Our Food
The Purple Onion always endeavour to maintain a high and consistent standard of food. Our customers are the most important part of our business and we do our best to make sure that your visit will be a pleasant one. We and the chefs work hard to insure that our constantly changing menus remain interesting with an emphasis on the freshness and quality of the ingredients. We always use fresh Irish ingredients produce where possible. As our entire evening menu dishes are cooked to order, we regret that delays can occasionally occur.
Dietary needs can be catered for on request.
Christmas Menu (Evening)
A La Carte
Super-food salad with hummus
[Red cabbage,
leaves, apricot, cranberries chick peas, carrot, and seeds] €8
Tian of lightly smoked chicken
with
basil and mango, celeriac remoulade, julienne of apple €9
Prawn and avocado cocktail,
with pickled fennel
€11
Blue cheese panna cotta, poached
pear, pear balsamic, caramelised almonds , cracker €8
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Grilled 8/10 oz John Stone Dry Aged sirloin steak
flat cap mushroom, with confit
onions, Pepper sauce, garlic butter or blue cheese, and
€25/€29
Roast butternut squash with sage,
wilted
greens potato gnocchi, dressed leaves and Parmesan €18
Seared Thornhill duck breast, braised
red cabbage, whiskey and honey gravy €23
Pan fried fillets of sea bass
with
buttered asparagus
€21
Baked supreme of chicken,
filled with white pudding and apricot, sherry gravy, fondant potato €20
Rump of lamb, grilled red pepper, salsa verde Rosemary and
red wine gravy €23
Trio fish and chips,
in spicy sesame and panko crumb. Soy, wasabi and pickled ginger dip
€23
All main courses served with a side order of your choice
Early Bird
€23 two courses €27 three courses
Black pudding ‘bon bons’, curried apple sauce
Soup of the day
Potted smoked mackerel, crusty bread and pickled cucumber
Vegetable, fruit and nut ‘cocktail’ with harrisa mayonnaise
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Chicken Milanese, tomato dressed leaves and balsamic salad and chips
Grilled loin of bacon chop. red cabbage and fondant potato, whiskey and honey gravy
Baked salmon on creamy smoked haddock and pea risotto
Forest mushroom, goats cheese and walnut, pappardelle grated truffle, dressed leaves
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Garlic potatoes/ chips/ honey
roast vegetables/green salad with seeds and Parmesan cheese €3.50
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See blackboard for daily desserts
Available Tuesday to
Thursday 5.30 to 9.15
Friday
and Saturday 5.30
to 7.00
Sunday
4.30 to 6.00
[Not available bank holiday weekends, Valentines Day, Christmas or
Easter week]