Menu

Traditional starters…

Soup of the day (v) £3.95
Crispy battered mushrooms with garlic mayonnaise (v) £4.50
Chef’s paté with apricot chutney. Served with toast or oatcakes £4.50
Prawn Marie-Rose cocktail £4.95
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Special starters…

Garlic bread & black olive tapenade £3.95
Crispy calamari with saffron mayonnaise £5.95
Oak smoked haddock risotto £5.95
Thai fish broth £5.95
Wild mushroom crostini (v) £5.25
　
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Traditional main courses…

Mince, tatties and skirlie £7.95
Macaroni cheese (v) £7.95
Crispy battered haddock £8.95
Chef’s curry (ask for tonight’s variation) £9.95
Mixed bean chilli with rice, nachos and soured cream (v) £8.50
Home made Lasagne £8.95
6oz home-made steak burger (fillings on request) £8.50
Special main courses…
Haggis stuffed supreme of chicken on chappit neeps with grain mustard sauce or red wine gravy £11.95
Chicken napoli: strips of chicken breast , chorizo, and olives bound in a tomato ragu, with a mozzarella & parmesan gratin £11.95
Roast rump of lamb with rosemary and red wine jus £13.95
Roast Gressingham duck breast on pomme purée with orange & port jus
£14.95
Spinach and ricotta cheese ravioli (v) £8.50
　

Fish courses…(samples)

Fillet of cod, pan- poached in olive oil with potato rosti, pea purée and salsa verde £13.95
Roast supreme of salmon on oriental noodles with sizzled ginger, chilli & spring onions in a coconut and lime broth £13.95
Pan-seared sea-bass with new potatoes, an orange, beetroot and fennel salad dressed with honey & grain mustard £13.95
Pesto-Baked fillet of halibut on risotto with a tomato butter sauce £15.95
　
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From the grill

Finest quality scotch beef cooked to your liking and served with traditional garnish…
Sirloin steak (10oz) £16.95
Fillet steak (8oz) £21.50
Fillet steak “Bennachie” (a bistro favourite) with haggis and a white wine and grain mustard sauce £21.50
(please choose a sauce free of charge: brandy & peppercorn, Roquefort blue cheese or rosemary & red wine jus)
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See menu boards or ask waiting staff for tonight’s dessert menu

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Cheese-board £6.25

The management and staff welcome you warmly to the Alford Bistro. We don’t really do “fast food” here. Most dishes are freshly prepared and cooked to order, but we promise we’ll do it as fast as we can.
If we get anything wrong, (we’re only human) please tell us so we can make amends. If we get it right, please tell others!