The Crown Old Basing Carta

Menu

• Homemade Mixed Root Vegetable Crisps

  2.50
• Petit Lucques Green Olives

  3.50

• Rabbit Two Ways

  7.50
  Potted leg & smoked loin w/ apple chutney & toast
• Warm Flaked & Rolled Hamhock

  6.50
  With fried hens egg, pickled mushrooms & crown tomato ketchup
• Soup of the Day

  6.00
  With homemade bread
• Salad of Breaded Tunworth

  6.50
  With poached pear, celery & walnuts
• Cornish Plaice Goujons

  6.00
  With homemade herb mayonnaise

• Cornish Fish of the Day

  17.50
  With crushed new potatoes & a lightly spiced vegetable & mussel veloute
• Twice Baked Keens Cheddar Cheese Souffle

  14.00
  With mixed leaf salad & sweet potato crisps
• Free Range T-Bone of Pork

  15.00
  With celeriac & potato gratin & winter greens
• Warm Flaked & Rolled Ham Hock w/ Crown Chips

  9.95
  And fried eggs
• 8Oz Dry Aged English Rump Steak

  18.00
  Triple cooked chips, baby gem salad & bearnaise sauce
• Slow Braised English Beef in Red Wine

  16.50
  With bacon lardons, stockbridge mushrooms & crispy bone marrow
• Cornish Haddock

  12.95
  In​ beer batter w/ triple cooked chips, homemade tartar sauce & crushed peas

Desserts

• Vanilla Bean Pannacotta

  5.50
  With marinated orange segments
• Warm Chocolate & Nut Brownie

  5.50
  Orange creme fraiche
• Selection of Five English Cheeses

  7.95
  With crackers & chutney
• Isle of Wight Blue
  Naturally rinded soft blue cheese that is made w/ pasteurised guernsey cows' milk
• Rosary Goats Cheese
  From wiltshire, this goats cheese is soft, fresh, light & fluffy
• Lemon Posset

  5.50
  With blackberry jelly, meringue & stem ginger granola
• Spiced English Apple Crumble

  5.50
  With caramel custard
• Keen's Cheddar (Somerset)
  A sweet, creamy, rich cheddar
• Tunworth
  Tunworth is a handmade unpasteurised cheese. Using special cultures & traditional rennet has developed a cheese w/ a creamy texture, wrinkled rind & unique taste
• Organic Ashdown Foresters Smoked
  Made w/ pasteurised organic cow's milk from the cows on the farm this full fat hard cows milk cheese is cold smoked over locally sourced oak shavings for between hours to develop a smoky flavour.

• Americano

  2.50
• Latte

  2.95
• Selection of Teas

  1.95
• Cappaciono

  2.95
• Espresso 3 opiniones

  2.50
• Hot Chocolate

  2.95

• Sauternes Desert Wine 125Ml

  7.20
• Berrys' William Pickering, 20-Year-Old Tawny Port

  7.90
• Berrys’ Reserve Islay 50Ml

  4.50
• Amaretto 25Ml

  5.60
• Tia Maria 25Ml

  2.60
• Remy Martin XO 50Ml

  13.00
• Quinta De La Rosa Finest Reserve Port 100Ml

  5.00
• Berrys’ Reserve Speyside 50Ml

  4.50
• Berrys’ Superior Quality Cognac 50Ml

  4.50
• Glenfiddich 25Ml

  3.20
• Baileys 50Ml

  4.50

• Irish Coffee

  5.55
  Whisky​
• Calypso Coffee

  5.55
  Tia maria
• Italian Classico

  5.55
  Amaretto
• Baileys Hot Chocolate

  5.75
• Parisienne Coffee

  5.75
  Brandy
• Seville Coffee

  5.55
  Cointreu
• Baileys Coffee

  5.20

Kid's

• Little Crowners
  All main menu dishes are available in half portions!

• Warm Ham Hock, Fried Egg & Crown Chips

  4.95
• Homemade Mini Beef Burger

  4.95
  With crown chips & tomato
• Cornish Fish & Crown Chips & Crushed Peas

  4.95
• Chutney

  4.95

Sunday Lunch

• Homemade Mixed Root Vegetable Crisps
• Mixed Greek Olives

• Organic Stockbridge Mushroom Soup
  With truffled croutons
• Whipped Rosary Goats Cheese
  With marinated beetroot & crisp bread
• Lightly Smoked Haddock Cake
  With watercress
• Ham Hock Terrine
  Homemade piccalilli & baby leaf salad

• Roast Sirloin of Aged English Beef
  With crown yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, selection of vegetables & gravy
• Beer Battered Cornish Fish & Crown Chips
  With homemade tartar sauce & crushed peas sauce
• Roast Belly of Pork
  With apple sauce, crackling, roast potatoes & selection of vegetables & gravy
• Twice Baked Souffle of Lyburn Gold Cheese
  With a selection of secrett’s farm vegetables

• The Crowns 'Dunking' Doughnuts
  With warm belgian chocolate sauce
• Vanilla Bean Panacotta
  With​ marinated orange
• Honeycomb Parfait
  With honey jelly & crisp puff pastry
• Crown Cheeseboard
  A selection of 3 english cheeses w/ homemade bread, crackers & chutney

Set Lunch

• Soup of the Day w/ Homemade Bread
• Ham Hock Terrine w/ Homemade Piccalilli

• Two Royal Berkshire Sausages & Smoked Mash Potato
  With sticky red cabbage & rich onion gravy
• Tray Baked Cornish Plaice
  With peas, shallots, local chard & white wine cream sauce

• Selection of Secretts Farm Vegetables

  3.50
• Crown Chips

  3.50
• Baby Leaf Salad

  2.50
• Dauphinoise Potato

  3.50

• English Rhubarb & Custard Crumble
• Keen's Cheddar (Somerset)
  A sweet, creamy, rich cheddar
• Selection of Two English Cheeses
  With crackers & chutney
• Isle of Wight Blue
  Naturally rinded soft blue cheese that is made w/ pasteurised guernsey cows' milk

• The Crown Burger w/ Keens Cheddar, Caramelised

  11.95
  Onions & crown chips
• Royal Berkshire Sausages & Smoked Mash Potato

  13.50
  With sticky red cabbage & rich onion gravy
• Warm Flaked & Rolled Ham Hock w/ Crown Chips

  9.95
  And fried eggs
• Cornish Haddock

  12.95
  In beer batter w/ triple cooked chips, homemade tartar sauce & crushed peas

• Homemade Mixed Root Vegetable Crisps

  2.50
• Homemade Pork Scratching & Apple Sauce

  3.00
• Organic Mushroom Goujons w/ Truffle Mayonnaise

  4.50
• Mixed Greek Olives

  3.50
• Crisp Bread Shards w/ Rosary Goats Cheese Dip

  3.00
• Selection of All Nibbles (Suitable for 2-4 People)

  13.50

Wine

• Prosecco Di Valdobbiadene Trevisiol L. E Figli, Italy

  17.95 per bottle (750ml)
  White peachy fruit & stony minerality.
• Marguet Champagne Grand Cru Rosenv, France

  39.95 per bottle (750ml)
  An exuberant, fragrant wine, summer fruits dance harmoniously on the palate.
• Berrys' United Kingdom Cuvee Champagne Grand Crunv, France

  29.95 per bottle (750ml)
  A deliciously refreshing, yet rich palate & a clean satisfying finish.
• Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label’ NV, France

  54.95 per bottle (750ml)

• Viura Chardonnay, Aguila Real Bodegas Aguila, Spain, 2011

  4.50 - 15.50
  A light & fresh, easy drinking white.
• Sauvignon Viognier, Domaine Bertier, Vin De Pays, France, 2011

  5.10 - 17.50
  The fragrant viognier delivers a vibrantfloral note to compliment green fruits on the palate.
• Chenin Blanc, Pecan Stream, Waterford Estate, South Africa, 2010

  6.50 - 22.00
  A generous style w/ rounded, rich flavours & a peachy succulence.
• Gavi Di Gavi, Roberto Sarotto, Piedmont, Italy, 2010

  25.00 per bottle (750ml)
  Combining fresh floral notes & honey dew white peachiness.
• Petit Chablis, Domaine Du Colombier, Guy Mothe, France, 2011

  29.00 per bottle (750ml)
  Steely, mineral, bone dry & classic.
• Le Clos Du Chateau, Ch. De Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy, France, 2008

  39.00
  Lively mineral notes cut through the toasty, dense fruit leading to a long finish.
• Cococciola Pinot Grigio, Terre Valse, Italy, 2011

  4.70 - 16.50
  The typical citrus notes of pinot grigio are given a nutty underscore by the rare cococciola.
• Berrys' Chilean Sauvignon Blanc, Vina Quintay, Casablanca Valley, Chile, 2011

  5.50 - 18.00
  Aromatic & refreshing, w/ hints of exotic fruit.
• Chardonnay, Vina Dona Javiera, Maipo Valley, Chile, 2011

  19.00 per bottle (750ml)
  A wonderfully fresh example of chardonnay from this cool climate wine region.
• Albarino, Benito Santos, Rias Baixas, Spain, 2010

  27.00 per bottle (750ml)
  Ripe​ w/ notes of peach, green apple, white flowers & tropical fruit.
• Sancerre Les Epsailles, Dom. David Sautereau, Loire Valley, France, 2010

  33.00 per bottle (750ml)
  Cool & fruity, dry & grassy. Bracing & refreshing.

• Berrys' House Rose, France

  4.50 - 15.50
  A provençal style - easy drinking, pale pink, showing soft summer fruits.

• Tempranillo Syrah, Aguila Real, Bodegas Aguila, Spain, 2011

  4.50 - 15.50
  Showing red & dark fruits this is surprisingly rich as the syrah shows its weight.
• Carignan Vieilles Vignes, Pietas, IGT Herault, France, 2010

  5.10 - 17.50
  The​ old vines here give a nice deapth & weight whilst retaining a supple structure.
• La Flor Malbec, Pulenta Estate, Mendoza, Argentina, 2011

  6.90 - 23.50
  An enticing bouquet of violets & plum. Full-bodied & voluptuous. Delicious!
• Berrys' ‘Good Ordinary’ Claret, Bordeaux, France, 2009

  24.00 per bottle (750ml)
  Benchmark claret – laden w/ cassis & a hint of cedar & minerality.
• Pinot Noir Reserva, Don Victor, William Fevre, Maipo Valley, Chile, 2010

  27.00 per bottle (750ml)
  Supple​ & a subtle. Bright red fruits & a gentle persistence.
• Berrys' Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Caves D'Ogier, France, 2009

  39.00 per bottle (750ml)
  A wealth of black fruits, pepper, herbs & spices, & exudes velvety mediterranean warmth.
• Berrys' House Red, Jean-Luc Terrier & C. Collovray, France

  4.90 - 16.50
  Primarily​ merlot, this wine is soft & plumy w/ gentle red fruits.
• Shiraz Viognier, ‘Stone the Crows’, Murray Darling, Australia, 2010

  6.10 - 21.50
  Viognier here adds a touch of elegance to the lush exuberance of shiraz.
• Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, Terre Valse, Italy, 2010

  19.50 per bottle (750ml)
  Notes of dried plum, liquorice & herbs evoque the rustic landscape of central italy.
• Rioja Otiñano, Crianza, Bodegas Estancia Piedra, Rioja, Spain, 2008

  25.00 per bottle (750ml)
  Spicy & herby w/ slight tobacco notes fleshed out by strawberry &cherry fruits.
• Berrys' ‘Extra Ordinary’ Red Burgundy, France, 2009

  33.00 per bottle (750ml)
  All of the elegance, purity of pinot noir & presenting the brilliance of the 2009 vintage.
• Ch. Potensac, Medoc, France, 2001

  49.00 per bottle (750ml)
  Medium-to​ full-bodied, w/ velvety tannins & plenty of blackberry & currant character. A great effort from the illustrious delon family.

• Quinta De La Rosa Finest Reserve Port

  5.00 - 19.00
  From the famous quinta do noval. Raisined, spicy & warming.
• Berrys' Sauternes (France)

  7.20 - 19.50
  Made for berrys’ by ch. Doisy-vedrines. Sweet & luscious yet still refreshing.
• Berrys' William Pickering, 20-Year-Old Tawny Port

  7.90 - 39.00
  Sweet, mellow, dried fruits a versatile match for either cheese or dessert.

• Berrys’ Reserve Islay,

  4.50 per 50ml
  Unmistakeably islay! Deliciously smoky, w/ a refined saltiness.
• Berrys' Cognac of Superior Quality

  4.50 per 50ml
  A cognac that lives up to its name! A special bottling by the top producer frap
• Berrys’ Reserve Speyside,

  4.50 per 50ml
  Elegant, floral aromas & fruity, heather-honey style.