2.00 Café Latte Double espresso, with warm steamed milk £2.50 Honey Café Latte Honey with steamed milk, espresso, foam and cinnamon £2.80 Café Mocha Espresso and dark chocolate with steamed milk and microfoam £3.00 Hot Chocolate Bittersweet cocoa with steamed milk £2.80 Pot of Tea Our special full flavoured blend £2.20 Specialty Tea Earl grey, Darjeeling, Green, Pure Ceylon, £2.20 Herbal Teas and Fruit Infusions Peppermint, Camomile, Blackcurrant, Mango or Lemon £2.20 Liqueur Coffee £5.25 Choose from below – or suggest your own! Highland Coffee Scottish Blended whisky Lairds/Scottish Mist Scottish Malt Whisky Jacobean Drambuie Liqueur Irish Cream/Cream Delight Bailey's Cream Liqueur Caribbean Tia Maria Liqueur Café Royale Courvoisier Cognac Brandy After Eight Crème de Menthe Jamaican Dark Rum Please make allergies known! Note our salad dressing contains mustard seeds Locally Sourced - Produced with Pride SERVED TONGUE HOTEL RESTAURANT 6 - 9PM (LAST SEATING 8.30) RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED 01847611206 Tongue Hotel Suppliers Fish and Seafood DM Seafoods Ullapool, Sutherland Each supplier delivers at least twice weekly ensuring a daily supply of fresh Bells Seafoods Scrabster, Caithness fish and seafood to the hotel Seasonal/available produce including North/West Coast Langoustine, Coast and Glen Inverness, Inverness-shire Mussels, Hake , Haddock, Sea Bass Crab, Scallops, Salmon (farmed), Hot and cold smoked salmon Kyle of Tongue Oysters Kyle of Tongue, Sutherland Oysters Seasonal/available produce including Local fishing boats Kyle of Tongue, Sutherland Mackerel, Lobster, Crab Meat and Game Highland and Aberdeen produce John M Munro Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty Black Isle beef, Portmahomack pork, Highland or Aberdeen beef, Bacon, Swordale Butchers Bonar Bridge, Sutherland Sausage, Lorne sausage, Haggis Charles Macleod Stornoway, Isle of Lewis Black pudding Ardgay Game Ardgay, Sutherland Venison, pheasant, duck Grants of Speyside Speyside, Perthshire Scottish free range chicken Campbell's Prime Meat Linlithgow, Lothian Haggis Fruit and Vegetables Seasonal, local fruit and vegetables Williamson Inverness, Inverness-shire Free range eggs Munro Tain, Ross Fruit and vegetable growers Dairy Grahams Dairy Bridge of Allan, Stirling Milk, cream, yogurt Grahams Dairy Bridge of Allan, Stirling Salted/Unsalted Butter Tain Butter Tain, Ross Lemon Butter Highland Fine Cheeses Tain, Ross Morangie Brie, Blue Murder, Crowdie, Caboc, Strathdon Blue Ullapool Smokehouse Ullapool, Sutherland Ullapool Smoked cheddar Campbeltown Creamery Campbeltown Campbelltown cheddar Other Inverness Coffee Company Inverness, Inverness-shire Coffee, whole beans and ground Orkney Brewery Stromness, Orkney Northern Light, Orkney Gold Belhaven Brewery Dunbar, Lothian Saltire, Belhaven Best Thistly Cross Brewery South Belton Farm, Dunbar, Lothian Thistly Cross Cider John O'Groats Brewery John O'Groats, Caithness Golden Groat, Amber Groat Ale Skye Ales Uig, Isle of Skye Gold, Red, Blaven, Black Bottled Ales Black Isle Brewery Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty Goldfinch gluten free beer Please make allergies known! Note our salad dressing contains mustard seeds Locally Sourced - Produced with Pride .
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