Café 52 Lunch Menu

 

Homemade soups with quality local ingredients £6.95

Cullen skink made with pale smoked haddock

Roasted butternut squash, carrot and cumin soup

Light Lunches or a Tasty starter £7.95

Roasted red pepper and butternut squash houmous with toasted thins

Oven roasted red pepper and courgette with feta cheese and pistachio pesto

Toasted crumpet with smoked salmon and a lemon, dill crème fraiche and crispy capers

Smoked herring pate with toasted Rosemary and sea salt focaccia

chicken liver and whisky pate with toasted thins

Marinated Herring on rye bread with baby gem, tarragon mayonnaise and crunchie cucumber 

 

 Main Courses £13.50

Flaked Scottish mackerel fillet with tarragon mayonnaise on toasted ciabatta

Grilled garlicy aubergine and courgettes with a herby tomato sauce and farmhouse bread

Grilled pork sausage and caramelized onion Spanish tortilla with a Sicilian caponata

Russian sausage with creamy new potato salad, oven roasted tomatoes and confit onions

Café 52 ploughmen’s- toasted farmhouse bread, grilled Florian sausage, smoked cheddar and Mrs. B’s green tomato chutney 

Chicken breast, sautéed mushroom with a pesto mayonnaise on toasted ciabatta and grilled black pudding 

café 52 beef burger with caramelized onions, lettuce, beef tomatoes in a floury bap

Open Toasted Sandwiches on Ciabatta £7.95

Florian sausage with mustard mayonnaise and grilled cheddar cheese 

Sicilian style caponata with grilled Emmental

Fresh chicken breast in a sweet chill mayonnaise and grilled French Brie

Honey roast ham, oven roasted tomatoes with BBQ sauce and grilled Emmental

Side Orders £4.50

Home made chips

Parsnips with sea salt and honey

Crispy fried Scottish kale

Rosemary and sea salt focaccia

 fabulous sharing platter £18.50

A wonderful selection of hand picked favorites for 2 people to share

 

 

Café 52 Evening Menu

 

Starters £9.50

Roasted butternut squash, carrot a cumin soup 

Cullen skink with pale smoked haddock, potatoes and leeks

Baked goats cheese with red wine poached pear, sticky red onions and kirsch syrup 

Roasted red pepper and courgette tartlet with feta cheese and pistachio pesto 

Chicken liver and whisky pate and toasted Rosemary and sea salt focaccia

Toasted crumpet with baby gem lettuce grill courgette feta a pistachio pesto 

Smoked herring pate with pickled ginger and toasted Rosemary and sea salt focaccia

Marinated herring, sliced beef tomato with garlic, lemon and dill crème fraiche 

Main Courses £18.50

Smoked mackerel fillet with a crispy apple and caper mini caper salsa, home roasted tomatoes and sherry, Lemon and garlic dressing 

Grilled aubergine and courgette with crispy kale on a garlic and herby tomato sauce with shaved parmesan

slow cooked ox cheek and vegetable casserole, cooked with a Rioja red wine and Pedro Ximenez sherry   

Li’s Nepalese aromatic chicken curry with achar (a traditional tomato chutney)

Russian sausage with creamy new potato salad and chermoula 

Café 52 beef burger with lettuce, beef tomato, crispy bacon, confit onions and a floury bap

Fried sea bass with oven roasted fennel, marinated artichokes and an orange Aioli

Sharing platter £18.50

A wonderful selection of hand-picked favorites for 2 people sharing

 

Side Dishes £4.50

Home-made chips

Parsnips with sea-salt and honey

Crispy fried Scottish kale – with sweet chili sauce

Rosemary and sea salt focaccia

New potatoes with herb butter

 

 

Café 52 Tapas Menu

Sample menu – subject to change

Tapas £5 per dish

Cullen skink

Smoked mackerel and caramelized red onion pate

Gammon, potato, leek and parsley casserole with ham stock

roasted red pepper and coriander humus

butternut squash curry with chic pea, fresh coriander and crème fraiche

grilled aubergines with confit onions

chicken breast with spiced Indian pickled mayonnaise

Sprats with a garlic and lemon crème fraiche

chicken stew with Indian spiced pickle, yoghurt and fresh curry leaves

Mushroom and Strathdon blue bruschetta

Roasted red pepper and courgette tartlet with Strathdone blue

 Mark’s home made meatloaf

Peppered pastrami with pineapple and tomato salsa

home dried tomatoes and pistachio pesto

Creamy new potato salad

 

Selection of deli meat £7

Smoked ham, Italian salami and pastrami

 

Mini cheese board £7

Smoky style Cheddar/Taleggio/ Strathdon blue

 

Antipasto Platter £18.50

A wonderful selection of hand-picked favorites for 2 people to share

 

Side dishes £4.90

Home-made chips

Fried parsnips with maple syrup

Hot rosemary and sea salt focaccia

Crispy kale with sweet chilli sauce

Wine

White wine

Chacabouco Viognier, 2023, 13%  (175ml glass £7.50 / Bottle £26.95)

A delicious peachy viognier…. bursting with, well peach and other juicy stone and tropical fruit. The refreshing acidity from it’s high altitude origin really brings a zing to this white wine 

 

Murphy’s Chardonnay, Australia, 2023, 13.5%  (175ml glass £7.50 / Bottle £26.95)

A beautifully clean, unoaked Chardonnay from the Big Rivers area on the borders between South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. The warm mild weather helped create this near perfect Chardonnay, with tropical fruits and a long refreshing citrusy finish. I like this a lot

 

Les Vignerons, colombard sauvignon, France, 2023, 12% (175ml glass £7.50 / Bottle £27.00)

Crisp and refreshing with hints of grapefruit, tropical fruits and lemon with a clean zippy finish, a very drinkable wine indeed. ‘simply beautiful’

 

Indaba Chenin Blanc, South Africa, Western Cape, 2023, 13% (Bottle £34.00)

Alive and kicking with honeyed pear, honeydew melon and kept in check with the sharpness of red apple. Spot on!

 

Rose

Rose, Big Top, white zinfandel, California, 10% (glass 175ml £7.90 bottle £29.00)

Easy drinking white zinfandel full of fruit aromas from grapes harvested in California. Light bodies and refreshing, this wine is rich in red berry fruit flavours

 

Prosecco

Amori Prosecco, Italy, 11% (glass £8.90/ bottle £32.00)

So, when you think prosecco, you think sweet, sparkling, but fundamentally one dimensional. Think again. Firstly, this is a delightfully crisp and elegant prosecco with vibrant apple and crisp pear notes and a delicate, floral and fruity finish that keep on giving. In other words, “it’s absolutely delicious”

 

Champagne

Champagne J-M Gobillard, Brut Tradition, France, 12.5% (£43.50)

Forget the glitz this is has soul. I’ve met the maker and his family and they’re lovely, kind and hospitable people making superb Champagne. This is gentle, elegant, beautifully balanced and harmonised with ripe apple.

 

Fabulous Spanish Sherries £9.95

Fernando de Castilla, Pedro Ximenez.15% vol

Thick, dark and syrupy with essence of figs and dried fruit

Fernando de Castilla, Ollo Roso. 18% vol

Light, aromatic, mellow bronze colour an served chilled

Fernando de Castilla, Armontillado. 17% vol

Amber in colour with a smooth nutty flavour,  served chilled, a fantastic pre dinner drink!

Magnificent ports £9.00

Taylors Vintage port 2017. 20% vol

Superb with cheese, dark chocolate or berry flavoured desserts.

Krohn, Porto Lagrima, White.20% vol

A fine developed aroma with a floral and fruity character, richness and balance. Serve chilled

 

Red Wine

Pe Tinto, Portugal, 2023, 13% (175ml glass £6.50 / Bottle £25.50)

Created by an Australian wine maker in the Alentejo region of Portugal, Pe Tinto is just ticket with its brambles and blackcurrants in abundance. A must.

 

Ca’di Ponti Nero D’Avola, Sicily, Italy, 2022, 14% (175ml glass £7.90 / Bottle £29.00)

Volcanic soils and intense sunshine whacking out bundles of black cherries, smoke and plums. Yes please!

 

Les Oliviers Grenache Noir, Languedoc, France, 2022, 14% (175ml glass £8.90 / Bottle £32.00)

Hitting the nail right on the head this 100% Grenache from the South of France has nuances of strawberries and red cherries.  Its silky soft and splendidly spicy. Don’t just sit there, order a bottle.

 

Bianai, Tempranillo, Rioja, Spain, 2022, 13.5% (Bottle £28.00)

I love Spain, I really do. And I really love Rioja. This is one of the wines I had the pleasure of drinking in May 2017 with a group of wonderful people. This Tinto is young, fresh, ripe, loaded with juicy plum and dark cherries very easy to drink.

 

Chacabuco Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina, 2023 13.5.% (Bottle £32.00)

A nose of plum, damson and black cherry fruit. Smooth, soft tannins, a clean acidity and a hint of spice, just Delicious.

 

Santa Alba Carmenere, Curico, Chile, 2023, 13.5% (Bottle £34.00)

With a distinguished history originating in Bordeaux, The Chileans have embraced the Carmenere grape variety that’s characteristics are not dissimilar to Merlot. This is intense, dark, mysterious even, with notes of chocolate, vanilla and bucket loads of brambles. Belter.

 

Chȃteau Carbonac, Corbiѐres France 2022, 13.5% (Bottle £36.50)

With deep red reflections an intense bouquet distinguished by notes of dark fruit and spices On the pallet this wine produces wonderful expressions, absolutely fantastic.

 

Rioja Vega Tempranillo Colleccion, Rioja, Spain, 2022, 14% (Bottle £42.00)

This is outstanding. This is a multi-layered red of heavenly proportions. This is a celebration of quality, class, skill, love and passion that will take you on a trance like journey.  You will not feel in the least bit guilty when you knock your yoga classes on the head and invest in this instead!  And breathe..

Coffees, Teas, Soft Drinks, Beers & Ciders

 Soft drinks

Fresh orange juice (Tropicana) / Cranberry juice: £3.50

San pellegrino Limonata (cloudy lemonade) 330ml cans: £3.50

San pellegrino Aranciata (sparkling orange) 330ml cans: £3.50

Cawston press sparkling cloudy apple 330ml cans: £3.50

Cawston press sparkling Rhubarb and apple 330ml cans: £3.50

Deeside sparkling natural mineral water, 750ml: £5.50

Deeside sparkling natural mineral water 250ml: £3.50

Coca cola 330ml bottle: £3.50

Coke zero 330ml: £3.50

Old Jamaica ginger beer 330ml can: £3.50

Tonic water/ slim line tonic: £3.50

Rauch fruit juice (originally from Austria, absolutely superb and ultra-tasty)

Pineapple, strawberry, pear, peach, mango: £3.95

Lemonade bottle: £3.50

Irn bru 330ml bottle: £3.50

 

Segafredo coffee

Black coffee / Espresso: £3.50

Cappuccino / Latte: £3.95

Mocha: £4.50

Segafredo hot chocolate: £4.50

Double Espresso / Flat white: £4.50

 

Tea

Pot of breakfast tea: £4.00

Fabulous loose tea: £5.50

Fill your pot with a choice of:

Earl Grey / Chamomile / Peach with flowers / Japanese cherry green tea

Fresh mint Tea: £5.50

 

 

Beers

Budweiser Budvar 5.0% Vol, 500ml £6.50

A true quality lager from the Czech Republic

 

Erdinger, wheat beer 5.3 % Vol 500ml £6.90

Gently spicy, lively and harmonious, every sip leaves you wanting more

 

Birra Moretti 4.6% vol 330ml £5.50

Italian brewed lager with a special blend of high-quality hops, creating a smooth full body beer, whole meal top notes and delicate citrus under notes, delish.

 

Estrella Damm 4.6% Vol, 330ml £5.50

Refreshing and versatile with a strong hoppy character but no bitter taste

an easy drinker

 

Corona Extra (Mexico) 4.5% Vol, 330ml £5.90

Trip the `light’ fantastic

 

San Miguel, 0.0% vol, 330ml £5.50

Malty notes of barley deliver a subtle roasted flavour with balanced bitterness a great refreshing non-alcoholic lager

 

Erdinger 0.0% vol 500ml £6.00

Distinctively refreshing favour of our isotonic thirst-quencher Erdinger

 

Ciders

Thatchers gold, apple cider 4.8% vol, 500ml  £6.90

A “Sensory ram-raid of bitter apples”

 

Henry Westons, vintage apple cider 8.2% vol 500ml £6.90

Crafted from bittersweet apples this vintage cider is slowly matured, spending time in a traditional oak cask which ensures its exceptional taste. Rich and fruity apple cider, smooth, rounded, medium dry to taste.

 

Fabulous Spanish Sherries £9.95

Fernando de Castilla, Pedro Ximenez.15% vol

Thick, dark and syrupy with essence of figs and dried fruit

Fernando de Castilla, Oloroso. 18% vol

Light, aromatic, mellow bronze colours and served chilled

Fernando de Castilla, Amontillado. 17% vol

Amber in colour and has a smooth nutty flavour, serve chilled as a pre-dinner drink!

 

Magnificent ports £9.00

Taylors Vintage port 2017. 20% vol

Superb with cheese, dark chocolate or berry flavoured desserts.

Krohn, Porto Lagrima, White.20% vol

A fine developed aroma with a floral and fruity character, richness and balance. Served chilled

Cocktails

 

 

Cocktails

Elderflower Gin fizz £8.50

Gin with elderflower cordial, tonic garnished with fresh fruit

Prosecco elderflower glass £8.50

Prosecco with elderflower cordial

Pimm’s £8.50

Pimm’s and lemonade with orange, cucumber, fruit and mint

Aperol spritz £7.50

Prosecco, Aperol with a splash of soda, garnished with fruit and mint

Mimosa £8.50

prosecco, fresh orange juice garnished with a orange slice 

Negroni £8.50

Campari, rosso vermouth and gin garnished with an orange slice

Margarita £8.50

Tequila, Cointreau, fresh lime juice served with a slice of lime

Old fashioned £ 8.50

Bourbon, Angostura bitters with an orange slice

Amaretto sour £7.50

Amaretto, fresh lemon juice and sugar syrup, shaken and served with an orange wedge

Cosmopolitan £8.50

Vodka, Cointreau, Fresh lime and cranberry juice garnished with fresh fruit

Espresso Martini £8.60

Espresso coffee, kahlua, shot of vodka, sugar syrup, shaken with ice 

Baileys espresso £8.60

Espresso coffee, baileys. vodka, sugar syrup shaken with ice 

Liquor coffee £8.50

Double espresso, your choice of liquor with a layer of cream and a coffee bean garnish

 

Dessert menu

Dessert menu

These are a selection of Mrs. B’s fabulous puddings

 

Brioche bread and butter pudding with elderflower jam served with vanilla ice cream

Clootie dumpling with Drambuie custard

Vanilla panna cotta with rum roasted pineapple

Eton mess – Meringues, chantilly cream and Amarena cherries in Kirsh syrup

Tiramisu – Sponge fingers soaked in espresso favored with Tia Maria, cream cheese and chocolate flakes

Sticky ginger parkin with toffee sauce

Baked lemon tart with Blackcurrant sorbet

Rich chocolate and banana cake served with vanilla ice cream

Far Breton – a custardy cake from Brittany with rum soaked prunes

Carrot cake with toffee sauce

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