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The appetizer is a warm pancake made with cream cheese (milk), egg, chives, garlic,

 and buckwheat flour which is wheat-free.

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French restaurant starters

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Soupe de poisson  £9.50  Traditional fish soup with whole pieces of white fish – as you might find served in the port of Marseille  fish, celery the soup is served with a crouton (wheat, rye) and a rouille sauce made with olive oil, egg, piment, potato, saffron, garlic, fish soup (fish)   fish, celery, egg, wheat 

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Escargots de Bourgogne  £9.50 Snails from Burgundy – six snails served in a potato case with garlic butter and parsley milk (butter), mollusc

 

 

Coquilles Saint Jacques poêlées aux topinambours £15.50 Pan-fried scallops, Jerusalem artichokes, jus crustacean, milk (butter) (wheat-free)

 

Soupe à l’oignon  £9.50  French onion soup - onions, butter (milk), chicken stock (celery), bay leaves, white wine milk, sulphur dioxide, celery served with a crouton and French mature Comté cheese    milk, wheat 

 

Chèvre frais rôti, carpaccio de betteraves, câpres (v) - £9.50 

Grilled goat’s cheese, beetroot, capers, balsamic vinegar, virgin olive oil milk

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Gambas avec pomme duchesse £9.50  Three king prawns, served with  duchess potato, a hint of garlic, flambéed in Cognac     crustacean, milk (butter)

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Pavé de champignons, compote d’oignons (v)  £9.50 Melt in the mouth mushrooms in a crispy coating, with onion compote, mushrooms, shallots, breadcrumbs & flour (gluten), olive oil, nutmeg, honey, pink peppercorns      milk, eggs, gluten

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Tarte Tatin de Confit de Canard  £9.50 - upside down tart with slow-cooked duck, onion compote, rich flaky pastry      celery, milk, wheat

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Rillettes de canard £9.50 A traditional Brittany-style duck paté served with gherkins and fresh bread    

 

Fine wines to try by the glass from the Loire and Rhône

 

Sparkling white wine from the Loire Valley
La Grande Marque – an elegant sparkling Saumur                               £8.80     125ml

 

Fleurie, light Beaujolais red - vegan friendly

 125ml - £7.20, 175ml - £9, carafe 500ml - £27       750ml bottle - £44.00

 

 

 

Classic Restaurant main courses

 

 

Estouffade de boeuf bourguignonne £26 Beef slow-cooked in red wine

with lardons, button mushrooms and onions, steamed potatoes

celery, sulphites (wheat-free and milk-free)

 

Poulet sauté aux olives et oignons confits £22 Pan-roasted chicken breast, with olives, onions and a white wine sauce -  served with triple-cooked chips  celery  (milk-free and wheat-free)

 

Magret de canard à la mangue £29 Pan-roasted duck breast, mango Cognac sauce, celery (duck stock)  served with dauphinois potatoes     milk (cheese)

 

Fillet of beef £38  (250g/8oz approx) served with triple-cooked chips and a Cognac and Green Peppercorn Sauce  celery (stock), milk (cream)

 

Tournedos Rossini £38 (250g/8oz approx) served with triple-cooked chips 

Fillet of beef, toast, pâté, truffle and truffle essence, a classic Madeira sauce (demi-glace).   

A 19th Century recipe created by French chefs in honour of the Italian composer Rossini, a reputed gourmet. celery, milk, sulphur dioxide (Madeira wine), wheat (toast)

 

Couscous Royale £25  Michèle's favourite! A fragrant and gently spicy dish from Algeria - Couscous semoule (wheat), miso paste (soya), olive oil, onions, leeks, celery, carrots, courgettes, fennel, turnips, tomatoes, chick peas, bouquet garni, sage, Provence herbs, ras-el-hanout, harissa, fresh coriander, lamb, chicken and Pant-y-Gwydr merguez sausage (100% homemade - beef, lamb, onion and spices, including oregano, mild piment, harissa and aniseed)       soya, wheat, celery

 

Filet de bar à la Marseillaise £25  Fillet of sea bass, in a ragout with potato, celery, onion, tomato, leek, saffron, garlic  (milk-free and wheat-free)  fish(milk-free and wheat-free)  fish

 

Potée de lotte  £26 A recipe from the south of France – casserole of monkfish, baby squid and mussels, aioli (potato, egg, garlic, olive oil, chicken stock (celery)) croutons (wheat)        

fish, crustacean, mollusc, egg, celery, wheat 

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Filet de merlu grille, sauce “des Provençaux” £28  Grilled fillet of hake, lardons, savoy cabbage, garlic, diced tomato, chives, butter - served with triple-cooked chips   fish, milk  (wheat-free)

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Sauté de boeuf “Zelensky” £25  Beef sauté “Zelensky” – strips of fillet of beef sautéed with paprika, red onion, Welsh vodka, served in a roasted red pepper with triple-cooked chips              milk (butter, cream cheese), celery (stock)  

 

Toulouse sausages  £19 with French-style mash, onion gravy – as for all our dishes, our sausages are made here at the Pant-y-Gwydr to an original recipe with lean pork and pork belly, pink salt, pepper, chilli, sweet garlic, dextrose, ascorbic acid. Served with French-style mash (potatoes, butter (milk) and an onion gravy (stock, onions, celery, sweet garlic) Allergens: milk, celery  

 

 

Supported charity - In 2022, we supported the British Red Cross Ukraine appeal

Since, 2023, we make regular donations to the Salvation Army

 

 

Additional side dishes £5

Green beans with butter (milk)

Triple-cooked chips  or

Dauphinois potatoes with julienne of leeks, Comté cheese & cream (celery, milk)

 

Our menu is complex and offers lots of choice – it’s difficult for us to change garnish at the last minute – please order an extra side dish if you prefer a different garnish

 

Vegan restaurant starters

Potage cultivateur £9  Vegan French country vegetable soup with carrot, celery, petits pois, potato, leeks, cabbage, turnip, olive oil  celery (this dish is wheat-free)

 

Smooth vegan paté  £9.50  Puy lentils, walnuts, soya, beetroot, rosemary, thyme, sage   nuts, soya

 

Millefeuille de légumes, duxelle de champignons  £9.50  Vegan rainbow layercake with button mushrooms, olive oil, potatoes, carrot, spinach, parsley, chervil, tarragon, chives.  This dish is wheat-free

 

Vegan main courses

​Tempeh sauté  £21  Fricassée of Tempeh with leeks, butter beans and green and red peppers soya, celery (trace)

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Vegan Couscous  a fragrant and gently spicy dish from Algeria   £22

Couscous semoule (wheat), miso paste (soya), olive oil, onions, leeks, celery, carrots, courgettes, fennel, turnips, tomatoes, chick peas, bouquet garni, sage, Provence herbs, ras-el-hanout, harissa, fresh coriander with Vegan Tofu Croquette tofu (soya), seitan (wheat), chia seeds, gram flour, yeast, fenugreek seeds, cumin, Provence herbs   soya, wheat, celery

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Strüdel au sarrasin et au noisettes £21  Vegan buckwheat strudel (leeks, onions, cauliflower, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, soya cream, olive oil) with an accompaniment of butternut squash   soya, nuts

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French Cheese

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Les fromages français  £14.80

A selection of five French unpasteurised cheeses which change with the seasons – Brie de Meaux AOC a soft cheese from Normandy;  Livarot a soft cheese from Normandy, Roche Montagne, a pressed blue farmhouse cheese from the Cantal; 6-12 month aged Comté, an Alpine cheese; Ossau Iraty, a sheep’s cheese from the Basque region.  Served with artisan biscuits and with ‘pâte de fruits’ (artisan apple jelly)   milk, wheat, rye, soya, nuts (traces)

 

 

Classic Desserts

 

Tarte des demoiselles Tatin, caramelised apple tart served warm with Pant-y-Gwydr vanilla ice cream  £9.50  – milk, eggs, wheat     Ten minutes cooking time     

 

Le Chocolat  £11.50    Chocolate egg with chocolate mousse and crème, white chocolate sorbet, ‘oeuf à la coque’ with warm chocolate ganache and Merlin cream liqueur   Ten minutes cooking time     

milk, eggs, soya (wheat-free).  

 

La Vanille   £11.50 our vanilla trio - Mini-crème brulée, warm vanilla fondant and vanilla ice cream   milk, eggs, wheat.   Ten minutes cooking time     

 

‘Aveline’ £11.50 -  the hazelnut dessert: hazelnut confection, hazelnut ice cream, milk chocolate, praline crème anglaise  nuts, milk, eggs, trace of soya  

 

Le Caramel £11.50  - warm chocolate and caramel fondant, caramel log and caramel ice cream     milk, eggs, buckwheat, soya   Ten minutes cooking time     

 

 

 

Le Citron £11.50 Three miniature lemon desserts - cream of lemon and meringue, "citron" with mascarpone, zingy ‘bitter lemon’ and mint, lemon sorbet.  milk, eggs

 

 

​Les glaces - £8 (3 scoops).  Pant-y-Gwydr ice cream - vanilla, caramel, hazelnut, dairy milk chocolate, pistachio or mint-chocolate chip (contains  fresh mint leaves and Saint Domingue dark chocolate).   eggs, milk, wheat (biscuit), soya

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Les sorbets - £8 (3 scoops). A choice of strawberry, lemon, apricot, passion fruit, raspberry or white chocolate sorbet   eggs, wheat(biscuit), soya (soya in white chocolate sorbet).

 

Vegan Desserts

 

“La Dame Blanche” - £9.50  vegan vanilla ice cream, vegan chocolate sauce, grilled flaked almonds      soya, nuts

 

Vegan dark chocolate fondant £9.50   with Pant-y-Gwydr “milk” chocolate vegan ice cream   wheat, soya

 

Cannelé £9.50    warm vegan French ‘pastry’ flavoured with rum, served with raspberry coulis   soya, wheat

 

Pant-y-Gwydr vegan ice cream and fruit sorbets with vegan biscuit 3 scoops £8

A choice of vanilla, chocolate, lemon; raspberry; passion fruit; apricot or strawberry – (vegan biscuit contains wheat, vegan ice creams contain soya)

 

Restaurant opening times (upon reservation):

Tuesday from 6pm (closed at lunchtime on Tuesdays)

Wednesday to Saturday lunch (12pm-3pm) and dinner (6pm-11pm)

 

 

Gratuities are left at the discretion of our customers –we accept tips on our card machine  

 

We kindly ask that you do not bring birthday cakes to the restaurant -

please let us know if you would like us to place a candle in a dessert for your birthday guest