"Winter menu at Lenclume. Happy new year folks and here`s my first report of 2012. Lenclume and the Winter menu.I originally planned to take my son he`s 15 for a little `light` lunch down in Cartmel....it turned out to be a 16 course cracking meal. Chef Simon Rogan i was told was taking a hard earned xmas break with his family and Mark Birchall was at the stove as Lenclumes Head chef. Mark has just returned from his Roux scholarship prize of 3 months working at El cellar de Can Roca in Spain.Watch out for some exciting treats once he gets back into the swing of things in chilly west Cumbria. Here`s the 16 courses Crispy Duck Scratchings. Onion , Cheese wafers Oyster Pebbles Carrot Pork Sacks Lenclume Bread Grilled Salad smoked over embers , Isle of Mull cheese , Truffle custard and Cobnuts Valley Venison , Smoked salt , Chicory and Fennel. Roasted Snow Crown in a rich Beef broth, Crispy Parsley , and cultivated Nameko Native Lobster and pickled Beetroot , Apple and Bittercress. Halibut with Trout roe sauce , Celeriac and Chestnut. Roasted Monkfish in our spices , Roasted Kiri Squash , Yoghurt and Raspberry vinegar. Randolph`s Lop suckling pig with Northern Mead , Vintage vegetables and Nasturtium. Yew tree farm Herdwick Hoggett in Mulled Cider , Brussels sprouts and Red Cabbage .Sea Buckthorn and anise Hyssop , Liquorice and Butternut. Fig and Malted cream , William Pear Ice. Fresh Cheese ice cream with Sweet Brackens , Rosehips and Hazelnuts. Aerated Parkin Meringue. All in all...Another wonderful meal at Lenclume and fingers crossed they`ll go from strength to strength during 2012.... Simon Rogan .... Watch this space , I`m quietly confident."
