Welcome to the Shoe and the Bin, Carnforth’s leading example of prime pub bistro patisserie and winner of four ‘Confusing pub but great grub’ awards since 2015.
We pride ourselves on the concoction of food available from our three leading chefs participating in everything from Chinese to Thai to Brazilian and traditional English fare. If you’re after something in particular we can guarantee that we will have cooked it at least once in our 35 years of trading.
With the Christmas period approaching, it would be best to book a table now, even if you don’t need it. We get fully booked within a few hours of December and we would hate for you to miss out on all the fun. Chef Boswick is cooking up a storm with his mango and hazelnut chutney stuffing balls and chef Annalise can’t wait for you to try her steaming mincemeat gravy cake trays.
This is but a small sample menu of the delights that you can expect to see over the festive period, subject to availability and whether or not we can be bothered to dust off the extra kitchen equipment required to make it.
December Menu
Starters
- Home cured tin roof salmon, horseradish cauliflower umbrellas, picked Gorbachev, snout oil (GF)
- Mixed balcony terrine, feta mousse sharks, disgusting leek with a fresh jus (V, GF?)
- Smoked bollok baraccas, sauce uncommon gribble, apple underarm spin, sourdough shat (DF)
- Cajun pork snubbles, caramelised orange dandruff, picked mooli, fractured booli (GF, possibly DF)
- Singing mackerel herblets, bromance potato salad, “laughing” croutons, citrus gel, Tale of Two Cities
- Seasonal salad, seasonal purée, seasonable backwash, seasonal roasted barley with a seasonal fresh jus (VG, yes, very good)
Mains
- Acrid cod, saffron undercarriage, stained broccoli, split butter opera fund (GF…)
- Hasty beef feather blade, caramelised fondant jacket, mash ‘n’ a half, wander carrot, criminal leek, red wine jus (GF?)
- Ravished sea bream, blimey purée, dilapidated Jersey royals, curious tenderstem with nutty forecast fennel slaw
- Tempura eagle tofu, distinct absence of potato, pak choi, pineapple choi, Chris Choi, waffle and spring onion salsa
- “Bing Bling” chicken breast, telephone purée, hot potato mingers, creamed dialect, with a fresh jus (GF!)
- Paranoid risotto, herb space, toucan cheese (V)
Desserts
- Unruly salted caramel chocolate and leisure centre tart, mango flange
- Brigadier red wine poached pear, flaked docile crumb, arresting cream, taxi home (GF)
- Angry lemon posset, chuckle crumbles, raspberry mullet
- Mincemeat gravy cake tray, meringue parapets, upskill crust, shot of Pepto-Bismol
- Chocolate mousse, tear-stained cinnamon dome, passionfruit bookmark with a banana bichon frise sauce
- Vanilla crème brûlée, black olive amaretto, with a daunting fresh jus (GF)
The Shoe and the Bin: come for the food, stay for the food.
One comment on “The Shoe and the Bin”
I am booking right now because I cannot wait to try your ravished sea bream with blimey purée. The Guardian’s Jay Rayner described it as “indescribable”.