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| SMOKED CORNISH MACKEREL Served with Lemon and Horseradish Sauce | £1.05 |
| Turtle Soup, with Sherry | £1.10 |
| Cream of tomato soup | £0.90 |
| Cream of Mushroom Soup | £0.90 |
| Cold Prawn Salad | £4.25 |
| Cold Crab Salad | £5.00 |
| Wheeler's Cold Seafood Platter | £5.50 |
| WHEELER'S OYSTERS Per Half Dozen No. 2 | £2.00 |
| Potted Shrimps | £1.10 |
| Oyster cocktail | £2.25 |
| Crab cocktail | £2.00 |
| Prawn Cocktail | £1.75 |
| Mediterranean Prawns (6 pieces) | £3.00 |
| Whitebait (when available) | £1.25 |
| Asparagus Hot with Hollandaise Sauce or Cold with Vinaigrette (when in season) | £2.75 |
| PRAWN THERMIDOR - Prawns flared in brandy with shallots, fines herbes and white wine sauce, placed on a bed of rice, sprinkled with grated cheese and browned under the grill. | £1.20 |
| WHEELER'S OYSTERS Fried (six) | £2.25 |
| WHEELER'S OYSTERS Mornay (six) | |
| WHEELER'S OYSTERS Au Gratin (six) | |
| Smoked Salmon | £2.75 |
| Fois Gras Strasbourg | £4.50 |
| Avocado Pear with Vinaigrette | £0.85 |
| Avocado Pear with Vinaigrette with Crab or Prawns | £1.75 |
| Smoked trout | £2.00 |
| Melon in Season | |
| Caviar Beluga | £6.50 |
| Smoked eel | £2.50 |
| Cold salmon | |
| SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Fried | £7.25 |
| SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Cardinal - Sliced, cooked in lobster sauce and brandy; returned into shell and gratine. | £7.25 |
| MUSSELS When in Season a l'Ostende | |
| MUSSELS When in Season Fried - First steamed, then fried; served with lemon and Sauce Tartare. | £1.50 |
| SCALLOPS When in Season Fried | £4.00 |
| SCALLOPS When in Season Mornay - Steamed; with cheese sauce. | £4.00 |
| SCALLOPS When in Season Walewska - Steamed; with slices of lobster, Sherry sauce, and grated cheese. | £4.50 |
| SCALLOPS When in Season Meuniere - Floured, sprinkled with fines herbes, and cooked in butter. | £4.00 |
| Bisque of Lobster | £1.10 |
| Newburg Taken from the shell, sliced, cooked in lobster stock, brandy and cream. Served with rice. | £7.25 |
| Termidor Taken from the shell, flared in brandy with shallot, fines herbes, and white wine sauce. Put back into shell, sprinkled with grated cheese and browned under grill. | £7.25 |
| Grilled from Live Lobster cut in half down the centre and grilled on both sides 15 to 20 minutes. | £7.25 |
| Americaine Taken from the shell; flared in brandy; garlic, lobster stock added. Served with rice. | £7.25 |
| Normande Whole claw and back removed without breaking; steamed. Sauce of white wine, cream, lemon and butter, garnished with scampi and mushrooms. | £7.25 |
| Au Gratin Taken from shell and cooked in cheese sauce with a little sherry; grated cheese. | £7.25 |
| Curried Taken from the shell; curry made with sticks of cinnamon, bay leaves, curry powder, a touch of brandy and cream. Served with separate dish of rice, chutney and Bombay duck. | £7.25 |
| Florene Taken from shell, flared in Brandy, with touch of garlic, lobster stock, brandy and curry sauce Served with rice separate. | |
| Mornay Taken from shell; steamed in white wine; cheese sauce. | £7.25 |
| Cold Lobster from | £7.25 |
| Wheeler's Specials | |
| When in season- Colchesters- Specials | |
| Mussels (When In sEason) Mariniere- Steamed, juice from the mussels, white wine, fines herbes, and cream served as a soup over them. Left in their shells, and served in large bowl. | £1.50 |
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| PLAICE Grilled - Filleted or on the bone and grilled. | £2.75 |
| FINE CHEESES AND CELERY (when available) | £0.95 |
| SCAMPI Provencale - Cooked in butter, covered with garlic flavoured tomato. | £4.50 |
| SCAMPI Walewska - Steamed; with slices of lobster, Sherry sauce, and grated cheese. | £4.50 |
| SCAMPI Meuniere - Floured; sprinkled with fines herbes and cooked in butter. | £4.00 |
| SCAMPI Mornay - Steamed with cheese sauce. | £4.00 |
| SCAMPI Fried - Floured, dipped in egg and milk, then bread-crumbs; fried in deep oil. | £4.00 |
| Potatoes Boiled | £0.50 |
| Potatoes Fried | £0.50 |
| Salad (various) | £0.80 |
| Fruits in Season | |
| Coffee | £0.35 |
| Plaice: Fried Filleted or on the bone; breadcrumbed, then fried, served with lemon and sauce Tartare. | £2.75 |
| Plaice: Meuniere Floured, sprinkled with fines herbes, and cooked in butter. | £2.75 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Grilled | £4.00 |
| Fine Dover Sole: fried | £4.00 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Goujon | £4.00 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Meuniere Floured, sprinkled with fines herbs, and cooked in butter. | £4.00 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Mornay Steamed in white wine; with cheese sauce. | £4.00 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Portugaise Steamed; fresh tomato pulp; shallots; white wine. | £4.00 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Colbert Fried, with the back opened up, and frozen Maitre d'Hotel butter. | £4.00 |
| Fine Dover Sole: St. Germain Grilled, with covering of bread crumbs, Beurre Maitre d'Hotel. | £4.00 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Bonne Femme Steamed; with sliced mushrooms, fines herbes and white wine sauce. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Florentine Steamed; lying on leaf spinach, with cheese sauce covering. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Mason Steamed; with mushrooms, fines herbes, shallots, and fresh tomato. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Pommery As Meuniere, with apple. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Veronique Steamed; served with grapes, Sauterne sauce. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Palace Steamed, sliced mushrooms, fines herbes, tomato, asparagus, and white wine sauce. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Franciase Steamed, white wine sauce, asparagus. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Dubarry Steamed, with two separate sauce, white wine sauce and Americaine sauce. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Maryland Steamed, white wine sauce, with tomato, asparagus and truffle. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Egyptienne Poached in fish stock, mushrooms and truffle, chopped fine on sliced Aubergine, white wine, shallots, chopped parsley sauce and Americaine sauce. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Cubat Steamed, mushrooms and truffle chopped fine, flared in brandy; Sherry sauce; grated cheese. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Capri As Meuniere; with sliced bananas and chutney sauce. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Gondu Steamed; white wine sauce; grated cheese; asparagus tips. | £4.30 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Margurey Steamed, white wine sauce, with shrimps, oysters, mussels and mushrooms. | £4.50 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Normande Steamed; sauce is white wine, cream, butter and garnished with fried scampi, button mushrooms, and lobster claw. | £4.00 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Walewska Steamed; with slices of lobster, wine sauce, and grated cheese. | £4.50 |
| Fine Dover Sole: Cardinal Steamed; claw of lobster; button mushrooms; lobster sauce with brandy | £4.50 |
| Trout: Meuniere Cooked in butter; with fines herbes. | £2.25 |
| Trout: Grilled Dipped in plain flour, brushed in butter and grilled. | £2.25 |
| Trout: Poche Soaked in vinegar; steamed; served with outside skin removed (but not the head, because the brain is a delicacy), melted butter, and boiled new potatoes. | £2.25 |
| Trout: Grenobloise Meuniere; served with capers and strips of smoked salmon. | £3.75 |
| Turbot: Troncon Song Poached, boiled potatoes, served with Hollandaise and American sauces. | £4.25 |
| Turbot: Troncon Song Poached | £4.25 |
| Turbot Troncon Song: Grilled | £4.25 |
| Turbot, Troncon Song: Meuniere | £4.25 |
| Scotch Salmon and Salmon Trout (When In Season): Boiled, Grilled, Meuniere, Cold | £4.75 |