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The Belgian Cafe

Seafood Restaurant, Café, and Performing Arts Venue££££

Eastbourne

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The Belgian Cafe

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Main Menu

Starters

Fresh Homemade Soup

Soup of the moment! Served with fresh bread

Rabbit and Lentil Broth

Served with fresh bread

Mussels

Starter portion of our house speciality, served with fresh crusty bread

Whole Calamari

Pan fried calamaris with a touch of chilli, rock salt and lemon zest

Deep Fried Whitebait

With tartare sauce

Sweet Chilli and Mint Langoustine

Cooked in Garlic and Butter

Colchester oyster platter

Crab and Lobster Bisque Chowder

Served with fresh bread

Deep Fried Brie

Coated in breadcrumbs, with cranberry sauce

Brochette of Marinated Frogs’ Legs

Pan fried and breaded deep fried served on a sizzling skillet with grilled olive oil bread

Homemade Pate of the Week

Served with fresh bread

Vegetarian Terrine

Served with fresh bread

Snails

6 snails / 12 snails

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 and frites with mayonnaise

Colchester Oyster Platter

12 oysters served with a white wine vinegar and shallot chiffonade

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

Scampi

Served with french fries

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

Coquille St Jacques Belge Style

Baked style of scallops, potatoes and mushroom served with salad

Seafood Linguine Pasta

Mussels, gambas, scallop, squid and prawns. Cooked with olive oil, garlic and tomato sauce calamari with squid ink risotto

Main Courses: Meat

Crispy Duck Salad

Chinese duck breast, rocket, with marinated peppers, aubergines and plum sauce

Carbonade Flamande

Belgian beef stew with a sweet and sour taste, served with stoemp and vegetables of the moment

Chicken Tarragon

Served with the garnish of the moment

Full Rack of Pork Rib

Served with barbecued mushrooms and fries

Snails

12 snails, cooked in garlic and butter

Wild Boar and Leffe Dark Beer Sausage

12” exclusive recipe sausage, served with stoemp and a mushroom, tomato and tarragon jus

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

Coq Au Vin

French braise of chicken cooked with wine, lardons, mushrooms, garlic served with rice

Home Made Burger of the Week

(Check our monday burgers nights with our 20 different recipes of gourmet burgers*) served with french fries

Main Courses: Platter to Share

Fishmonger Platter

Smoked salmon, whitebait, tempura prawn, crab salad, capers, lemon, served with brown bread.

Vegetarian Platter

Vegetarian terrine, deep fried brie, cranberry sauce, mix salad, marinated peppers and aubergines and humous served with bread.

Butcher Platter

Crispy duck with plum sauce, charcuterie, chicken liver pate, chutney, olives and garlic bread.

Cheese Board

Weekly selection of four fine cheeses served with fruits, bread and crudites.

Main Courses: Combo

Lunch time only

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

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

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

Main Courses: Snacks

Lunch time only

Jacket Potato

Choose from: v garlic mushrooms or prawn cocktail or BLT or v melted cheese or tuna mayo or v baked beans

Sandwich

Choose from smoked salmon and cream cheese or ham and butter or v mature cheddar with chutney

Omelette

50p any extra ingredient: tomato, mushroom, bacon, cheese, onion, stilton, sausage or tuna

Crispy Duck Baguette

With plum sauce and cucumber and red onion

Kids: Starters

Soup of the Moment

Prawn Cocktail

Kids: Main Courses

Salmon Fishcake

Mini French Bread Pizza

Pasta with Cheese

Chicken Nuggets

Served with frites

Scampi

Moules with Tomato and Cream

Pasta with Tomato Sauce

Sweets

Kids Ice Cream

Vanilla or Chocolate

Sweets: Side Order

Mixed Salad

French Fries and Mayonnaise

Stoemp

Mash potatoes with vegetables

Bread and Butter

Garnish of the Moment

Olives

Sweets: Desserts

The Ultimate Belgian Chocolate Mousse

Made with lightly cooked fresh eggs

Belgian Cafe Mess

Crushed meringue, forest fruits, vanilla ice cream and whipped chantilly cream

Rollo Fondue

With marshmallows and fruits

Trio of Desserts

Chocolate mousse, creme brulee and vanilla ice cream

Dame Blanche

Vanilla ice cream, hot chocolate sauce 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

Creme Brulee

Vanilla or chocolate ice cream

Fresh Fruits Salad

Gourmet: Starter

Garlic and Butter Scallops

With citrus sauce

V Sweet Roasted Vegetable Crumble

With parmesan sunflower and pumpkin seeds served with the garnish of the moment

Chicken Liver Parfait

Coated in breadcrumbs and served with a rich port sauce

Gourmet: Main Course

Seabass with Prawn and Lobster Bisque

Served with the garnish of the moment

Omelette and Wild Mushroom

Topped with stilton and port

Rack of Lamb

Served with jus and garnish of the moment

Gourmet: Dessert

Cheese Board

Any Ice Cream Cocktail

Breakfast: Healthy Options

Organic Oat Porridge

4.50

Topped with honey and fresh fruits

Fresh Fruit Bowl

4.25

With greek yogurt and honey

Muesli

4.50

Blend dried fruit and porridge oats

Crunchy Granola

4.95

With honey and yogurt

Breakfast: Stacks

Single or double decker for starving mornings

Smoked Salmon Stacks

7.25 - 9.95

Scrambled eggs, smoked salmon and crispy bacon served in a croissant

Egg Benedict Belgian Style

7.95 - 9.95

Served on pancake stuffed with smoked bacon, hash brown and smoked cheddar with a hollandaise sauce

Fruits Stacks

5.95 - 7.95

Forest fruits pancake stack

Croissant French Toast

6.95 - 8.95

With apple compote, cinnamon sugar, yogurt, strawberries and maple syrup

Potato Waffle Breakfast

7.95 - 9.95

With fried eggs, sausage meat, smoked bacon and barbecue beans

Breakfast: 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

Breakfast: Traditional

Full English

7.95

Croque Monsieur Belge Style

6.95

White bloomer bread grilled with olive oil, ham, smoked cheddar and grilled tomato

Veggie Breakfast

6.95

Fried egg, veggie sausages, mushrooms, baked beans, and toast

Free Range Eggs on Toasted Focaccia

6.50

With roasted cherry tomato

Steak Night at the Belgian Cafe

Our meat is sourced from our local award-winning butcher and 100% british. All our sirloin and t-bone steaks are prepared in house and taken from the loin

Steak Night at the Belgian Cafe: For One

Served with a side salad and fries.

One Ultimate 30Oz T-Bone Steak

23.95

+ 1 Glass of House Wine White or Red

23.95

Steak Night at the Belgian Cafe: For 2 People Sharing

Served with a side salad and fries.

Two Superb 10 Oz Sirloin Steaks

29.95

+ 1 Bottle of House Wine

29.95