Small plates having a big impact at boutique Kidderminster hotel

Brockencote Hall Hotel in Chaddesley Corbett has recently unveiled its new Petit Plates menu featuring an array of British produce spread across 13 different plates for guests to choose from.

Menu favourites include pork belly, soy and honey; as well as beef sirloin with chimichurri and pitta; market fish with spinach and caper brown butter; smoked salmon with capers and salted lemon; and local butcher sausage with tomato and borlotti bean.

Salad combinations feature roasted butternut with Israeli cous cous and salted seeds; beetroot goats cheese and kale; smoked salmon, capers and salted lemon; and romaine lettuce, parmesan and garlic mayo.

Other menu options available are arancini, mushroom and ketchup; sourdough and avocado with chilli; or ricotta ravioli, arrabiata and parmesan.

Jack Hartshorne, General Manager at Brockencote Hall, said: “Petit Plates is an informal and varied dining offering that appeals to all ages and backgrounds,  and complements the 3 AA rosette dining offering that we have in our Chaddesley Restaurant.

“And both locals and overnight guests tend to agree too, as our bar and conservatory areas have been packed out at lunch time on a regular basis since we soft launched the menu – with up to 25 covers at a time.

“The concept was the brainchild of our deputy general manager, Dan Brennan, who wanted to introduce an alternative dining option that would appeal to all tastes – especially younger diners with whom tapas-style dining is especially popular with – while encouraging people to broaden their food palette by ordering several small plates at a time.

“The menu also has an al fresco dining feel about it, which lends itself perfectly to the panoramic rural views that our guests will be able to enjoy while dining in the summer.”