The Mulberry Tree - Restaurants In Boughton Monchelseas - The Kent Guide To Eating Out

The Mulberry Tree - Restaurants In Boughton Monchelseas - The Kent Guide To Eating Out

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The Mulberry Tree - Restaurants In Boughton Monchelseas - The Kent Guide To Eating Out

The Mulberry Tree is a contemporary country restaurant and bar with a relaxed, informal atmosphere, excellent food, wine and service. It is set in the beautiful Kent countryside, only 4 miles from Staplehurst. The restaurant has been awarded Kent Restaurant of the Year 2008, is featured in the 2009 Michelin Guide and has been awarded two AA Rosettes.

The cuisine style is 'modern British & European' using seasonal, free-range and organic produce that is sourced from local suppliers from within The Weald of Kent, in what really is The Garden of England.

There is an extensive wine list that includes many New World wines from smaller vineyards, together with the more well-known names, including English wines. Many of the wines are served by the glass and there is a full selection of beers, both draught and bottled available, together with locally sourced, organic soft drinks.

Head chef Alan Irwin, is formerly from the four rosette, one Michelin starred and 'AA Restaurant of the Year', Chapter One in Bromley. He has also worked for two Michelin starred John Burton Race and has twice been in the finals of the Roux Scholarship.

There is a menu that changes daily, together with a set-menu that offers value for money. The set menu (at the time of writing) is available Tuesday through Saturday lunch and Tuesday through Friday dinner. It is priced at £12.95 for 2 courses and £15.95 for 3 courses. On Sundays there is also a set menu available that is priced at £14.95 for 2 courses and £17.95 for 3 courses.

Highlights from the dinner menu at the time of writing include:

• Soup of Button Mushroom with white truffle oil
• Prawn and avocado cocktail
• Sauted lamb's kidney, confit red onions & potato mousseline
• Pan roasted cod cheeks, cassoulet of celery, cured bacon and Chantennay carrots
• Roast Whitstable hake, braised leeks, king prawns and red wine fish sauce
• Slow roast belly of Kentish Middle White pork, boulangere potato and hispi cabbage

The restaurant is closed Sunday evenings and all day Monday.

You'll find The Mulberry Tree at:

• Hermitage Lane
  Boughton Monchelsea
  Kent
  ME17 4DA
• 01622 749082
• www.themulberrytreekent.co.uk

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