insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 07 - September 2015 | Page 35

FOOD+DRINK
How About a Spot of Lunch? cont.

Jeremy’s, Haywards Heath
www.jeremysrestaurant.co.uk
Jeremy’s Restaurant provides that perfect combination of a country idyll matched by creative cuisine
and warm friendly service. Ingredients are of the highest quality; produce is sourced as locally as
possible – herbs, edible flowers, lavender and wild garlic are grown and picked in the garden and
regular forays to the gastronomic regions of Spain and France result in exciting ideas and flavours
being added to menus. Lunch here is divine, and includes sumptuous dishes such as goats’ cheese
and herb mousse with red pepper, aubergine, and black olive; Goosnargh duck with potato rosti,
tenderstem, hispy cabbage, and lovage; and south coast red mullet with razor clams, celeriac,
fennel, and apple.

The Leconfield, Petworth
www.theleconfield.co.uk
With accolades from food critics in newspapers such as the The Independent and listings in The
Good Food Guide and Michelin Restaurant Guide, plus an award for outstanding customer service,
it is not hard to see why this restaurant is a must-visit! Every effort has gone into creating an informal
yet smart and inviting dining space and to source seasonal local produce of the highest quality. The
menus showcase the best of great fish caught off the south coast and meat and game reared in
the surrounding countryside. Lunch can be served in the courtyard garden in summer months while
open fires provide a warm and cosy interior in colder months. Set menus are offered alongside a la
carte options and the restaurant boasts an excellent wine list.

Pelham House, Lewes
www.pelhamhouse.com
The restaurant at Pelham House focuses on simple and delicious food, using good quality seasonal
and locally sourced produce from Lewes and the county of Sussex. The constantly changing table
d’hote menu is the creation of head chef Oliver Pink, and it means that every visit to Pelham House
is something different. There is really nothing finer than a long, lazy Sunday lunch. Whether you’re
into traditional roasts or something more modern, there is a mouth-watering menu to suit you. Does
a seafood cocktail laced with Malibu and pomegranate or pink breast of Barbary duck, puy lentils,
and star anise jus sound good? There is plenty more besides.

The Fish Factory,
Worthing
www.protorestaurantgroup.
com/fishfactory
From the homemade pasta to the
scrumptious sauces and gravy,
all the food is made from scratch
on the premises, and even the
bread is baked in the restaurant’s
own bakery. The ingredients are
all sourced from their country
of origin, which means that the
chorizo comes from Spain and
the pasta is made with Italian flour.
The fish is freshly caught (and
only obtained using sustainable,
fish-friendly methods) from the
local area, and when sitting in this
gorgeous restaurant you can even
smell the sea. Dishes include Fish
Factory paté, seafood chowder, or
a delicious fish buttie!

Drakes Hotel, Brighton

The Half Moon, Plumpton

The Town House, Arundel

www.drakesofbrighton.com

www.halfmoonplumpton.com

www.thetownhouse.co.uk

The multi award-winning
restaurant at Drakes offers high
quality seasonal ingredients and
creates robust, uncomplicated
flavours that are at the heart of
this dining experience. Here you
can enjoy a set lunchtime menu
(with dishes such as butternut
squash risotto with mascarpone
and duck breast with potato
galette, grilled broccoli, and sweet
potato purée), three course lunch
(maple glazed duck breast and
imam byaldi with chickpea parcels
amongst other things), or a special
Sunday lunch (game terrine with
Madeira jelly and spiced pineapple
chutney, or perhaps pan roast cod
with sautéed potatoes, spinach
and caper beurre noisette) in
refined and elegant surroundings
that include subtle lighting and
exposed brickwork.

The Half Moon in Plumpton is a
beautiful 200-year-old traditional
country pub. Nestled at the foot
of the South Downs National Park
in an area of outstanding natural
beauty, the Half Moon is situated
10 minutes from both the historic
county town of Lewes and the
charming village of Ditchling. The
menu in this ‘quintessentially
English pub’ changes with the
seasons and uses only the finest
locally sourced produce. The
lunch menu is to die for, and
includes Merguez sausages
with harissa and tzatzik