The Belgian Cafe Main Menu
Starters
Fresh Homemade Soup
Soup of the moment! Served with fresh bread
Foie gras
Served with toast and fig confiture
Soupe de Poissons
Mixed fish soup served with fresh bread
Homemade Pate of the week
Served with fresh bread
Deep Fried Tiger Prawn Platter
Platter of prawns with assorted dips
Deep Fried Whitebait
With salad and tartare sauce
Deep Fried Brie
Coated in breadcrumbs, with cranberry sauce
Moules
Starter portion of our house speciality, served with fresh crusty bread
Whole Baby Calamaris
- Pan Fried with olive oil, garlic and a touch of chilli .
- Deep Fried in a light batter with tartare sauce
Crispy Duck Salad
Chinese duck, shredded cucumber, mixed leaves and plum sauce vinaigrette
Seared Scallops
Served with mixed salad, cooked either with:
- ginger and soy sauce
- garlic and butter
Oysters Platter
served with a white wine vinegar and red onion chiffonade
-6 oysters
-12 oysters
Scotch Smoked Salmon
Served with salad, capers and lemon
Flambed Gambas
with Pernod, garlic and butter
Salads
Deep Fried Chevre Salad
Goat cheese wrapped in filo pastry deep fried with onion confit, sesame seeds and mixed leavess
1066 salad
Tuna, prawns, anchovies, smoked salmon, mixed leaves and mayonnaise
Belgian Cafe Salad
Prawn, chicken, brie and mixed leaves with vinaigrette
Chicken Caesar Salad
Chicken, bacon, croutons, anchovies, parmesan, mixed leaves and Caesar dressing
Tuna Salad
Tuna, avocado, mixed leaves with a balsamic dressing
Crispy Duck Salad
Chinese duck breast, chiffonade of cucumber, mixed leaves, plum sauce and spring onions
Deli Cold Fish Platter
Smoked salmon, anchovies, prawns, tuna, mixed leaves and mayonnaise
Main Courses
FISH
Moules Frites
Choose from our 50 different mussels recipes
Served with bread, butter & frites with mayonnaise
Salmon Fishcakes
Salmon Fishcakes on a bed of pak choi with a lemon, cream and caper sauce served with frites
Flambed Gambas
Pan fried gambas with Pernod, garlic and butter, served with frites and salad
Seared Scallops
Served with mixed salad and frites, cooked either with:
- ginger and Soy sauce
- garlic and butter
Oyster Platter
12 oysters served with a white wine vinegar and red onion chiffonade
Seabream
Served on Dauphinoise potato with beetroot and pea purees
Mix Fish Brochette
Skewer of mixed fresh fish with peppers and onions, served on a bed of rice, with a Champagne sauce
Deli Cold Fish Platter
Smoked salmon, anchovies, prawns, tuna, mixed leaves and mayonnaise
Fisherman Pot
A mussel mountain with mixed seafood, salmon, hake and scallops in our own fish stock (lobster bisque and Pernod)
Served with bread, butter & frites with mayonnaise
Fisherman’s Pie
Mixed fish, cream sauce topped with potato
Hook Line and Surfer
Assortment of deep fried: scampi, calamari, whitebait, tiger prawns, served with salad, frites and dipping sauces
Seafood Pasta
Mussels, Gambas, scallops, cockles, squids and prawns cooked with olive oil, garlic and tomato sauce
All frites are served with mayonnaise on the top.
MEAT
Crispy Duck Salad
Chinese duck breast, chiffonade of cucumber, mixed leaves, plum sauce and spring onions
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 (optional)
Belgian beef stew with a sweet and sour taste, served with stoemp and vegetables
Sirloin Steak
10 oz sirloin steak served with frites and salad
(bearnaise, garlic cream, pepper or stilton sauce extra)
T-Bone Steak
The ultimate meat experience 30 oz steak served with frites and salad
(bearnaise, garlic cream, pepper or stilton sauce extra)
Pan-fried calves’ liver
Served with honey roasted vegetables, bacon lardons and juniper berry jus, served with Stoemp
Chicken Tarragon
Served with salad & frites
Parma Ham wrapped breast of Guinea-fowl
Stuffed with brie and served with stoemp and a mushroom madeira jus
Downland Sussex Burger
Grain mustard Cheese or Chilli cheese
8 oz beef burger with onion confit served with salad and frites
VEGETARIAN
Stilton, Mushroom, Cream and leek Crepe
Served with mixed salad leaves and frites
Deep Fried Chevre Salad
Goat cheese wrapped in filo pastry deep fried with onion confit, sesame seeds and mixed leaves
Tagliatelle
With courgette, fresh basil, garlic, sun-dried and fresh tomato
For more choice see the Salads section
Mussels 50 ways to eat Moules Mussels
All Mussels are served with frites, mayonnaise and with crusty bread and butter
Unless requested Celery, Onions, Garlic and White Wine are used as stock in all Moule Dishes
Selection of our best recipes:
House Recipe: Celery, Onion, Garlic, White Wine and Cream
Mariniere: Celery, Onion, Garlic, White Wine
Green Thai: Coconut milk, Green Curry paste, Chilli, Vegetables, Herbs and Bay Leaves with Cream
4 Cheeses with Stock and Cream
Lobster Bisque: Tomato, Lobster Bisque and Cream
Belgium: Hoegarden beer, Lemon, Corriander with vegetables, Herbs and Cream
Mexican: Peppers, Jalapenos, Tomato, Coriander and Chilli
Seafood Pot: Prawns, Squid, Scallops, Cockles and Cream
As our sauces are freshly made we are always willing to adapt a recipe if you have any allergies.
Mussel Platter
Platters are half shelled Grilled Moules and will take slightly longer to prepare.
Hawaiien Platter: NEW Tomato, Parma Ham, Pineapple and cheese
Nicoise Platter: NEW Tomato, black olives, potatoes and tuna
Grilled Platter with garlic Butter
Grilled Platter with Bacon and Cheese
Grilled Platter Goat’s Cheese, Honey and Cream
As our sauces are freshly made we are always willing to adapt a recipe if you have any allergies.
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
Creme Brulee
Warm Chocolate Brownie with Vanilla Ice Cream
Vanilla or Chocolate Ice Cream
Cheese plate and bread
Trio of Desserts
Chocolate Mousse, creme brulee and Vanilla Ice Cream
Chef’s crumble
ask your waiter for the choice of the day
Banoffie Trifle
Lunch Time / Snack (lunch time only)
Omelette and salad
50p any extra ingredient:
Tomato, mushroom, bacon, cheese, onion, stilton, sausage or tuna
Mad About Prawns
Assorted deep fried prawns, prawn cocktail with mixed leaves and dips
Jacket Potato
Choose from: garlic mushrooms, prawn cocktail, BLT, melted cheese or tuna mayo
Baguettes
BLT
Bacon, lettuce, tomato
Crispy Duck
With plum sauce and shredded cucumber
Brie and Mushroom
With garlic mushrooms and melted brie
Toasted Goat’s Cheese with Red Onion Confit
Toasted Cheese and Ham
Kids Menu (under 12 years old)
Starter
Soup of the moment
Prawn cocktail
Main Course
Salmon Fishcake*
Scampi*
Mini French bread pizza*
Moules with tomato and cream*
Pasta with cheese or tomato sauce
Chicken nuggets*
*Served with frites
Sweets
Kids Ice Cream -
vanilla or chocolate
Side Orders
Mixed Salad
Green Salad
Bread and butter
Frites and mayo
MIxed Vegetables
Stoemp / Mash potato
Olives Platter (garlic bread , olives and marinated tomatoes)
