Left Bank Cafe at Sofitel Hotel in Queenstown Menu

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French onion soup $16.00
- Farmers bread
Seafood chowder $18.00
- Herbs butter / mini baguette

Homemade cured salmon $21.00
- Green olive sun dried tomato tapenade / toasted brioche / lemon cream cheese
French Antipasto $23.00
- Duck rillettes / saucisson / choose 2 cheeses
Goat cheese Provencale salad $21.00
- Mesclun mix / prosciutto / fresh figs / citrus dressing
Tiger prawns au Pernod $24.00
- Coriander lentils / pineapple salsa / star anise sauce
Roasted beets & feta grapefruit salad $21.00
- Baby spinach / candy nuts / vanilla dressing (V) (GF)
Nicoise salad $24.00
- Purple potato / green beans / heirloom tomato / salmon caviar (GF)
Truffle beef tartar $23.00
- Rocket parmesan / potato gauffrettes

Served French fries or mix greens salad
Philly cheese steak sandwich $20.00
- Panini bread / roasted sirloin beef / capsicum / onion / provolone
Grilled chicken burger $21.00
- Provolone cheese lettuce / tomato / avocado / chipotle aioli
The Left Bank Burger $21.00
- Bacon / cheddar / lettuce / tomato / Boursin aioli
Prosciutto Panini $22.00
- Buffalo mozzarella / pesto / heirloom tomato

Merino Lamb loin $36.00
- Whole grain Dijon mustard sauce
Firewood beef lasagna $34.00
- Balsamic rocket / parmesan
LB Bistro Foie Gras burger $36.00
- Provolonc melted cheese / aioli
Mussels Marinieres $34.00
- Mini baguette / lemon butter / white wine sauce
Filet de Boeuf 300gr maitre d’hotel $38.00
- Black pepper sauce
Grilled Duck breast a I’orange $37.00
- Red wine jus
Rib eye steak 250gr $37.00
- Shallot sauce
Poisson du jour grille $34.00
- Sauce Provencale (GF)

Hand cut French fries (V) $4.00
Braised green peas & carrots (V) $4.00
Cream y garlic sauteed mushrooms (V) $4.00
Cream of spinach & bacon $4.00
Charred Romaine wedges & cherry tomato ( V) $4.00

Mimolettc (cow, hard) / Picodon (goat, soft) / Morbier (cow. hard) / Goat brie (goat, soft) / St Nectaire (cow, hard) / Cabecou (goat, soft)
-1 for $10
-2 for $18
-4 for $32
-8 for $42
Served with French baguette crackers / dried fruits / nuts / quince paste /Available with wine pairing

Nutella Crepe Suzette $12.00
- Banana hazelnut puree / vanilla ice cream / grand Marnier flambe sauce (V)
Mousse au chocolat $12.00
- Nougatine tuile (V)
Napoleon creme brulee $12.00
- Almond short tuile / berry coulis (V)
ile flottante $12.00
- Soft meringue / creme anglaise / strawberries (V)
Affogato $12.00
- Vanilla ice-cream / your choice of liqueur (V)

Crudites plate $18.00
- Carrot / celery / cucumber sticks / hummus dip
Ham & cheese toasted sandwich $16.00
Chicken tenders $18.00
Grilled fish of the day $18.00
Petite beef filet $18.00
Beef burger $18.00
- Your choice of coleslaw (V) / French fries (V) / sauteed mushrooms (V) / spinach & bacon / onion rings (V) / Choose 1 o f the above sides
Firewood beef lasagne $19.00
Spaghetti bolognaise $19.00
Margarita (V) or Hawaiian pizza $19.00

Crepe suzette $12.00
- Apple compote / vanilla ice cream (V)
Tropical fruit salad $9.00
- vanilla ice cream (V)
Mousse au chocolat $12.00
- Nougatine tuile (V)
Ice cream flight (2 scoops) $12.00
- Vanilla / chocolate / salted caramel / berries sorbet / with chocolate sauce (V)
Napoleon creme brulee $12.00
- Almond short tuile / berry coulis (V)
lie Flottante $12.00
- Soft meringue / creme anglaise / strawberries (V)

Nearby Sample Menus

Crumbed Calamari with Ferg's wasabi mayonnaise $ 9.00
- dozen
Mr. Big Stuff $ 16.00
- 1/2 lb of prime New Zealand beef topped with melted cheddar cheese, American streaky bacon & bbq sauce, lettuce, tomato, red onion & aioli.
Bombay Chicken $ 12.90
- Grilled chicken tenderloins marinated in a chilli, ginger & coriander yoghurt with cucumber raita, lettuce, tomato, red onion & mango chutney.
Extra sauce $ .50
Cock Cajun $ 12.90
- Grilled chicken tenderloins rubbed with cajun spices, cooled with a lemon yoghurt, lettuce, tomato, red onion & aioli.
Large aioli $ 2.00
The Furgburger $ 11.00
- Prime New Zealand beef, lettuce, tomato, red onion, ailoi & tomato relish.
Homemade onion rings with aioli sauce $5.50

Island Coleslaw $11.00
Volcano Kona Crusted Beef Cheek, Hot Sour Salad, Beef Phŏ $34.00
Sour Orange Curry of Smoked Fiji Game Fish, Prawn, Mussels and Eel $39.00
Cardamom and Vanilla Panna Cotta, Baby Coconut Marshmallow, Lychee Sorbet $15.00
Keke Pua’a: Steamed Bun of Crisp Char Sui Pork Belly with kimchi $11.00
Kung Fu Pow Tempeh with Chilli, Peanuts, Green Tea Soba Noodles (V) $27.00
Salt and Pepper Wild Caught Paua Salad, Cucumber Nam jim $22.00
Misiluki Banana, Chocolate and Hazelnut Wonton, Kaffir Caramel, Banana Ice Cream $15.00

Boerewors Roll $19
- A tasty homemade African sausage served on a toasted roll with South African chutney
Calamari $29.5
- Tender scoured calamari served with peri-naise and a green salad
Boerewors $14.5
- A delicious South African farmers sausage made with a variety of herbs and spices and flame grilled in our homemade basting. Served with a South African chutney and chips
Rib & Chicken combo $45.5
- Pork ribs with a 1/4 peri-peri chicken
Cheesy Garlic Loaf $11
Veggie Burger $16
Monster T-Bone 550g $43.5
- Fillet and sirloin on the bone, the best of both worlds.
Seafood chowder $17

Smoked Seafood Chowder $16.50
- With hoki, mussels and prawns served with garlic bread
Polenta Chips $7.00
- With aioli
Five Pepper Squid $17.00
- With peanut and cucumber relish, and chilli syrup
Duo of Cheese $17.00
- With house-made chutneys and crackers
Tabouli and Chickpea Salad $18.50
- With roasted cauliflower, smoked almonds and date labneh
Coconut Crumbed Fish Burger $20.00
- With tartare slaw, shaved cucumber, whipped avocado, fries and spicy mayonnaise
Smoked Potato and Feta Croguette $19.90
- With poached eggs, sauteed greens, garlic & thyme mushrooms, beetroot hummus, salsa verde and brioche crumbs
Smoked Seafood Chowder $16.50
- With hoki, mussels and prawns served with garlic toast

Raw plate $33.00
- market fish selection, white soy, horseradis.
Salted caramel parfait POP $18.00
- Chocolate soil, peanut butter mousse.
Fried calamari $25.00
- chorizo crumb, green goddess, coriander, lemon.
Rhubarb creme brulee $18.00
- Rhubarb gel, oats & honey crumble.
Rocket salad $13.00/$19.00
- parmesan, pear, saporoso dressing.
JSH creamed spinach $9.00
Crispy duck leg $39.00
- burnt honey witloof, mandarin, puy lentils vinaigrette
Affogato $18.00
- Vanilla ice cream, biscotti, espresso, liqueur

Black pudding benedict $20
- farm eggs, English muffin, poached asparagus, rocket salad, fresh horseradish
Southern Blue Cod $32
- hand cut chips, caper mayo
Manuka smoked Marlborough salmon $19
- flax seed bagel, caviar cream cheese, citrus spring avocado salad
Stewart Island Squid $18
- aioli, lemon
Build your own breakfast or add a side $6
- Avocado, black pudding, grapefruit, hash potato, bacon, farm eggs, sour dough
Golfer's Ploughmans $39
- charcuterie, cheese, pickles, chutney, sourdough
Hereford beef brisket hash $19
- agria potato, rosemary, farm eggs, chipotle sour cream, spring greens
Buttermilk pancakes $16
- lemon mascarpone, blueberries, maple, toasted pistachios

Chicken breast, lentils, bacon, roast garlic, silverbeet , jus, gorgonzola (gf) $35
Rigatoni, tomato, roast fennel, confit garlic, rocket, cream (v) $25
Bella's Famous Beef Carpaccio, parmesan, rocket, aioli, capers (gf) $20
Pan Fried Veal liver, capers, olives, shallots, parsley, grilled bread $18
Tiramisu, covered in chocolate flakes $13
Shells, mussels, clams, garlic, chillies, lemon juice, herbs, anchovy crumb $29
Char grilled squid, orange, chilli, fennel, herb salad (gf) $17
Mixed leaf, olives, sundried tomato, feta (v)(gf) $15

Cavalcade Ribeye $30.00
- 250g Prime Ribeye steak grilled to your liking, served with a fresh garden salad or seasonal vegetables with golden fries. Accompanied by your choice of topping: Creamy mushroom sauce, Peppercorn sauce or Roasted garlic butter. Beer match: Speight's Gold Medal Ale >>
Beef Stew (GF-) $15.00
- Slow braised beef, thyme and vegetables, served with potato mash, garden peas and a piece of alehouse bread. Beer Match: Old Dark
Golden Fries $3.50
The True Southern Ribeye $38.00
- 450gram Prime Ribeye on the bone grilled to your liking served with a selection of potatoes: Golden fries, crispy potatoes or potato gratin. A choice of fresh garden salad or a medley of seasonal vegetables. Accompanied by your choice of topping: Creamy mushroom sauce, Peppercorn sauce or Roasted garlic butter. Beer match: Speight's Porter
James Speight’s Sausage & Mash $17.00
- Locally made sausages, served on potato mash & topped with caramelised onion, gravy & with Alehouse bread. Beer match: Speight's Porter
Egg $2.00
Roasted Mushrooms and Feta Salad $19.00
- Oven roasted mushrooms with thyme and feta, warm olives and roasted red peppers in balsamic dressed leaves. Beer match: Speight's Distinction Ale
Plains Pasta $19.00
- Chef’s pasta selection of the day. Daily vegetarian option available. Beer Match: Ask server

Cooked breakfast $19.00
- TWO eggs any style (poached fried or scrambled) served with bacon, mushrooms, sausages, baked beans & hash browns
Salmon and tuna tartare $18.50
- Queenstown’s Zenkuro sake, cured salmon and tuna tartare served with cucumber, radish, wasabi infused goma wakame seaweed salad and seaweed crisp
Tasting Dessert Platter Small $18 / Large $36
- Blueberry cheese cake, profiteroles, Baci di dame, macaron, dark chocolate cupcake, creme brulee, Chantilly and berry sorbet
Pan cakes $12.00
- Served with your choice of banana, maple syrup, berry compote, bacon or cream
Soup of the day $12.00
- Freshly prepared please check with our staff for today’s creation served with fresh bread
Savannah rib eye 250g $35.00
- Savannah Angus is beef grown on the lush green rolling hills of New Zealand. Purely fed on rich pastures, this marbling beef has rich flavours and sensational consistency. Discover the taste and know why this is New Zealand’s leading Angus beef. Served with shoestring fries, garden salad and your choice of Café de Paris butter, blue cheese or green peppercorn sauce
Crumble $14.00
- Peach and apricot crumble with pistachio crumb and Wanaka pure vanilla ice cream
Super salad $16.50
- Mixed leaf salad of rocket, baby spinach, Mizuna, Tatsoi, Frisee and oak leaves served with quinoa, mixed pumpkin and sunflower seeds, feta, beetroot and dried blueberries

Asian Basket -(Spring rolls, samosas & fries) $12.50
Salt & pepper calamari served with aioli $14.50
Basket of fries - $7.00
Chicken Wrap: $14.50
- Tandoori chicken with cheese, onions, carrot and slaw salad, grilled and served with green salad and side of aioli
Pasta of the day: $15.00
- A new pasta dish created by our chef daily (add smoked chicken for $3.50)
Moe’s Beef Burger: $17.00
- Delicious beef burger Pattie on focaccia bread with tomato, red onions, fancy lettuce, cheese and aioli served with fries
Fish and Chips: $16.50
- A beer battered fish, served with chunky fries, coleslaw, lemon wedge & tartar sauce
Mango Cheese Cake

Grilled Haloumi $1.50
Seriously Large Peri-Peri Chips $9.50
- Large $6.50
Chicken Paella $13.90
- Grilled Chicken breast with a combination of grilled veggies tossed over our spicy rice
Peri-Peri Chips
- Curb your craving
Family Feast $44.90
- Share a whole flame-grilled Peri-Peri Chicken, 2 large sides & 8 BBQ Ribs
- On its own $24.90
Cheddar Cheese $1.50

Homemade granola $15.00
- The Spire homemade granola, either; Natural with milk and poached local berries OR Bircher style; soaked overnight in apple juice, with yoghurt & blackberry coulis
Pizza & Pinot N/A
- Our homemade 10” stonebaked pizzas with a glass of local Pinot Noir or house wine
Tomato, capsicum & cannellini soup $16.00
- Tomato, capsicum & cannellini soup, smoked cheese and garlic shoots
Smoked salmon salad $20.00
- Our house-cured & smoked salmon, poached egg, witloof, capers, croutons
Apple pancakes $18.00
- Buttermilk pancakes, caramelized apple puree, maple syrup, cinnamon mascarpone
Toasted homemade breads $11.00
- Selection of our white and wholemeal sourdough, brioche, butter, homemade jam
Chorizo $22.00
- Smoked homemade chorizo, roast peppers, Gibbston Valley mozzarella
No5 cheese & pickle sandwich $17.00
- Gibbston Valley Glenroy Cheddar, homemade pickles, hummus, tomato and marinated courgette on our freshly-baked sourdough

Poached tiger praws, kalamata olive & chives sauce, bay leaf frosted almonds $19.00
Leafy greens, blached broccoli, forvn chardonnay dressing, pepitas $12.00
Smoked trevally & potato tortilla, paprika mayo $19.00
Potato bravas, chilli tomato sauce, aioli $11.00
Roasted beetroot, caramelised onion & goat's cheese toastadas $16.00
Southland lamb rump, swede & dukkah gratin, pickled beets $23.00
Miso cured wakanui beef, celeriac & fennel raw salad, toasted sesame $25.00
Portabello mushroom balls, spiced tomato, buffalo mozzarella & truffle cream $17.00

Fiordland crayfish 128/500g
- Wok Fried with white soy, ginger and shallots
House green salad $12.00
Fiordland crayfish 128/500g
- Deep fried with spicy salt
Mongolian lamb $30.00
- Cardrona lamb rump "Jiangbao" style with leeks, shallot and hoisin sauce
Stewart island king salmon sashimi $25.00
Bluff black foot abalone 150/500g
- Braised whole abalone
Tiger prawn wontons in supreme broth $12.00
Mapo tofu $20.00
- Braised fresh tofu with pork mince, garlic and chilli

Mega $35
Nachos $12
- Your choice of pulled pork, chilli beef, or mixed bean chilli (v) on crisp nachos with melted cheese, sour cream and guamacole (gf)
Combo Platter $30/$60
Mushroom, Fennel & Spinach Risotto (GF) $22
- Topped with shaved parmesan
Chargrilled Angus Rump Steak $25
- Cooked to your liking, with fries, honey roasted vegetables and your choice of pepper or mushroom sauce
Chicken Wrap $11.50
- Grilled chicken breast, bacon and feta tossed through fresh salad in a tortilla wrap
Arancini (V) (GF) $13
- Crispy rice balls stuffed with either pulled pork & apple, prawn with lemon & oil or mushroom & parmesan
Salt And Pepper Fries $8