Eating
The focus is on food
In the General Tarleton kitchen, John heads an experienced and dedicated team. Menus change daily to reflect the seasons and the pick of the catch or crop that day. John gets a call most days from the fishing boats as they return to port and within hours the fish is in the kitchen. Yorkshire has an abundance of excellent suppliers and we have worked with them over the years to obtain the very best seasonable produce for the GT.
The General Tarleton has established a reputation for its fresh seafood and John's signature dish Little Moneybags; seafood parcels in lobster sauce, have become something of a legend in these parts.
Children are very welcome and the GT has put together a super menu for children packed with home-made dishes tried and tested by John and Claire's 3 children.
Our Local Food Heroes
John could talk for hours about the fresh produce he manages to source and has built up a network of excellent suppliers over the years. Here are just a few of them:
Beef and Pork All our beef and pork comes from traditionally reared British breeds. Hero - Yorkshire Dales Meat Company, Patrick Brompton, Bedale. Lamb Native Swaledale and Suffolk farmed in the Yorkshire Dales Hero - R & J Butchers, Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon Sausages Hero - Olleys of Bishop Monkton, Whole Hog Sausages. Venison Hero - Holme Farmed Venison, Sherburn in Elmet Smoked Fish Hero - Bleikers Smoke House, Glasshouses Eggs Hero -Calf Edge Farm, Lothersdale, Keighley. Free range farm eggs Fruit and Vegetables Heroes - Metcalfe Organics, Boroughbridge, R Spilman at Helperby, Pickering Watercress, Tomlinsons Yorkshire Rhubarb. Johns father also grows some for us in his garden at Alne, nr Easingwold Preserves Hero - Rosebud Farm Preserves, Healey, Masham Goats Cheese Hero - Lowna Dairy Goats Cheese, Cottingham, East Yorkshire Duck, Chicken and Smoked Chicken Hero - Johnson and Swarbrick, Goosnargh, Lancashire Cheese 70% of our farmhouse cheese comes from Mrs Bell of Thirsk, and the remainder from other Yorkshire farmhouses Fish daily deliverys from both coasts using day boats and sustainable supplies as much as possible Heroes - Chris Neve, Fleetwood, Lancashire and Inshore Fisheries, Whitby/Redcar Milk and Cream Townhead Farm, Grassington, Nr Skipton Asparagus George Morrels, Plompton, Knaresborough and R Spilman, Helperby Strawberries, Raspberries and Blackberries Makins, Leeds and R Spilman, Helperby Game Shot on local Estates, Ripley, Carlton Park and Swinton Park
