The Belgian Cafe Main Menu
Starters
Fresh Homemade Soup
Soup of the moment! Served with fresh bread
Crab and Lobster bisque chowder
Served with fresh bread
Rabbit and lentil Broth
Served with fresh bread
Deep Fried Brie
Coated in breadcrumbs, with cranberry sauce
Mussels
Starter portion of our house speciality, served with fresh crusty bread
Brochette of marinated frogs’ legs
Pan fried and breaded deep fried served on a sizzling skillet with griddled olive oil bread
Whole Calamari
Pan fried calamaris with a touch of chilli, rock salt and lemon zest
Homemade Pate of the week
Served with fresh bread
Deep Fried Whitebait
With tartare sauce
Vegetarian Terrine
Served with fresh bread
Sweet Chilli and Mint Langoustine
Snails
-6 snails / -12 snails
Cooked in garlic and butter
Colchester Oyster Platter
-6 oysters / -12 oysters
Served with a white wine vinegar and shallot chiffonade
Main Courses
FISH
Moules Frites
(don’t miss our Mussels Nights every Wednesday*)
Choose from our 50 different mussels recipes
Served with bread, butter & frites with mayonnaise
Salmon Fishcake, 1 piece or 2 pieces
Salmon Fishcakes on a bed of pak choi with a lemon, cream and caper sauce served with frites
Colchester Oyster Platter
12 oysters
Served with a white wine vinegar and shallot chiffonade
Coquille St Jacques Belge Style
Baked style of Scallops, potatoes and mushroom
Served with salad
Crisp fried Wild Seabass in sweet mango and chilli sauce 1fillet / 2 fillets
Served with fresh ginger, coriander and a hint of chilli, served on a bed of noddles
Seafood Linguine Pasta
Mussels, Gambas, scallop, squid and prawns. cooked with olive oil, garlic and tomato sauce
Calamari with squid ink Risotto
Scampi
Served with French fries
MEAT
Crispy Duck Salad
Chinese duck breast, rocket, with marinated peppers, aubergines and plum sauce
Wild Boar and Leffe dark beer Sausage
12” exclusive recipe sausage, served with stoemp and a mushroom, tomato and tarragon jus
Carbonade Flamande (with Stilton 50p extra)
Belgian beef stew with a sweet and sour taste, served with stoemp and vegetables of the moment
Sirloin Steak
(check also our Tuesday Steak Nights and book your 30oz T-Bone Steak on this day*)
10 oz sirloin steak served with frites, grilled tomato and garlic mushroom
(bearnaise, garlic cream, pepper or stilton sauce £1 extra)
Chicken Tarragon
Served with the garnish of the moment
Coq au vin
French braise of chicken cooked with wine, lardons, mushrooms, garlic served with rice
Full rack of Pork Rib
Served with barbecued mushrooms and fries
Home Made Burger of the week
(check our Monday Burgers Nights with our 20 different recipes of gourmet burgers*)
Served with French fries
Snails
12 snails, cooked in garlic and butter
Platter to Share
Fishmonger platter
Smoked salmon, whitebait, Tempura prawn, crab salad, capers, lemon, served with brown bread.
Butcher platter
Crispy duck with plum sauce, charcuterie, chicken liver pate, Chutney, olives and garlic bread.
Vegetarian Platter
Vegetarian Terrine, deep fried brie, cranberry sauce, mix salad, marinated peppers & aubergines and humous served with bread.
Cheese board
Weekly selection of four fine cheeses served with fruits, bread and crudités.
Combo (lunch Time only)
Soup of day + sandwich
Soup of the moment and sandwich to choose from: Smoked salmon and cream cheese or ham and butter or V Mature Cheddar with Chutney
Rabbit and lentil Broth + sandwich
Broth and sandwich to choose from: Smoked salmon and cream cheese or ham and butter or V Mature Cheddar with Chutney
Crab chowder (made with Lobster bisque) + sandwich
Chowder and sandwich to choose from: Smoked salmon and cream cheese or ham and butter or V Mature Cheddar with Chutney
Snacks (lunch time only)
Omelette
50p any extra ingredient:
Tomato, mushroom, bacon, cheese, onion, stilton, sausage or tuna
Jacket Potato
Choose from:
V garlic mushrooms or prawn cocktail or BLT or V melted cheese or tuna mayo or V baked beans
Crispy Duck baguette
With plum sauce and cucumber and red onion
Sandwich
Choose from Smoked salmon and cream cheese or ham and butter or
V Mature Cheddar with Chutney
Kids Menu
STARTERS
Soup of the moment
Prawn cocktail
MAIN COURSES
Salmon Fishcake*
Scampi*,
Mini French bread pizza*,
Moules with tomato and cream*,
Pasta with cheese
Pasta with tomato sauce,
Chicken nuggets*
*Served with frites
SWEETS
Kids Ice Cream
vanilla or chocolate
Side Order
Mixed Salad
Bread and butter
French fries and mayonnaise
Garnish of the moment
Stoemp (mash potatoes with vegetables)
Olives
Desserts
The Ultimate Belgian Chocolate Mousse
(made with lightly cooked fresh eggs)
Dame Blanche
Vanilla Ice Cream, hot chocolate sauce and whipped Chantilly cream
Belgian Cafe Mess
Crushed Meringue, forest fruits, vanilla ice cream and whipped Chantilly cream
Belgian Waffle
With a choice of:
- syrup and whipped Chantilly cream
- forest fruits and whipped Chantilly cream
- hot chocolate and whipped Chantilly cream
Rollo Fondue
With Marshmallows and fruits
Crème Brulee
Vanilla or Chocolate Ice Cream
Trio of Desserts
Chocolate Mousse, crème brulee and Vanilla Ice Cream
Fesh Fruits Salad
Gourmet Menu
STARTER
Garlic and butter Scallops
With Citrus sauce
or
Chicken liver parfait
Coated in breadcrumbs and served with a rich port sauce
or
V Sweet roasted vegetable crumble with Parmesan sunflower and pumpkin seeds
Served with the garnish of the moment
MAIN COURSE
Seabass with prawn and Lobster bisque
Served with the garnish of the moment
or
Rack of Lamb
Served with jus and garnish of the moment
or
Omelette and Wild mushroom, topped with Stilton and Port
DESSERT
Cheese Board
or
Any Ice cream cocktail
BREAKFAST
Heathly options
Organic oat porridge topped with honey and fresh fruits £4.50
Muesli blend dried fruit and porridge oats (add yogurt for £1.50) £4.50
Fresh fruit bowl with Greek yogurt and honey £4.25
Crunchy Granola with honey and yogurt £4.95
Stacks (single or double decker for starving mornings)
Fruits stacks forest fruits pancake stack £5.95 (single) / £7.95 (double)
Smoked Salmon stacks £7.25 (single) / £9.95 (double)
Scrambled eggs, smoked salmon and crispy bacon served in a croissant
Croissant French Toast £6.95 (single) / £8.95 (double)
With apple compote, cinnamon sugar, yogurt, strawberries and maple syrup
Egg Benedict Belgian Style £7.95 (single) / £9.95 (double)
Served on pancake stuffed with smoked bacon, hash brown and smoked cheddar
With a hollandaise sauce
Potato Waffle Breakfast £7.95 (single) / £9.95 (double)
With fried eggs, sausage meat, smoked bacon and barbecue beans
Alternatives
Smoked haddock kedgeree £6.95
A classic English dish with a Belgian Cafe twist
Breakfast tortilla £8.25
cheddar, scrambled egg, chorizo, avocado, black bean, tomato salsa
Traditional
Full English £7.95
Veggie Breakfast £6.95
Fried egg, veggie sausages, mushrooms, baked beans, and toast
Croque Monsieur belge style £6.95
White bloomer bread grilled with olive oil, ham, smoked cheddar and grilled tomato
Free range eggs on toasted Focaccia £6.50
with roasted cherry tomato
