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| Picnics & snacks | Exmoor House Tearoom | Reviews of our food |
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Dinner at Exmoor House
A typical three-course dinner might start with a choice of cream
of celery soup or home-smoked chicken and bacon terrine with salad. To follow,
you could be offered mushrooms in Exmoor Jersey Blue cheese sauce or lamb shank
slow-cooked with puy lentils. Pudding might be a rich chocolate sponge with dark
chocolate sauce or pears poached in a lemon & ginger syrup. Of course, all
our puddings (including ice creams and sorbets) are genuinely home-made - they
do not arrive from some industrial estate in a refrigerated lorry. If you don't
have a sweet tooth, there is always the option of Somerset cheeses with biscuits
(and of course you're welcome to add the cheeses as an extra course if you'd like
to).
We generally offer a vegetarian option at each course, and we'll
check any dietary needs/preferences with you when you make your booking - we
want to make sure you thoroughly enjoy your time with us!
Non-residents are very welcome to join us at Exmoor House
for dinner - advance booking is essential - just call us for details.
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Wines, local beers & ciders at Exmoor House
To complement your meal we offer an interesting
range of reasonably priced wines from around the world, including house
wine served by the glass and a lovely dry white from the Oatley vineyard in Somerset.
If beer’s more your thing, we stock a range of bottled beers from local brewers
Exmoor Ales and Cotleigh, including Exmoor Gold and Barn Owl. And
being in Somerset, there are always a few local ciders within reach, such
as Sheppy’s.
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Breakfast at Exmoor House
Breakfast is an important part of the day here at
Exmoor House, and again, we make a point of using quality ingredients. Top-notch
sausages and dry-cured bacon, local free-range eggs, decent fruit juice
rather than the concentrate stuff, Dartmouth kippers, proper coffee,
toasted home-made bread, home-made preserves, farmhouse butter... you know
the sort of thing.
Whether you're staying with us or just passing through Wheddon Cross, you might like to try our daytime tearoom - or tea room if you prefer! - open February to October, Thursdays to Sundays (plus bank holidays) from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm. Everything here is home-made, as you might expect: soups, rolls, cake, scones, preserves and the pickles that accompany our ploughman's lunches. This being the West Country, cream teas - with a choice of jams - are always on the menu.
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What other people say
Visit Britain rated our meals as exceptional quality,
commenting: “excellent standard of homemade freshly prepared items using
local produce".
We're also delighted to say that we were nominated for the UKTV
Food Local Hero award 2007: "...Frank
produces home made meals that would grace - or put to shame - some of the country's
best known restaurants. Freshly cooked, innovative meals, different every day,
he has a passion for cooking that I've rarely seen" said a review on uktv.co.uk/food
And here are some comments from our guests:
'Home cooked food a delicious treat (with the added bonus of
tasty vegetarian food)'
'Lots of lovely food and good wine'
'Great food and drink selection'
'The food is excellent and I would defy anyone to get better
scones for afternoon tea'
'Great food prepared with care and attention'
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Exmoor National
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