Marco Polo Newcastle Blog http://marcopolonewcastle.iblogger.org Dining in the heart of Newcastle Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:50:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Business Lunch £5.95 http://marcopolonewcastle.iblogger.org/28/02/2010/business-lunch-5-95/ http://marcopolonewcastle.iblogger.org/28/02/2010/business-lunch-5-95/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:02:55 +0000 admin http://marcopolonewcastle.iblogger.org/28/02/2010/business-lunch-5-95/ Monday to Friday 12 – 3pm

Why not try our 2 course business lunch consisting of either Soup of the day or a choice of Garlic bread followed by a selection of pizza/pasta dishes.

Pizza and Olives

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Choose from a 2 or 3 course Sunday lunch ranging from modern Italian to traditional cuisine.

Sample menu

Smoked haddock & leek chowder, pecorino breadstick
Wild mushroom & roast garlic tart, rocket & white truffle oil

Chicken, rosemary & Parma ham skewers, with oven dried tomato & ricotta

Slow cooked beef fillet, baby onions & horseradish gnocchi
Char grilled lamb cutlets with celeriac & braised chard, orange pine nuts & raisins
Slow cooked pork belly with a white bean, panchetta &oregano cassoulet

Pistachio & olive oil cake with roast plums
White and dark chocolate brulee with Rhubarb
Baked vanilla rice pudding with mixed berries

2 course £11.95
3 course £14.95

Sunday lunch starter

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Courgette veloute with courgette fritte

Antipasti

Smoked Haddock fishcakes with pepperonata
Goats cheese, grape & rosemary arancini
Wild mushroom linguine & white truffle linguine

Carne

Roast porchetta, grilled radicchio & garlic beans
Slow cooked beef fillet with baby onions & horseradish potato gnocchi
Char grilled lamb cutlets, celeriac & braised chard, orange pine nuts & raisins

Dolci

Warm treacle tart with mascarpone ice cream
White chocolate & blood orange panna cotta
Pistachio & olive oil cake, roast plums & clotted cream

Christening Lunch

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Zuppe

Soup of the day with freshly baked bread

Fritto di carpe

Deep fried goats cheese with Parma ham, figs & honeycomb

Fungi selvaggi

Wild mushrooms baked with garlic and ricotta on grilled sourdough

Fritto di Pesce

Smoked Haddock fishcakes with peperonata

Secondi

Branzino con piselli

Pan fried seabass, braised potatoes, pancetta, peas & baby onions

Trofie d’agnello

Lamb ragu, hand rolled pasta, orange, garlic & parsley

Gemilli arrabiatta

Sundried tomato, basil, chilli &garlic

Pollo di mais

Corn fed chicken, squash & Amaretto tortellini with ricotta crostini

Occhio di costola

Chargrilled rib of beef, rosemary potatoes, creamed spinach & porcini butter

Pizze

Ask your server for details

Dolci

Warm pear & almond tart with almond ice cream

Fish second course

]]> http://marcopolonewcastle.iblogger.org/28/02/2010/two-course-set-menu-24-95/feed/ 0 Marco Polo Restaurant & Bar http://marcopolonewcastle.iblogger.org/27/02/2010/marco-polo-restaurant-bar/ http://marcopolonewcastle.iblogger.org/27/02/2010/marco-polo-restaurant-bar/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:11:30 +0000 admin http://marcopolonewcastle.iblogger.org/?p=1 There’s nowhere quite like the Marco Polo restaurant and bar. Seriously stunning fresh food makes Marco’s one of Newcastle’s premier places to eat. With an imaginative menu and a twist of indulgence you just know you are going to have a great time.

Marco Polo restaurant sign

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