Life at The Admirals Head, Lt Bealings

New Year..

2009-01-22T05:31:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year to all from us at The Admirals Head
We hope you had a good Christmas and New year. We will shortly be changing our menu for some slightly lighter dishes... waiting for spring to arrive. We still have a vast menu and specials board to tempt you. If you are on a health kick we will be pleased to served any of our dishes with salad or vegetables instead of chips. We have a number of fish specials on the board to tickle the taste buds.

We will be running our popular theme nights again from the end of February, again on the last Thursday of the month. Those romantics among you will interested in our special menu for the big night, it's on a Saturday this year...so no excuses not to take your loved one out. Details of the menu will follow shortly.

If you have a family party or any other special occasions when you need a great venue, great food and friendly service... please give us a call 01473 625912.

Forthcoming Events for Winter

2008-11-14T05:10:00.000-08:00

We have our last theme night of the year on Thursday November 27th. It's our ever popular Italian night. If you would like to know more about the menu and the evening itslef, please give us a call on 01473 625912.

December will be busy busy busy with a whole host of Christmas Parties. Our 3 course Christmas Menu is available thoroughout December and we still have a couple of dates free for our restauarnt to be booked as a private room. We will be running our winter a la carte menu along side the Christmas menu for anyone who wants turkey to be just once a year.

New Years Eve will see us continue the tradition of a hot buffet and firework at the Pub. This family friendly, informal evening is a booking only event. For more info I can be contacted on 01473 625912 or email to: theadmiralshead@btinternet.com

Christmas Bookings

2008-10-07T10:28:00.000-07:00

Our Christmas menu is now available for any Christmas Parties. Be it for a small family gathering or the office party we can cater for up to 40 in our restaurant or more if you would like to sit in the bar. Our menu is very well priced at £18.95 for 3 courses and coffee.

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup (v)
Homemade roasted Butternut Squash soup, served with fresh Bread

Smoked Salmon Pate
Chefs own Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese & Herb Pate, served with Salad and fresh Bread

Roasted Field Mushroom (v)
Whole oven roast Field Mushroom, topped with Cherry Tomato & Halloumi Cheese
on a bed of Salad

Smoked Chicken & Bacon Salad
Grilled strips of Smoked Chicken with crisp Bacon, on a bed of Salad with Balsamic Glaze

Mains
Traditional Roast Turkey
Roast Saddle of Turkey with homemade Stuffing, Sausage in Bacon, Yorkshire pudding and Roast Potatoes

Braised Beef with Wild Mushrooms
Slow braised Beef steak with Wild Mushrooms in a rich Ale sauce. Served with Bubble & Squeak cakes

Herb Crusted Cod
Fillet of Cod topped with fresh Herb crust, on a bed of Cheese, Chive & Bacon Mash

Winter Vegetable Torte (v)
Oven baked Cheese, Butternut Squash, Mushroom & Spinach Torte, served with Homemade spiced Tomato
Chutney and Roasted New Potatoes

All Mains are served with a selection of seasonal vegetables

Desserts
Christmas Pudding
Traditional rich Fruit Christmas Pudding served with Creamy Brandy Sauce

Bread & Nutella Pudding
Bread & Butter, only better. Nutella covered Bread, layered with Crème Anglaise and baked in the oven
Served with Vanilla ice cream

Port Poached Pear
Fresh Pear, slowly poached in Port and Vanilla, served with Lemon Mascarpone and Port reduction

Tea & Coffee
Fresh Filter Coffee or Tea, accompanied by Chocolate Mints

For more information or to see what dates are available, please call us on 01473 625912

Winter is apon us

2008-10-07T10:25:00.000-07:00

With the nights drawing in why not cheer yourselves by coming along to our Carnivore night. Thursday 30th October we will be hosting an evening of fine meats for you to taste. Our 4 course menu will be designed with this season in mind so why not give us a call to book a table.

Fish Night

2008-08-22T05:23:00.001-07:00

Thursday 28th will see our Fish night return. Here's the menu to tempt you tast buds. For more information call 01473 625912.

Fish Night Menu
Thursday, 28th August 2008

4 courses (sampling all dishes) & coffee

Smoked Haddock Chowder
Homemade Smoked Haddock Chowder with Potato & Sweet corn.
Served with fresh Corn Bread
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Salmon Platter
Homemade Smoked Salmon Pate with Melba toast
Kiln Roasted Salmon with Celeriac Remoulade
Homemade Beetroot Gradvalax with Vodka Crème Fraiche
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Ligurian Fish Stew
Selected cuts of tender Seafood in a Tomato, Saffron & Fennel based stew

Swordfish and Tuna Brochette
Swordfish and Tuna Brochette marinated in Lemon and Herb

Pancetta wrapped Monk
Medallions of Monkfish, wrapped in crisp Pancetta, skewered with Fresh Rosemary

Accompanied by New Potatoes and Chef’s Salad
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Trio of Homemade sweets
A selection of Chef’s favourite desserts

Tea or Coffee

New Menu

2008-08-22T05:18:00.000-07:00

We have just changed the evening menu at The Admirals Head. We have decided to take all the Fish dishes (except the Fish & Chips) off the menu and are now running an extended Specials board with at least 3 fish dishes on each night. We are hoping with will give our customers greater choice, increase variety and enable us to take advantage of local seasonal fish. Our specials will still include a couple of starters and meat dishes too.

Italian Night: 31st July 2008

2008-07-09T05:14:00.000-07:00

With summer supposed to be on it's way, come and enjoy a taste of Italy here at the Admirals Head.
On Thursday 31st July we will be hosting our ever popular Italian evening. Our menu has a selection of authentic starters, mains and desserts for you to choose from.
Our starters include traditional antipasti platters of Italian meats, cheese and marinated vegetables along with neapolitan speciality of fried croquettes and arancini. Our choice of mains will include a Meat, Fish, Pasta and vegetarian option, so there is something for everyone. To round off the evening we have a delicious dessert range, all of which are from different regions of Italy. As ever all our dishes are made from scratch using the finest Italian ingredients and authentic recipes.
For more information or to book a table please call us on 01473 625912 or email Jazmine at theadmiralshead@btinternet.com

Carnivore Night 26th June

2008-06-04T11:23:00.000-07:00

After the great turn out for our Fish night in May, it time for the Carnivores to come out. Our great 4 course menu using quality meats from our Butchers, Five Winds of Melton, will certainly be a feast. It's our taster menu where you get to try a little of everything, starting with soup, starters, main course and not forgetting puddings. As ever all our dishes are homemade from scratch on the premises. Give me a call on 01473 625912 for more information or to book a table on the 26th June.

Upcoming events

2008-05-12T07:56:00.001-07:00

We have just unveiled our new spring menu, so come along and try one of our new dishes.

With the beautiful weather we are enjoying at the moments, why not pop down to our patio area for a cool drink and watch the world go by. Our extensive planting over the last couple of years has created a lovely outdoor area for you all to enjoy.

Thursday 29th May we will be hosting our Fish night. This all inclusive 4 course set menu gives you the chance to try something a little different. Starting with homemade soup we move onto the selection of 3 starters for you all to try a little of. Our 3 main courses are also 'try' size so you can have the best of it all. Finally we have a platter of chef's favourite puddings to share. If you would like more information on this menu or would like to book a table, please call us on 01473 625912.

I will keep you posted...

Welcome

2008-05-12T05:14:00.000-07:00

Hi, we hope to bring you all the latest goings on in our little piece of Italy in Rural Suffolk. More later