The Escape Menu
We would like to offer you this simple ‘no frills’ menu of real fresh food. We have taken great care when choosing the farms and suppliers that provide our delicious top quality ingredients. Put quite simply “you will taste the difference.”
Please order your meals at the bar and take note of your table number.
Aberdeen Angus Burger £7.25 Home-made by our skilled chef, a generous 6oz burger using pure-bred Aberdeen Angus Beef which has been hung for 21 days to enhance the flavour. We serve it in a toasted roll with tomato and onion chutney and a generous portion of chips. If you would like we can top it with melted Cheddar. Add a couple of slices of dry cure bacon (+ £1.25)
Vegetarian Burger option £6.00 Escape Rarebit £4.50 Two slices of toasted hand sliced bread from the award winning De Gustibus Bakery dripping with grilled topping of melted West Country Cheddar cheese, a hint of wholegrain mustard and perfected with a splash of Worcestershire Sauce accompanied with chilli jam relish. Add a couple of slices of dry cure bacon (+ £1.25)
Fish Finger and Chip Sandwich £5.00 Crispy cod fish fingers (from a sustainable source) sandwiched between two slabs of fresh crusty bread served with chips and home-made tartare sauce
Hot Food £8.00 Bangers and Mash – A trio of sausages served with creamy stomp and lashings of onion gravy. (So what is stomp?! It’s creamy mashed potato with leeks, carrots and spring onions…….Ummmm Yummy) Please ask for the sausage of the day.
Steak and Chips (+ £2) – 8oz Aberdeen Angus rump steak hung for 21 days to enhance the flavour, served with chunky chips and a fresh green salad
Salmon and Crab fishcake –Fishcake with Morecambe Bay Crab and Scottish Salmon flakes, served with a warm rocket salad and chilli jam relish
Sandwiches £4.25 Fresh, hand sliced bread from the award winning ‘De Gustibus’ Bakery with carefully chosen selection of fillings: * Sausage of the Day and fried red onion * Tuna (dolphin friendly) with crème fraiche * Free Range Chicken and Dry cure Bacon * Free Range Egg Mayonnaise * Aberdeen Angus Steak and Mustard (+£1.00)
Escape Salads £7.00 We insist on using only the freshest produce for our salads, finishing them with our unique “Escape” dressing.
SuperFood
No meat - No wheat - No dairy Pulses, lentils and chickpeas mild curry hummus served with rocket spinach and mixed leaves, cherry toms, cucumber, carrot batons and mixed beans with special Escape dressing.
Chicken Caesar With carved free range chicken breast, Romaine lettuce leaves, croutons Caesar dressing, fresh anchovies and shaved parmesan cheese
Warm Goats Cheese English Wealdway Goats Cheese on a toasted bruchetta with roasted peppers, red onion and cherry tomato, served on dressed mixed leaves
Proper Nicoise Dolphin-friendly tuna, Romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, black olives, new potatoes, green beans and free range egg
Please order your food and drink at the bar. Thank you
Meeting Room– did you know we have a private facility which can seat up to 24.Great for a business meeting or a private function. Please ask for details of the various catered options.
Grazing Menu
Why not share a nibble with a friend over a drink or two?
Nachos £4.00 Plate of Nachos, melted cheese, fresh tomato salsa and guacamole
Bread and Dips £5.00 Strips of flat bread and vegetable sticks to dip into hummus, fresh tomato salsa and guacamole
Welcome to the new Escape
We hope you like the changes – there are still a few things to finish off, please bear with us while we do so. We would love to hear your comments – please let us know if there is anything else we can do for your comfort and enjoyment
Hot Beverages Espresso £1.25 Tea £1.25 Coffee £1.50 Cappuccino £1.75 Latte £1.75
Short of time in your lunch hour?
We at The Escape know how important it is to receive excellent service when you are tight on time. Just phone your order in by 11.00am on: 020 7593 1312 and it will be waiting for you on your arrival.
All weights and measures, where given are pre cooked weights and are approximate. Some of our produce may contain nuts or traces of nuts. Some of our food is served hot please take care. On occasion we may vary the product form suppliers named in this menu with equivalent alternatives When you order from this menu we kindly ask you not to vary the dishes. They will be presented to you as described on this menu.
The Escape Wine Selection
If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink: Good wine— a friend— or being dry— Or lest we should be by and by— Or any other reason why. Henry Aldrich (1647–1710), dean of Christ Church, Oxford. Reasons For Drinking.
White Wine
*Bolla Pinot Grigio, Italy £9.95 Refreshing limes, melons & peaches
*Nobilo Orca Bay Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand £10.95 Ripe gooseberry, tropical fruit crisp and zingy
*Montana East Coast Unoaked Chardonnay New Zealand £11.95 A fruity little number Hardys Nottage Hill Chardonnay Australia £13.95 Melon, peach and a hint of oak Chablis Moreau France £16.95 Steely and dry
Rose
* Blossom Hill White Zinfandel Rose California £12.50 Refreshing strawberries and watermelon
*Kleine Zalze Gamay Rose S Africa Gentle fruit with peppery dryness £12.50
What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch? ~ W. C. Fields
If a life of wine, women and song becomes too much, give up the singing. ~ Anonymous
Red Wine
*Cotes du Rhone, Caves St P France Soft robust and fruity £9.95
*Twin Fin Cabernet Sauvignon California £10.95 Classic blackcurrant, casis and liquorice
*Seppelt Moyston Shiraz Australia Young and juicy £12.50
*Erazuriz Merlot Chile £13.50 Intense blackberry fruit
Montana Pinot Noir New Zealand Elegant, cherry and plum £15.00
There are only two occasions when I drink Champagne, and these are: when I have game for dinner and when I haven't.
- Attributed to S. D. Churchill.
Bubbles
Wolf Blass Red Label Chardonnay Pinot Noir Australia £24.95
Creamy delicate and complex
Moet and Chandon NV France
Classic champagne bubbles £45.00
Veuve Clicquot Brut
The Famous Yellow Label £50.00
Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it. ~ Anonymous
* Denotes wines available by the glass