Kumara cakes, seasoned with traditional Himalayan spices, layered with free range bacon, avocado and poached egg, accompanied by fresh salsa and grated 70% organic chocolate. Complete with drizzled house sweet chilli sauce.
Superfood Summer Salad - Nourishing Body & Soul! $23.00
Tossed baby spinach, red cabbage, beetroot & carrot shavings, and fresh cherries, topped with kumara chips and toasted seeds, accompanied by a blueberry and flaxseed oil dressing, smashed avocado and our superfood chocolate trail mix.
Tiramisu Icecream Cake $14.50
Creamy icecream with all the fantastic flavours of tiramisu, served with cocoa powder, a chocolate cup filled with whipped cream, roasted almond and chocolate sauce.
Scallops, prawns, mussels and fish in a creamy vegetable chowder served with toasted bread
Talbot Forest Cheese $20.00
A selection of award winning Geraldine crafted cheeses, served with saffron pear, lavosh bark and almonds
Spicy buffalo chicken wings $10.00
Marinated with peri peri spiced sauce, crispy coated and fried
Choose a drink Soft Drink or Juice. Then one of these $15.00
Crunchy Chicken Crumbed chicken tenders with salad, tomato sauce and our waffle fries/ Battered Fish Fresh fish with salad, tomato sauce and our waffle fries/ Mini Cheese Burger Beef pattie with cheese, tomato sauce and waffle chips. Then something sweet: Donut Cinnamon dusted donut with chocolate, passionfruit or jelly tip sauce/ Ice Cream Sundae NZ favourite icecream with chocolate, pasionfruit or caramel 100s and 1000/ Chocolate Brownie Warmed chocolate and raspberry brownie with cream
Szechuan Squid Lake House Specialty $6.00
Chargrilled Swordfish $32.00
Swordfish loin on kumara rosti, apple and fig jam, roast vine tomato and burnt plum sauce
Eggs on toast $12.00
Served with your choice of poached, scrambled or fried with toasted sourdough
Manuka Scallop Stick $28.00
Plump scallops wrapped in Manuka smoked bacon served with a chilli and mango salsa
Navrattan (“nine gems”) curry platter (v) (gf) A dish of flavour explosions incorporating nine vegetables, accompanied by dhal, poppadum, date & lime chutney, & salad. 18.50
Chicken pot pie (gf) Free-range chicken pieces with gourmet potatoes & fresh chives in a white wine jus, finished with creamy mash & truffle oil. 21.00
Highland fling Rolled oats simmered in milk, served on rhubarb & topped with banana, sugar, & cream, a wee lick o’ whisky liqueur, & blow-torched to caramelised perfection. 15.50
Eggs benedict (gf option) Two eggs served atop honey-cured bacon, on toasted English muffins with hollandaise sauce. 18.50
French toast With Either: Berry fruit, banana & vanilla bean syrup. Or: Grilled bacon, banana & maple syrup. 17.50
High-country breakfast (gf option) Grilled bacon, scrambled eggs, free-range pork sausage with whipped potato cake & toast and our own tomato relish. 19.50
Chicken Caesar salad (gf option) Free-range chicken pieces tossed with crispy bacon with salad leaves, shaved parmesan, garlic croutons, aioli, optional anchovy dressing, & soft-poached egg. 22.50
Thai laksa (gf) (v option) A coconut milk broth, scented with ginger, kaffir lime & lemongrass, poured over buckwheat noodles & vegetables, topped with your choice of: either free-range chicken; fr 23.00
Australian prawns served with crisp greens, avocado and finished with a classic cocktail dressing.
Time for Chocolate $11.50
Chocolate mousse layered between chocolate cookies, white chocolate creme brulee finished with double chocolate ice cream.
Brandy & peppercorn cream
Kapiti Kikorangi
A stunning blue cheese with a rich golden curd and creamy spoonable texture marbled with dense blue veining. Mildly pungent, its flavour develops as it ages to create a smoother, more delectable taste.
Soft White Cheese
Kapiti Mount Hector. When young the body is soft and chalky, the flavour is aromatic with a hint of mushroom. With age it becomes caramel coloured and the flavour intensifies to become earthy, pungent and nutty.
Apple tree farmed Pork loin wrapped in streaky Bacon, served on Kumara and Pumpkin mash with spiced Pear puree, Granny Smith and prune compote in Parmesan cup, Carrot and Courgette stack and finished with Pork Mousse and Jus
Vegetarian Delight (V) (HC) $27.50
Mediterranean vegetable ragout accompanied with Israeli cous cous, lemon and polenta gnocchi, Portobello mushroom and mainland feta and sauteed spinach
Angus Tomahawk (*) $37.00
350gm Angus Rib eye on the bone with side of Beer battered Fries, Petite salad and your choice of Blue Cheese butter, Mushroom sauce or Jus
Fillet of Beef $38.00
Grilled angus eye fillet with sweet bread ravioli, beef marrow bon bon, bordelaise sauce, Beetroot Mousse and creamed Spinach
Garden Salad / Chunky Fries $7.00
Caponata with Three Cheese Ravioli (V) M $24.50 / L $27.00
Tomato, courgettes, eggplant and fresh herbs tossed through fresh pasta and finished with olive oil and basil pesto