Autumn kitchen
Our chef’s have created a new menu to celebrate the season – full of delicious autumn treats. Heartily-cooked, as always we’ll be using locally-sourced ingredients that showcase flavours of our forest and coast. Our daily specials will be back too.
STARTERS
The Drift's soup
artisan bread (gf) (ve)
Drift terrine
pickled shallot, watercress salad, apple & pear chutney, toasted brioche
Prawn & crayfish cocktail
bloody Marie Rose, baby gem, lemon
Bruschetta
smashed avocado, Heritage tomato caponata (ve)
Smoked haddock fishcake
dressed salad, tartare sauce
DRIFT DOORSTEP SANDWICHES -
An open chargrilled doorstep of sourdough served with crisps, salad and slaw.
Duck & hoison
spring onions, cucumber ribbons, smashed wontons
Minute sirloin steak
mustard mayo, onions, rocket
Warm goat's cheese
roasted veg, beetroot pesto (v)
Smoked salmon, prawn, crayfish
Marie rose sauce, gem lettuce
CLASSICS & FAVOURITES
Ringwood ale battered haddock
crushed peas, thick cut chips, tartare
Pies of the day
Mud pie, mash, seasonal vegetables, gravy
Chicken & pancetta tagliatelle
watercress, dill, rocket salad, Old Winchester cheese
Braised beef short rib
confit potatoes, roasted squash purée, wild mushrooms, jus
Chalk Stream trout
beetroot & potato hash, sea greens
Hampshire pork belly
butterbean cassoulet, buttered greens
Pan-roasted South Coast hake
sautéed new potatoes & spinach, parsley sauce
Gnocchi bake
roast tomato & basil sauce, mozzarella, side salad (v)
GRILL
8oz ribeye steak
cherry vine tomatoes, house salad, thick cut chips
1/2 BBQ 'cola' chicken
cherry vine tomatoes, house salad, thick cut chips
"Moving Mountain" plant burger
seeded bun, tomato, gem lettuce, pickled slaw, gherkin and skinny fries (ve)
Drift beef burger
seeded bun, tomato, gem lettuce, pickled slaw, gherkin and skinny fries
Buttermilk chicken burger
seeded bun, tomato, gem lettuce, pickled slaw, gherkin and skinny fries
SIDES
Thick cut chips
Sweet potato fries
Green salad
Buttered new potatoes
Seasonal vegetables
PUDDINGS
Chocolate brownie
vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce
Sticky banoffee pudding
salted caramel ice cream
Poached pear
brandy snap, Purbeck gingerbread ice cream
Cheese board
local cheese, biscuits, chutney
Purbeck ice cream
Please ask for today's flavours