Basil's Restaurant Menu

Menu

• Pea Veloute, Crème Fraiche, Mint Oil
  Chicken, salami and red onion tian, tomato and broad bean salsa, endive and rocket salad
• Ham Hock and Pistachio Terrine
  Caramelised sweet baby onions with cider, arran mustard vinaigrette
• Smoked Salmon Mousse
  Watercress dressing,‏ cucumber parpadelle, red chard

• Classic “Fish and Chips”
  Pan seared cod fillet, pea puree, chunky home cut chips, and pea shoots, béarnaise
• Corn Fed Chicken Breast
  Fondant potato, green beans, supreme sauce, truffle oil
• 8Oz Sirloin Steak (Chargrilled to Order)
  Served with a choice of smoked garlic butter or peppercorn sauce mashed potatoes, new potatoes or home cut chunky chips and a selection of seasonal vegetables, marinated plum tomatoes and watercress
• Braised Lamb Shank,
  Wild garlic and thyme scented creamy mashed potatoes, roasted new season carrots, redcurrant and rosemary glaze
• Cauliflower and Artichoke Risotto, Salsa Verdi
• 8Oz Rib Eye Steak (Chargrilled to Order)
  Served with a choice of smoked garlic butter or peppercorn sauce, mashed potatoes, new potatoes or home cut chunky chips and a selection of seasonal vegetables, marinated plum tomatoes and watercress

• Vanilla Panna Cotta
  Cherry compote, brioche croutons
• Iced Mango Parfait
  Encased in crisp dark chocolate lattice, accompanied by a duo of fruit coulis
• Sticky Toffee Pudding
  Butterscotch sauce, clotted cream ice- cream
• Selection of Scottish and Continental Cheeseboard
  Celery and‏ grapes, apricot and orange chutney, savoury biscuits

• Coffee and Petit Fours

• Oven Roasted Salmon Fillet, Seafood and Herb Risotto
  Samphire, saffron butter and parsley sauce
• Chicken Breast Stuffed with Mull Cheddar and Spinach
  Dauphinouise potato, mustard and tarragon sauce
• 8Oz Sirloin Steak (Chargrilled to Order)
  Served with a choice of smoked garlic butter or peppercorn sauce mashed potatoes, new potatoes or home cut chunky chips and a selection of seasonal vegetables, marinated plum tomatoes and watercress
• Braised Pork Belly
  Caramelised onion, mashed potatoes, glazed apples, bacon and shallot jus
• Wild Mushroom and Walnut Struddle
  Sweet pepper coulis, shisho cress
• 8Oz Rib Eye Steak (Chargrilled to Order)
  Served with a choice of smoked garlic butter or peppercorn sauce mashed potatoes, new potatoes or home cut chunky chips and a selection of seasonal vegetables, marinated plum tomatoes and watercress

Wine

• Baron D'arignac blanc pays de gers France

  17.50
  Dry and fresh southern French white. aromas of petals and citrus fruits
• Sauvignon blanc, santa luz 'alba' valle central, Chile

  18.95
  Crisp and aromatic showing typical flavours of the grape. Lemon zest and green pepper notes
• Pinot grigio, la delgina sicily Italy

  18.95
  The popular wine that everybody loves. Plump pear and red apple aromas with a soft finish
• Sauvignon blanc, hidden bay Marlborough NZ

  26.95
  Rambunctious and intense sauvignon given the kiwi treatment. Full of time, cut grass and some mango fruit, this is a wine you could mistake for no other
• Chardonnay, three pillars south Australia, Australia
  Bright and tropical wine that shows tropical fruit of pinapple and melon. Unoaked and clean flavours with dry finish
• Chenin blanc, kleinkloof paarl, S Africa
  Subtle honeysuckle and greengage fruit give this wine an appealing nose. Off dry in the finish with lovely freshness
• Viognier, terres d'azur pays doc France

  21.95
  An exotic nose shows perfume with hints of apricot jam. This wine is complex and is a real treat for the senses
• Chablis, victor berard burgundy France

  35.95
  Delicate aromas of oyster shell and crisp green apple. This cool climate wine is elegance personified, with a lip smacking fresh finish

• Baron d'arignac rose pays doc France

  17.50
  A pale, crisp wine in the provencal style. Raspberry and cranberry with a dry finish
• Gold country blush

  20.95
  Medium sweet rose to make you smile. Candy floss and ripe strawberry aromas
• Santa luz rose, alba valle central Chile

  18.95
  A full bodied rose made from shiraz and cabernet. Shows great persistence and can be a match for rich or meaty foods in its own right

• Baron d'arignac rouge pays doc France

  17.50
  A soft, rounded wine showing red berry fruit and a touch of spice, medium bodied and very harmonious
• Merlot, santa luz 'alba' valle central Chile

  18.95
  Silky smooth merlot from a well awarded producer. Chocolate and plum flavours, the smoothness carries right throughout the finish
• Cabernet sauvignon, alexis lichine, pays doc Frache

  21.95
  Made by renowened name in bordeaux but using grapes from France's warm south. cassis and tobacco notes with a mouth filling texture
• Malbec, finca la colonia, norton, mendoza Argentina

  22.95
  Deep in colour and in flavour, this ripens in the long sunny days in the andes. A juicy wine packed with blueberry and coffee notes
• Carenere, gran hacienda, santa rita, valle central, Chile

  24.95
  A grape Chile has claimed as its own speciality good depth of colour and packed with fruit and christmas spice of clove and cinnamon
• Shiraz yalumba y series South Australia, Australia

  29.95
  Spice and pwpper sit alongside racy fruit of bramnle and damson plum in an explosive nose. yalumba are one of the oldest and well respected producers in Australia
• Angus the bull canernet sauvignon half, South Australia

  17.95
• Mountainside red, kleinkloof paarl S Africa

  18.95
  A charming blend of fruity Grenache and spicy cinsault. showing the signature earthy notes of a great red wine from the cape
• Montepulciano d abruzzo, la delfina, abruzzi, Italy

  19.95
  Central Italian red that offers intersting drinking. cherry and briar notes, characterful yet easy drinking
• Rioja paternina monte haro rioja Spain

  22.95
  A superb‏ rioja from one of Spain's favourite bodegas. aging in oak gives vanilla and spice notes with cherry fruit
• Cotes du rhone, victor berard rhone France

  23.95
  A classic blend of grenache, syrah and mourvedra. Medium weight wine that is spicy yet soft, herbaceous and berry fruit
• Cockburns of leith raserve claret, bordeaux France

  26.95
  Every year the directors of scotland's oldest wine merchant choose a chateau to bear the prestigious crest of cockbuns of leith. This is exceptional qualituy claret, from the stellar 2009 vintage
• Angus the bull canernet sauvignon, South Australia

  34.95
• Angus the bull canernet sauvignon magnum, South Australia

  69.95

• Prosecco, la delfina spumante veneto Italy

  21.95
  Easy drinking bubbles that are perfect as an aperitif. Lemon and puff candy flacours with a soft texture
• Baron albert tradition brut NV champagne France

  45.95
  A terific‏ family owned domaine producing interesting champagne. Predominately based on pinot meunier giving a soft appealing nose, and elegance on the palate

• Baron d'arignac rouge, pays doc

  2.95 - 3.75
  A soft‏ rounded wine showing red berry fruit and a touch of sppice. Medium bodied and very harmonious
• Baron d'arignac blanc, pays doc

  2.95 - 3.75
  Dry and‏ fresh southern white. Aromas of petals and citrus fruits
• Baron d'arignac rose, pays doc

  2.95 - 3.75
  A pale, crisp wine in the provencal style. Raspberry and cranberry with a dry finish