Sticky platter
maple-glazed chicken wings, prawns & chorizo in garlic butter, lamb koftas, feta-stuffed bell peppers and a stone-baked garlic flatbread
The King's Head
Southend Road, Billericay, Essex, CM11 2PS
Dinner Menu
Starters and Sharers
Cheese duo
box-baked Camembert topped with cider soaked raisins and deep fried panko crusted Brie with apricot chutney, celery and warmed rustic bread. Ideal to Share.
Handmade dough sticks
served with garlic butter, pesto and chipotle chilli mayonnaise (V)
Stone-baked flatbread
topped with garlic butter and Cheddar cheese
Today’s soup
with rustic bread (V)
King prawn & lobster cocktail
dressed with lobster mayonnaise served with rustic bread.
Duo of pâté*
coarse pork, Madeira & bacon pâté and oak-smoked chicken liver parfait with Bramley apple butter, baby gherkins and rustic bread
Oven-baked button and Portobello mushrooms
in a garlic & mature Cheddar sauce with rustic bread (V)
Chargrilled lamb koftas
served with crispy Asian slaw and chilli chipotle jam
Black pearl scallops
served with a minty pea puree and black pudding
Mains
Small smoked haddock kedgeree fishcake*
with broccoli, roasted vine tomatoes and a basil dressing
Large smoked haddock kedgeree fishcake*
with broccoli, roasted vine tomatoes and a basil dressing
Caesar salad
dressed cos lettuce with bacon lardons, anchovies and Gran Moravia cheese, served with stone-baked garlic flatbread
Add: Chargrilled chicken breast £3 | Salmon fillet £4 | Chargrilled halloumi £3
Roasted butternut squash & Portobello mushroom tart
with caramelised red onions and Blacksticks Blue cheese sauce, served with a dressed side salad (V)
Lamb duo
pan fried lamb rump and a Cheddar-topped shepherd's pie with seasonal vegetables and a red wine jus
Seared fillet of sea bass*
with crushed baby potatoes, asparagus and a lobster & samphire sauce
British venison steak
with a spinach stuffed portobello mushroom, asparagus, dauphinoise potato and a red wine jus.
Fritto misto
crispy cod goujons, calamari and tempura battered mussels, anchovies and prawns, served with triple-cooked chips with a chipotle chilli mayonnaise and samphire tartare sauce.
Vintage Classics
Hunters chicken
chargrilled chicken breast, topped with smoked Cheddar and a 4oz gammon steak served with triple-cooked chips and barbecue sauce
Fish and chips*
beer battered, line-caught cod with triple-cooked chips, mushy peas and samphire tartare sauce
Steak & mushroom pie
slow-cooked beef in a red wine sauce, topped with puff pastry, served with mash and seasonal vegetables
British chicken pie
slow-cooked chicken in a creamy white wine sauce, topped with puff pastry, served with spring onion mash and seasonal vegetables
Small Yorkshire ham and free range eggs
with triple-cooked chips
Large Yorkshire ham and free range eggs
with triple-cooked chips
Steaks
All of our steaks are aged for a minimum of 28 days for superb flavour and tenderness and come served with triple-cooked chips and home-made onion rings
8oz Sirloin
10oz Ribeye
Add: Béarnaise, Blacksticks Blue cheese or brandy peppercorn sauce
Fillet Rossini
7oz Fillet steak, served on a duck liver parfait topped crouton, with asparagus, dauphinoise potato and a red wine sauce
Add: Garlic prawns | Add: Oven-baked garlic & cheese mushrooms (V)
Burgers and Sandwiches
All served with skin-on fries or triple-cooked chips
Chicken BLT
grilled chicken breast, sweet cured bacon, gem lettuce and tomato on rustic bread
Chargrilled rump steak
with horseradish mayonnaise and fried onions on rustic bread (4oz)
Cod fish finger
beer-battered cod goujons and samphire tartare sauce on rustic bread
Yorkshire ham and mustard*
on seeded focaccia
Aberdeen Angus burger
in a brioche bun with smoked Cheddar, bacon chutney and home-made onion rings
Courgette, carrot & chickpea burger
in a brioche bun with broad bean houmous and home-made onion rings (V)
Spicy vegetable wrap
spiced aubergine, spinach and kidney beans (V)
STONE-BAKED PIZZAS
Hand stretched dough, stone-baked to order. All served with triple-cooked chips
Meat feast
chicken, pork & fennel sausage, crispy bacon, mozzarella and a red onion chutney
Spicy diablo
pepperoni, chorizo, Guindilla chilli peppers, mozzarella and a chipotle chilli jam
Roasted vegetable
with pesto, red pepper, butternut squash, red onion, spinach and mozzarella (V)
SIDES
Triple-cooked chips (V)
Sweet potato fries (V)
Dressed side salad (V)
Seasonal vegetables (V)
Baby potatoes (V)
Tenderstem broccoli with Blacksticks Blue cheese sauce (V)
Home-made onion rings (V)
PUDDINGS
Chocolate ganache tart (V)
Raspberry milkshake cheesecake (V)
Crumble of the day (V)
Toffee & nut trio*
Bramley apple and dark cherry pie
Pudding tasting platter (V)
Classic vanilla crème brûlée (V)
Melba mallow mess (V)
British cheeseboard*† (V)
Coconut milk sorbet (V)
Belgian chocolate brownie* (V)
Sticky toffee & apple pudding (V)
COFFEE AND A MINI PUDDING
Choose one of our hot drinks with one of these mini puddings
Crème caramel panna cotta
Bourbon pecan pie (V)
Bramley apple pie (V)
Melba mallow mess (V)
* = Contains alcohol.
† = Stone-baked flatbread and pizzas are not available in certain pubs.
(V) = made with vegetarian ingredients, however some of our preparation and cooking methods could affect this.
If you require more information, please ask your server.