Pant-y-Gwydr French and Vegan Restaurant Menus 

(order any combination of French and Vegan dishes)  

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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.

 

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

 

Cassolette de ris d’agneau aux fèves fraiches £11  Mini-casserole of lamb sweetbreads, spring onions, white wine, light creamy sauce milk, sulphites (white wine), celery

 

Coquilles Saint Jacques poêlées, aux marrons £15.50 Pan-fried scallops, whole chestnuts, delicate chestnut sauce, virgin olive oil crustacean (milk-free and wheat-free)

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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 

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Chèvre frais rôti, canapé de pomme rôtie, endives (v) - £9.50 

Grilled goat’s cheese, roast apple, chicory, balsamic vinegar, virgin olive oil milk

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Gambas avec pomme duchesse £9.50  Two giant prawns, served with a 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, wild rocket, pink peppercorns     Allergens: 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   Allergens: celery, milk, wheat, egg

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

 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

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Classic Restaurant main courses

 

Navarin d’agneau £25 Navarin of Welsh lamb, slow-cooked in white wine with a pretty decoration of carrot, courgette, celery, turnip, potato  celery, sulphites (wheat-free and milk-free)

 

Poulet sauté chasseur £22 Pan-roasted chicken breast, flambéed in Cognac, with button mushrooms, tarragon, chervil, tomato, Cognac, served with triple-cooked chips  celery, milk  (wheat-free)

 

Magret de canard à l’orange £29 Pan-roasted duck breast, sauce à l’orange with Grand Marnier 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 ches in honour of the Italian composer Rossini, a reputed gourmet. celery, milk, sulphur dioxide (Madeira wine), wheat (toast)

 

Couscous Royale £24.50  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 grillé £25  Grilled fillet of sea bass, aubergine, courgette, tomato and basil, red pepper dressing, triple-cooked chips (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 grillé à la rhubarbe £28  Grilled fillet of hake, rhubarb and onion dressing and triple-cooked chips  fish   (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 on the side milk (butter, cream cheese), celery (stock)  

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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  

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

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

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Additional side dishes £5

Green beans with butter (milk)

Triple-cooked chips  or

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

 

 

Vegan main courses

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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, chiffonade de choux rouge  £21  Vegan buckwheat strudel (leeks, onions, cauliflower, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, soya cream, olive oil) with an accompaniment of gently simmered red cabbage and raisins   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 - £9.50, caramelised apple tart served warm with Pant-y-Gwydr vanilla ice cream   milk, eggs, wheat

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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

 

‘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

 

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​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, banana, lemon, lime & basil, apricot, passion fruit, raspberry or white chocolate sorbet   

eggs, wheat(biscuit), soya (soya in white chocolate sorbet).

 

Vegan Desserts

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

 

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

 

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

 

Pant-y-Gwydr VEGAN FRUIT SORBETS with vegan biscuit 3 scoops £8

A choice of lemon; raspberry; passion fruit; lime & basil, banana or strawberry – vegan biscuit contains wheat

 

 

 

Restaurant opening times (reservations are requested):

Tuesday from 6pm (closed at lunchtime on Tuesdays)

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

 

 

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