Sample Menus

La Saint Valentin Sharing Menu 2019

• The following sharing menu will be served at Lunch & Dinner from Thursday 14th February to Sunday 17th February.
• Complimentary welcome glass of Moët & Chandon Impérial Rosé Champagne
• ***
• Amuse-bouche as per the day
• (All of the following dishes are to be shared between two people)
• ***
• Pan seared scallops & prawns with vegetable julienne and ginger butter sauce
• ***
• Sea bass "en papillote" with aubergine caviar, courgette and basil sauce
• OR
• Guinea fowl fricassee with potato purée, wild mushrooms and sauce "vin jaune"
• ***
• Apple tarte Tatin & calvados ice cream
• *
• £65 per person
• Please note that all prices are inclusive of VAT & an optional
• service charge of 12.5% will be added to your final bill.
• To make a booking or for more information, contact us on
• balmoral.restaurants@roccofortehotels.com or call 0131 557 5000.

From the Buffet

• Freshly baked viennoiseries, brioche & breads
• Muesli, cereals & granola
• Seasonal fresh fruit salad & berries
• Variety of fruit compotes
• Assortment of charcuterie
• Selection of yogurts from Knockraich farm
• Trio of artisan cheeses
• Mossy’s original bio-live sweet yogurt
• Balmoral smoked salmon with raw onion rings, capers, lemon & rye soda bread

Cooked Breakfast Menu

• Warm waffle stick with maple syrup
• Scottish oatmeal porridge
• Chicken congee Asian style with green vegetables & pickled mushrooms
• Bagel with cream cheese & chives
• Scotch pancakes with berries
• THE PRINCE FULL SCOTTISH BREAKFAST
• Bacon, sausage, grilled tomato, mushrooms, baked beans, black pudding, mini haggis served with hash brown, tattie scone & your choice of eggs
• THE VEGETARIAN FULL BREAKFAST
• Grilled asparagus & tomato, mushrooms, baked beans, halloumi served with hash brown, tattie scone & your choice of eggs

Eggs

• Eggs Florentine, with spinach
• Eggs Royale, with smoked salmon
• Eggs Benedict, with ham
• All served with poached eggs on a toasted English muffin & hollandaise sauce
• Soft boiled duck egg with soldiers
• Two eggs cooked as you wish
• Scrambled, poached or fried
• Omelette with your choice of garnish -
• Fresh aromatic herbs, tomato, mushrooms, streaky bacon, cheese
• Vegetarian Kedgeree
• Curried rice with hard boiled eggs, seasonal green vegetables & sultanas
• Poached eggs & avocado on a sourdough toast

Smoked Selection

• Belhaven smoked kipper with brown butter and lemon
• Smoked halibut with wholegrain mustard dressing

• £29 per person

Raw Bar

• Daily catch of oysters, 6 or 12, from Cumbrae, Gigha, Lindisfarne, Menai £12.50/ £24
• Dressed brown crab with citrus mayonnaise £15
• Balmoral smoked salmon with raw onion rings, capers, lemon & rye soda bread £13.50
• Marinated Isle of Skye langoustines with avocado & mango £24

Bites & Sharing Platters

• Signature popcorn £3.50
• Salted smoked almonds £4.50
• Citrus marinated olives £4.50
• Hard boiled eggs mimosa with anchovy £4.50
• Veal’s head fritter with gribiche sauce £4.50
• Six Burgundy snails with garlic & parsley butter £6.50
• Isle of Skye langoustines with cocktail sauce £22
• Croque-monsieur or madame £10.50 / £11.50
• Platters
• Artisan cheese with chutney & biscuits £15
• Balmoral smoked salmon & halibut with capers, lemon & rye soda bread £25
• Charcuterie & country pâté with pickled vegetables £17.50
• Chicken wings with bois boudran sauce £10.50

Salads

• Beetroot & goat’s cheese salad with red pepper vinaigrette £12.50
• Quinoa, pumpkin seed & winter vegetable salad with minted soya yoghurt dressing £8.50
• Poached egg meurette in a red wine sauce, lardoons, confit onion & lamb’s lettuce leaves £10.50
• Ilias’s Greek salad with feta & fried pita £10.50

Starters

• Fish soup Bouillabaisse style with rouille & croutons £13
• Normandy onion soup £8.50
• Parisian gnocchi gratin made with cheese pâte à choux & béchamel sauce £8.50
• Breaded frogs’ legs with garlic & parsley £12.50
• Grandpa Benoît Roux’s country pâté with sourdough bread £11.50
• Scallop à la Parisienne (Allow 20 minutes) £16
• Steak tartare with parmesan & French fries £19.50/ £23
• Moules marinières / with French fries £10 / £13.50

Main Courses

• Spiced ras el hanout chickpea chips with carrot purée & chard, Meaux mustard dressing £16.50
• Pearl barley risotto with butternut squash & wild mushrooms £17.50
• Salmon choucroute with new potatoes & beurre blanc sauce £19.50
• Armoricaine monkfish with Camargue wild rice £21
• Dover sole meunière served on the bone with broccoli £39.50
• Grilled lobster thermidor (half or whole) with French beans £25/£49
• Sautéed veal kidney flambé with cognac, button mushrooms & potato grenailles £18
• Coq au vin with tagliatelle pasta £19.50
• Roasted duck breast with gaufrette potatoes & orange sauce £21
• Pan seared loin of venison with kale, red wine & blackcurrant sauce £25
• Beef steak maître d’hôtel (Rump or Sirloin) with onion rings & French fries £21.50/£26.50
• Scottish rib of beef for two with roasted sweet potato wedges, Bearnaise sauce (Allow 40 minutes) £70

Side Dishes

• Green leaf salad with vinaigrette maison £4.50
• Cauliflower gratin £4.50
• Seasonal green vegetables £4.50
• Buttered sweetheart cabbage £4.50
• French fries £4.50
• Potato purée £4.50
• New potatoes £4.50

Cheeses & Desserts

• Choice of cheeses from “La cave à fromages” with chutney & biscuits (plate of 3 or 5 cheeses) £12.50/£15
• A slice of truffled Brie de Meaux £13.50
• Rosette of Tête de moine with Belgium chicory & walnut salad £10
• Tart of the day £8
• Chef’s vanilla mille-feuille £8.50
• Rum baba bouchon with Chantilly cream £8
• Black Forest gâteau with griottines cherries £8
• Whisky & blood orange Norwegian omelette flambé £9
• Two scoops of dairy ice creams or fruit sorbets £6
• Coffee or tea & speculoos biscuits £4

“Grand-Mere's Specials”

• £17.50
• MONDAY
• Blanquette de veau
• Veal blanquette with onions, mushrooms & rice
• TUESDAY
• Cod brandade gratin
• Salt cod, potato purée & garlic whipped with olive oil
• WEDNESDAY
• Calf’s liver à la Lyonnaise & bataille potatoes
• Pan fried liver with caramelised onion & fried diced potatoes
• THURSDAY
• Duck Cassoulet
• Slow cooked white beans, lardoons & confit duck leg
• FRIDAY
• Truite meunière aux amandes
• Sautéed trout in a nut-brown butter with spinach, capers, lemon & almonds
• SATURDAY
• Chicken Pojarski
• Breaded chicken breast filled with ham & brie cheese, sautéed spinach
• SUNDAY
• Boeuf bourguignon
• Beef stew bourguignon with boulangère gratin
• LUNCH SPECIALS (MONDAY TO FRIDAY)
• Starter & Grand-Mère’s special of the day £25
• Grand-Mère’s special of the day & dessert £25
• Starter & Grand-Mère’s special of the day & dessert £32
• All served with a glass of wine as selected by our sommelier

Children's Set Menu £15

• STARTERS
• Hard-boiled egg mimosa
• or
• Vegetable sticks with fromage blanc dip
• MAIN COURSES
• Pan-fried salmon
• or
• Breaded chicken goujons
• or
• Beef steak
• All served with a choice of either French fries, mashed potato, tagliatelle or peas & sweetcorn
• PUDDINGS
• Selection of ice creams or sorbets
• or
• Fresh fruit salad
• or
• Tart of the day

Raw Bar

• Daily catch of oysters, 6 or 12, served with red wine vinegar, shallots & pickled cucumber. £12.50/£24
• Origin: Cumbrae, Gigha, Lindisfarne, Menai
• Dressed brown crab with citrus mayonnaise £15
• Balmoral smoked salmon with raw onion rings, capers, lemon & rye soda bread £13.50
• Plateaux de fruits de mer
• Oysters, lobster, brown crab, langoustines, prawns,
• shrimps, sea urchins, mussels, clams... as per daily catch.
• For 2 people minimum.
• Le Petit/Le Grand/Le Prince £45/£60/£75

Soups

• Fish soup Bouillabaisse style with rouille & croutons £13
• Normandy onion soup £8.50
• Peasant’s Garbure soup of white beans, ham hock & cabbage £8.50

Sharing Platters

• Artisan cheese board with chutney & biscuits £15
• Balmoral smoked salmon & halibut £25
• with capers, lemon & rye soda bread
• Charcuterie & country pâté with pickled vegetables £17.50
• Chicken wings with bois boudran sauce £10.50

Bar bites

• Signature popcorn £3.50
• Salted smoked almonds £4.50
• Citrus marinated olives £4.50
• French fries £4.50
• Green leaf salad with vinaigrette maison £4.50
• Hard boiled eggs mimosa with anchovy £4.50
• Veal’s head fritter with gribiche sauce £4.50
• Six Burgundy snails with garlic & parsley butter £6.50
• Parisian gnocchi gratin made with cheese £8.50
• pâte à choux & béchamel sauce
• Isle of Skye langoustines with cocktail sauce £22
• Breaded frogs’ legs with garlic & parsley £12.50
• Moules marinières £10
• Venison & apple puff pastry friand £7.50
• with Houses of Parliament sauce
• Croque-monsieur £10.50
• Croque-madame £11.50
• Quiche Lorraine £7.50
• Warm seafood buckwheat crêpe £9.50

Salads

• Beetroot & goat’s cheese salad with red pepper vinaigrette £12.50
• Quinoa, pumpkin seed & winter vegetable salad with minted soya yoghurt dressing £8.50
• Poached egg meurette in a red wine sauce, lardoons, confit onion & lamb’s lettuce leaves £10.50
• Ilias’ Greek salad with feta & fried pita £10.50

Frenshly Baked Baguettes

• Cucumber, cream cheese & mint £10.50
• Avocado, tomato & lettuce, balsamic dressing £10.50
• Balmoral smoked salmon & rocket leaves £13.50
• Country pâté & gherkins £12.50
• Cheddar cheese & pear chutney £10.50
• Brie de Meaux, cranberry & lamb’s lettuce £11.50

Sweet Treats

• Tart of the day £8
• Black Forest gâteau with griottines cherries £8
• Scotch pancakes with berries £8
• Warm waffle stick with maple syrup £8
• Two scoops of dairy ice cream or fruit sorbet £6