THE LAWN R O C H F O R D working with Mussel Ltd to provide excellence as standard Function Menus Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 Function Menus We are pleased to offer a selection of menus for your special occasion. The following items are included in the menu price. Dinner Rolls and Butter Selected Seasonal Vegetables Coffee or Tea Infusions Chocolate Mints Waiting Staff/Service Ivory Linen Tablecloths and Napkins (other colours can be hired at a supplementary cost) Cutting and serving of your Wedding or Celebration Cake (we do not serve the cake as your dessert course) VAT at 20% included The following menu suggestions and prices are for your guidance only. Should you have any special requirements, feel free to ask during your menu consultation. Please be aware that indicated prices are for one choice menus only. The following menus can be interchanged, although this may alter the price. Menu One Menu Two Sliced Melon Tomato & Basil Soup with pineapple & strawberries Roast Breast of Chicken Braised Rump of Beef Bourguignon crispy bacon, sage stuffing & gravy Yorkshire pudding & roast gravy Apple Crumble Tart Choux Buns with Baileys Cream with vanilla custard & Chocolate £26.95 per head £30.95 per head Menu Three Menu Four Warm Roquefort Cheesecake Minestrone Soup with pear & rocket salad Pan Fried Salmon Cumberland Sausages & Onion Gravy Dill and lemon butter sauce Mashed potato & braised red cabbage Strawberry Pavlova Bread & Butter Pudding with vanilla cream £27.95 per head £20.95 per head Menu Five Menu Six Smoked Salmon with cucumber& sour Goats Cheese Tart with caramelised cream salad & brown bread & butter red onion & cranberries Corn Fed Chicken Breast with tomato Braised Shank of Lamb fondue & melting Swiss cheese with Champ potatoes Tangy Lemon Tart White Chocolate Marquis with soft berry compote £29.95 per head £30.95 per head Menu Seven Menu Eight King Prawn Cocktail Tartlet of Button Mushrooms in a cream sauce with a hint of garlic Chicken Breast with chestnut mushrooms & tarragon Pan Fried Duck Breast wrapped in Parma ham with cherry sauce Rich Dark Chocolate Tart Exotic Fresh Fruit Salad with caramel orange with sorbet £29.95 per head £31.95 per head Menu Nine Menu Ten Salmon Three Ways; Melon & Parma Ham Fishcake, home cured & quenelle with balsamic syrup Fillet Steak wrapped in Parma Ham Sauté Breast of Chicken with mushroom duxelle & Madeira sauce with asparagus & Chardonnay sauce Lemon Meringue Pie Crème Brulée with blueberries with passion fruit £35.95 per head £27.95 per head Menu Eleven Menu Twelve Pea Soup Melon Balls and Blueberries & passion fruit Pork Fillet with sage & Brandy cream sauce Pan Fried Sea Bass, buttered spinach & asparagus & a dill & lemon cream sauce Raspberry Shortbread Stack Pear Bakewell Tart with Chantilly cream with vanilla Anglaise sauce £25.95 per head £30.95 per head Menu Thirteen Menu Fourteen Smoked Mackerel Pate Carrot & Coriander Soup with toasted olive bread Roast Loin of Pork Individual Steak & Mushroom Pie with crackling & apple sauce & Yorkshire pudding Mixed Berry Flummery with crushed meringue Warm Chocolate Brownie & amaretti biscuits with chocolate sauce & cream £24.95 per head £22.95 per head Menu Fifteen Menu Sixteen Cream of Red Onion & Blush Tomato Tart Chestnut Mushroom Soup with glazed mozzarella Roast Rump of Lamb with a mushroom & Medallions of Beef tomato sauce, on a bed of savoy cabbage with a peppercorn cream sauce Sticky Toffee Pudding Vanilla Panna Cotta with custard Surprise £29.95 per head £32.95 per head Vegetarian Menu Starters Roast Vegetable & Goats Cheese Tart Mushroom & Spinach Pancake with Roast Tomatoes (also vegan) Soup (all our soups are vegetarian & can also be vegan) Warm Roquefort Cheesecake Main Course Wild Mushroom & Slow Roasted Vegetable Lasagne (also vegan) Asparagus & Roast Vegetable Charlotte with Tarragon Sauce Butternut Squash, Leek & Tomato Risotto (also vegan) Children’s Menu 10 years and under (for guidance only) Cream of Tomato Soup Melon with Strawberries Fried Mozzarella Sticks with Redcurrant Dip Sausage, Mash & Baked Beans Fresh Breaded Chicken with Chips Cheese & Tomato Pizza with Chips Ice Cream £9.95 per child (half portions of your chosen adult menu are also available at half price) Vegetable Selection (Two vegetables and one type of potato are included in the price of your meal) Glazed Baton Carrots Peas & Sweetcorn Broccoli Florets Cauliflower Cheese Green Beans Braised Red Cabbage Roast Potatoes Sauté Potatoes Lyonnaise Potatoes Boiled New Potatoes Creamed Potatoes Yorkshire Pudding Asparagus or Dauphinoise Potato are also available at a supplement of £1 per person Cheese Option A selection of 4 Cheeses plus Celery, Grapes & Assorted Biscuits As an addition to your meal £5.95 per person As a dessert replacement £2.75 per person supplement Evening Buffet Menus Standard Finger Buffet £11.95 per person Assorted Sandwiches (six different fillings including vegetarian) Breaded Chicken Strips with Lemon Mayonnaise (served hot) Honey & Mustard Sausages (served hot) Assorted Crisps French Bread & Butter Vegetarian Quiche Additional Buffet Items £2.50 per item per person (minimun 30 covers) Filled Bridge Rolls Danish Open Sandwich Selection Jalapeno Poppers Vegetable Samosas with Mango Chutney Tandori Chicken Strips Japanese Prawn Selection Sausage Rolls Gala Pork Pie Filled Tortilla Wraps Vegetable Pakoras Breaded Mozzarella Sticks Chicken Wings Jacket Potato Wedges with Dips Crudités & Dips Duck & Orange Pâté Hot Finger Buffet £13.95 per person Scampi & Chips (served in paper cones) Mini Bacon Rolls Mini Hot Dogs Deep Fried Onion Rings (v) BBQ Chicken Wings Pizza Slices (v) Garlic Bread (v) Served with appropriate condiments Buffet Platters Seafood Platter Smokes Salmon, Jellied Eels, Roll Mops, King Prawns & Cockles £9.95 per head (minimum 30 covers) Continental & English Cheese Board Cheddar, Dolcelatta, Brie, Chevre Goats & Applewood Smoked £7.95 per head (minimum 30 covers) Hot Roast Pork Served with soft baps, crackling & condiments £11.95 per head (minimum 30 covers) Cut Fruit Platter Pineapple, Grapes, Melon, Oranges, Strawberries, Kiwi & Passion Fruit £6.95 per head (minimum 25 covers) Sweet Selection Chocolate Profiteroles, Cheesecake & Gateaux £7.95 per head (minimum 30 covers) Cheese ‘Wedding Cakes’ are available on request. Please contact us for a quote. (To serve a minimum of 60 people). Terms and Conditions. A deposit of £200 is required at the time of booking. (This is in addition to the deposit you pay to The Lawn.) In the event of cancellation, we must be notified in writing and regrettably all deposits are non- refundable. A further 50% of the total cost will be required one month prior to the function date, based on your estimated numbers. This payment is also non-refundable. Fourteen days before the function, we will require confirmation of the final number of guests. This will be the minimum number charged for the final invoice. The invoice will then be sent to you, and the final balance required not less than 7 days before the function. Please note any payment made after this point can only be a bankers cash or via BACs. After this time no refunds can be made. Table plans must be submitted to us (by post or delivered to the Lawn) 48 hours prior to the function. Please indicate on this plan where any children, vegetarians or special diet guests will be sitting. There is a minimum charge of £15.00 per head on Saturday functions. We will only cater for full numbers on ‘buffet only’ functions and a minimum of two thirds of your total number if you have previously had a three course meal. However, our recommen- dation would still be to cater for all of your guests & we cannot be held responsible should you not do this & subsequently run out of food. Due to Health & Hygiene regulations, left-over food must be disposed of at the venue & can- not be removed from the premises by customers. (With the exception of any celebration cake.) Any losses, breakages, or damage to – crockery, cutlery, napkins or tablecloths (including cig- arette burns and candle wax damage) caused by any guest or host at the function, will be charged for at replacement cost price. Due to time & space constraints, we are unable to serve your celebration cake with your cof- fee or as your dessert. We are happy to cut it after your wedding breakfast, to be served with your evening buffet. (There is a £100 service charge if you bring in your own Cheese ‘wedding cake’.) Customers must make their own arrangements for the construction of their celebration cake at the venue if required. Mussel Ltd will assist at the customers own risk. We do not permit customers or guests to provide any of their own food. (Other than baby food, table favours & celebration cakes.) If you or any of your guests suffer from a food allergy (e.g. nuts, shellfish, gluten) we must be informed, as we cannot be held responsible for any adverse reaction to the above, if we have not been notified. Due to time constraints, we are unable to offer menu ‘tastings’ We reserve the right to amend these menu prices to accommodate changes in V.A.T, Govern- ment legislation or volatile market fluctuations in the cost of produce. Kindly note that we do not take payment with debit/credit cards. Cash, cheque or BACs are most welcome. MUSSEL LTD David & Mandy Marshall - Managing Directors Barry Nelhams - Executive Chef / Consultant 34 Kiln Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1TB 01268 792321.