Surlingham

Following on from Fred Bassett’s Birthday Party at The Ferry House earlier this year, everyone is invited (with or without a hound dog) to come & join us for another day of fun at The Ferry House on Saturday 22nd October.

Dog Walk leaves at 1pm (with or without a hound dog), then Fun & agility games followed by Hot Dogs & Doggie Treats!

All welcome for a quiz at the Ferry House THIS Friday (7th Oct) 8pm with quizmaster Paul. An easy- going quiz with plenty of time to relax between rounds, lots of questions you can have a guess at and flexible team size. Book a table if you want to eat beforehand (538659) or just come for a drink. And if you don’t have a team we can find you one!

MENU

STARTERS

Homemade soup of the day, served with crusty bread

Please ask your server for today’s flavour

£5.00

Poached chicken & chorizo ballotine with a roasted cherry tomato fondue & a chive salad

£6.00

Pan seared pigeon breast with roasted baby beets, caramelised feta cheese, pea shoots & a wildflower honey dressing

£6.50 

Pressed home smoked duck breast & game terrine with pickled vegetables, melba toast shards with a pear & blackberry puree

£6.50

Grilled mackerel fillet with bacon lardons, sherry vinaigrette & a spinach & pinky onion salad

£6.00

Roasted garlic & parsley whipped goats cheese on toasted brioche with a vanilla poached pear & truffle honey dressing

£5.50

SHARING PLATERS

PERFECT AS A STARTER TO SHARE OR A MAIN MEAL FOR ONE 

NACHOS: homemade tortilla chips with guacamole, tomato salsa, sour cream, jalapeños & cheddar cheese

£8.50

Add for £1.50 steak mince chilli con carne

Hot & spicy marinated chicken wings with homemade coleslaw

£7.50

MAINS

8oz Swannington ribeye steak with triple cooked hand cut chips, roasted cherry tomatoes & mushroom, beer battered onion rings & dressed salad leaves

£20.00

Add for £2.00 homemade peppercorn or blue cheese sauce

Beer battered fresh hake fillet served with triple cooked hand cut chips, minted mushy peas & tartar sauce

£11.00

Assiette of chicken.  Pan seared breast, wild mushroom stuffed thigh & a panko breaded deep fried drumstick with baby fondant potatoes, purple sprouting broccoli & a rich pan gravy

£15.00

Coldham Hall burger served in a foccacia bun with mixed leaves, tomato, red onion & homemade burger mayo, served with triple cooked hand cut chips, homemade coleslaw & homemade tomato chutney

£11.00

Add a topping for £1.00 each *Swannington smoked bacon *cheddar cheese *blue cheese *brie

Hay smoked venison loin with a parsnip puree, romanesco cauliflower, rosti potato & a port jus

 £17.50

Roasted Lamb rump, petite pois a la francias, rosemary & garlic infused fondant potato & sautéed spinach

£15.00

Pressed coca cola infused belly of pork, black pudding bon bons, champ mash,

broccoli florets & a rich cider jus

£14.00

Pan fried sea bass fillets, crushed new potato cake, lemon buttered samphire & a crab mayo

£14.00

Grilled fillet of sole with a parsley and caper mash, chanterelles mushroom & a split jus

 £14.00

Butternut squash, almond, thyme & roasted garlic risotto with a parmesan cheese crisp

£11.00 

Spinach, parsnip, brie, walnut, cranberry & an onion marmalade en croute with a spinach cream sauce & saffron potatoes

£10.00

SIDES £3.00

*Triple cooked hand cut chips  *Skinny fries  *Beer battered onion rings  *New potatoes

 *Rocket & parmesan salad  *Homemade coleslaw  *Seasonal vegetables

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LUNCHTIME MENU

FRESHLY BAKED BAGETTE SERVED WITH MIXED SALAD LEAVES &

HOMEMADE CRISPS

Mature cheddar cheese & homemade onion marmalade

Tuna mayo with cucumber

£5.00

Swannington sausage & onion marmalade

Swannington smoked bacon, lettuce & tomato

Prawn marie rose

£6.50

Beer battered fish goujons & tartar sauce

Spicy chicken & homemade coleslaw

£7.50

Half of a filled baguette and a bowl of soup

£7.50

OMELETTES

Three egg omelettes with dressed salad leaves & the following fillings:

Choose one of the following fillings:

*Tomato  *Cheddar cheese  *Bacon  *Mushroom  £4.50

Add £0.50 for each additional filling

DESSERTS

Please see the dessert board for today’s selection

£5.00

Cheeseboard:  selection of cheddar, blue cheese & brie with homemade chutney and cheese biscuits

£7.50

Every dish produced in our kitchen is cooked to order, therefore if you would like to change a dish in

any way or have special dietary requirements or allergies please inform a member of staff when ordering.

Some dishes may contain nuts & are prepared in a kitchen containing nuts.

Please ask if you require information on the ingredients in the food we serve for allergy reasons.

Please note, all of our dishes are cooked fresh therefore there may be a wait during busy periods.

You may have noticed new green telecoms cabinets sprouting up on School Lane.  One came over the summer and another has just been installed.

You may have also spotted more ‘Openreach’ vans around Surlingham lately.  Openreach is BT’s infrastructure installation and management company that looks after the cabling and equipment for telephones and broadband.

Although, up until recently if you went on the better broadband for Norfolk (BBFN) website, there was no information about progress in our village.

So ‘Surlingham.org’ have contacted the Councillor responsible for BBFN and have received an update on progress of broadband installation in Surlingham:

“Cabinet 1 (on the School side of School lane) was installed in Summer 2016.  Cabinet 2 (the Garage side) was installed in quarter 3 2016.  These cabinets will be live in 2017 and 2018.  BBFN phase 2 is now underway.  So far it is £10 million pounds under spent with £5 million rebate not spent in phase 1.  Therefore there is enough money in the pot.

By the end of October there will be a new website live.  To use this website, you enter your postcode and will see a colour coded response according to the speed of the available connection (in mega bits per second (Mbps))…

GREEN – a speed of 15Mbps or above available to some or all properties

AMBER – Some properties may already have access (to high speed broadband), but plans exist to cover all properties

GREY – plans exist for some properties, identifying which ones will be dependent on a detailed survey

RED – all properties have less then 15Mbps and there are no fibre plans.  In that case, information will be provided on the Basic Broadband Voucher Scheme (an alternative to land line broadband).”

It looks like Surlingham will, at least in part, have high speed broadband by the end of 2018.  In line with the Government’s targets.

But, my broadband speed has recently increased from 6Mbps to 11Mbps.  Something must be happening under the covers that is increasing the speed in advance of the major changes!

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Share good food, drink and conversation with friends at the village hall on Sunday 9th October. All food is homemade and donated by volunteers in the village.

Proceeds to St Mary’s Church